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NORTHDOWN WALTZ, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (3/8 or 3/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABC. A waltz-country dance, combining both a waltz step (couple dance) with country dance figures. It is popular and frequently on the dance card at English Country Dances.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Parry (Collection of New and Favorite Country Dances, Reels & Waltzes), 1820; p. 14.

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See/hear the tune played & danced on youtube.com [1]




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