Annotation:Bluff
X:1 T:Bluff M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F A/B/|c/d/e/f/ c/A/F/A/|B/c/d/B/ A/B/c/A/|G/A/B/G/ F/E/F/A/|G/F/E/D/ C(A/B/)| c/d/e/f/ c/A/F/A/|B/c/d/B/ A/B/c/A/|G/A/B/G/ F/E/F/A/|c/^c/d/e/ f:| |:f/e/|d/A/A/A/ d/A/d/e/|f/g/a/f/ g/e/c/e/|d/A/A/A/ d/A/d/e/|f/a/g/e/ d/e/f/d/| c/G/G/G/ c/G/c/d/|e/c/d/=B/ c/B/A/G/|A/=B/c/d/ e/f/g/f/|e/c/d/=B/ c:||
BLUFF REEL. American, Reel. F Major (Cole, Ryan): G Major (Miller). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composition attributed to G.L. Tracy in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883). George Lowell Tracy (1855–1921) was a young man who later composed light opera and composition books, according to musicologist Charles Wolfe. Evidently Tracy arranged music as well, for one publication from the 1880's indicates an Arthur & Sullivan work was arranged by him. The title perhaps refers to the game of poker, which was historically called "Bluff".
