Annotation:Rustic Reel (2)

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X:1 T:Rustic Dance [2] T:Rustic Reel [2] M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Ford – Traditional Music in America (1940) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G B2d c2e|def g2z|B2de c2 e|dcB A2z| B2d c2e|def g2z|A2B cBA|G2z G2z::| |:d2B cBA|d2B cBA|G2A B2c|d2e dcB| d2B cBA|d2B cBA|B2c A2B|G2z G2z:| K:D |:A2A A2B|A2d f2z|g2e fed|g2e fed| A2A A2B|A2d f2z|g2e fec|d2z d2z:|]



RUSTIC REEL [2]. AKA and see "Off She Goes (1)," "Off She Goes for Butter and Cheese," "Peel the Willow," "Old Virginia Reel (2)," "Up She Got and Off She Went," "Off She Goes for Butter and Cheese," "Rustic Dance (2)." American, Jig and Quadrille (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. As with "Rustic Reel (1)," the title is here taken from the name of the dance, for which any lively twenty-four bar piece of music will suffice. See note for "annotation:Rustic Reel (1)" for more.

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Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; p. 52. Howe (School For the Violin), 1851; p. 39.

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