Blink Bonnie

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Theme code Index	3H2H1H5 6542
Also known as
Composer/Core Source	J. Scott Skinner
Region	Scotland, Canada
Genre/Style	Cape Breton/PEI, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Mixolydian
Time signature	4/4
History	CANADA(Maritimes/English)
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Paul Stewart Cranford
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Winston Fitzgerald: A Collection of Fiddle Tunes
Tune and/or Page number	No. 135, p. 55
Year of publication/Date of MS	1997
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BLINK BONNIE. Scottish, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by the great Scottish fiddler and composer J. Scott Skinner (1841-1927). To 'blink bonnie' is a Scots term referring to a glimpse of beauty.

Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].

Printed source: Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 135, p. 55.

X: 1
T: Blink Bonnie
C:J. Scott Skinner
R:Reel
I:speed 232
K:D
Z:Sawyer
M:4/4
L:1/8
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