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Sheet Music for "Six & Sevens"Six & SevensSource: Geoghegan – Compleat Tutor for the Pastoral or New Bagpipes (c. 1745-46)Transcription: AK/Fiddler’s Companion



SIXES AND SEVENS. AKA - "Six and Sevens." English, Dance Tune (3/4 or 3/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Geoghegan): AABB (Seattle/Vickers).

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection (Northumberland) [Seattle].

Printed sources : - Geoghegan (Compleat Tutor for the Pastoral or New Bagpipes), c. 1745-46; p. 31. John Johnson (Choice Collection of 200 Favorite Country Dances, vol. 2), London, c. 1750; No. 72. Seattle (Great Northern Tune Book/William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 314. Walsh (Caledonian Country Dances, Book the First), c. 1740; p. 34.

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