Coal Fiddle (The)

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 Theme code Index    546L5L 6L5L7L2
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Robert Whinham
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English, Northumbrian/Borders
 Meter/Rhythm    Schottische/Schottis/Jennkka/Reinlander
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    ENGLAND(North East)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Graham Dixon
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Remember Me
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 44
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1995
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COAL FIDDLE, THE. English, (Schottische?). England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by musician, teacher, composer, dancing master and fiddler Robert Whinham (1814-1893), originally from Morpeth. A note in the manuscript indicates: "made at Hareshawhead." Graham Dixon finds that Hareshawhead was a farm on which coal was discovered, and that a drift mine was opened up in the 19th century.

Source for notated version: J. "Keilder Jock" Davidson 20th century manuscript, at the Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum [Dixon].

Printed source: Dixon (Remember Me), 1995; p. 44.


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