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T: Scotty's Favourite
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
F: https://thesession.org/tunes/4708
K: Edor
|: F |EFE G2 A | BcB B2 A | FAF D2 F | AdB AFD |
EFE G2 A | BcB g2 f | efe B2 d | e3 e2 :|
|: f |g3 f2 d | edB B2 B | g3 f2 g | afd def |
gag faf | edB B2 A | GFE FED | E3 E2 :|]
SCOTTY'S FAVORITE (JIG). Canadian, Jig (6/8 time). Canada, Cape Breton. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Named by fiddler Paddy “Scotty” LeBlanc who recorded it on his 1965 album "Fiddlin' Scotty LeBlanc" as "Scotty's Favorite." LeBlanc was of Acadien heritage, but a absorbed the Scottish fiddle tradition.
Additional notes
Source for notated version: - Buddy MacMaster (Cape Breton) [Dunlay & Reich]; Paddy LeBlanc (Cape Breton) [Dunlay & Greenberg].
Printed sources : - Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music from Cape Breton), 1996; p. 113. Dunlay & Reich (Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music from Cape Breton), 1986; p. 74. Welling (Welling’s Hartford Tune Book), 1976; p. 25.
Recorded sources: -AM1 92, Ashley MacIsaac -“Close to the Floor” (1992). A & M 79602 2000-2, Ashley MacIsaac - “Hi, How Are You Today?” (1995). Celtic CX 41, Scotty LeBlanc - "Fiddlin' Scotty LeBlanc" (1965). Celtic CX 47, (SCX) 57, Scotty LeBlanc "The Fiddlers of Cape Breton" (various artists).
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]
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