Annotation:German Schottische (1)
X:1 T:German Schottische [1] M:C L:1/8 R:Schottische K:D (Bc)|:d2b2c2a2|B2g2 gdBG|F2e2 edcA|(GB) (Ac) (Bd) (ce)| d2b2c2a2|B2g2 gdBG|F2e2 edcA|G2B2G2|| (AG)|FGAB cdef|g2B2 BA B2|e2A2 AG A2|d2G2 G2 (AG)| FGAB cdef|g2B2 BA B2|e2A2 c2F2|G2B2G2||
GERMAN SCHOTTISCHE [1], A. AKA and see "Curlew Hills Polka (The)," "Heel and Toe Polka (8)," "Military Schottische," "National Schottische." English, Scottish; Polka or Schottische (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). The schottische melody was popular under a variety of titles throughout Britain and Ireland, as well as on the Continent. It often was entered as "German Schottische" or "German Polka" in musicians' manuscript collection of the 19th century. It can be found, for example, in the 1850 music manuscript collection of shoemaker and fiddler William Winter of Somerset as "German Polka." Kerr sets the melody as a 2nd violin counterpoint to "Home Sweet Home," the whole presented as a "Duet for Two Violins."
