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STEAL A COW AND EAT A
COW. AKA and see “Burn’s March,” “Huggad de gadda freed a
mony” (“Chugad
a’gadaidhe fríd a’mónaidh”), “´Im Bó
agus Um Bó,” “Pretty Peggy [4].”
STEALING APPLES. AKA and see “Daugherty’s Jig,”
“Lark in the Morning [3],” "Trip to Sligo [1]," "Road to Sligo [1]," “When I Parted.”
STEALL A PRIONSA (The Prince's Stream). Scottish, Strathspey. D Major.
Standard tuning. One part. Composed by Scottish fiddler Kenneth Kennedy, born
in Annat, Glen Roy, Inverness‑shire, in 1919. Kennedy survived service
with the Royal Artillery in World War II, notes Neil, to become a sheep farmer
at Brunnachan, Glen Roy. At the age of
49 he joined a religious order and now lives in
STEAM BOAT, THE. See “Steamboat
Hornpipe.”
STEAM PACKET HORNPIPE
[1]. English, Hornpipe.
X: 1
T:Steam Packet Hornpipe,1st part. JNu.12
T:Steamboat,The,aka. JNu.12
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:160
S:James Nuttall MS,c1830?,Rossendale,East Lancs.
R:Hornpipe
O:
N:Posted to Tradtunes list by John Adams
"primo"d2|g2 bg d2 gd|B2 dB G2 GG|FGAB cdcd|c2 B2 B2 d2|!
g2 bg d2 gd|B2 dB G2 B2|cdec BcAB|G2 G2 G2::!
Bc|d^cd^c dBGB|=cBcB cAFA|GABc defg|agfe dcBA|!
d^cd^c dBGB|=cBcB cAFA|GABc BcAF|G2 G2 G2:|]
STEAM PACKET [2], THE. See "The
Steampacket." Reel.
STEAMBOAT [1], THE. See "The
Steamboat Quickstep."
STEAMBOAT [2], THE. See "Steamboat
Hornpipe."
STEAMBOAT AROUND THE
STEAMBOAT BILL.
Old-Time, Quadrille (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. ABB. An old pop song
recorded by
X:1
T:Steamboat
Bill
M:2/4
L:1/8
S: Viola “Mom” Ruth – Pioneer Western Folk Tunes (1948)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(3D/E/F/|G/G/G/G/ B/dB/|c/B/c/A/ d3 (3D/E/F/|G/G/G/G/ B/dB/|
AF D>(3D/E/F/|G/G/G/G/ B/B/A/A/|G>E G>A|B/_B/=B/_B/ =B/dB/|
B/=BD/ G3||
|:{A/_B/}=B>D G>A|B/_B/=B/_B/ =B<d|
{A/_B/}=B>D G>(B/c/)|d/e/d/B/ A2|{A/_B/}=B>D G>(B/c/)|
B/_B/=B/_B/
=B<d|[c/e/][c/e/][c/e/][c/e/] d/B/G/A/|B/G/A G3:|
STEAMBOAT BLUES. Rounder 0436, Leonard Smith – “Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks,
vol. 2: On the Springfield Plain.”
STEAMBOAT HORNPIPE, THE. AKA - “The Steam Boat.” AKA and see “The Goodnatured Man,” “Tim the Turncoat.” English, Scottish;
Hornpipe. G Major (Cole, Kennedy, Kerr, Miller, Raven, Ryan): A Major (
See also listings at: Jane
Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index
to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s
Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Steamboat, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:MacDonald – Skye Collection (1887)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
R:Hornpipe
K:A
(cd)|e2 ae c2ec|A2cA E2AE|F2BA GBec|decd
B2 (cd)|e2ae c2ec|A2cA E2AE|
Ffed cABG|A2A2A2||(cd)|e^def
ecAc|dcde dBGB|ABcd efga|bagf edcd|e^def ecAc|
Dcde dBGB|Afed cABG|A2A2A2||
X:2
T:The Steam Boat
B:Kerr's Merry Melodies Book 1 (
Z:Nigel Gatherer
N:Changed from 2/4
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
d|g2 bg d2 gd|BcdB G2 B2|c2 ec A2
cA|FGAB cdef|g2 bg d2 gd|
BcdB G2 AB|cedc BAGF|A2 G2 G2::Bc|d2
d^c dBGB|c2 cB cAFA|
GABc defg|fgag fed^c|d2 d^c dBGB|c2
cB cAFA|cedc BAGF|A2 G2 G2:|]
X:3
T:The Stiam Boat (sic)
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:George Spencer manuscript (
K:G
|:d2|g2bg d2gd|B2dB G2G2|F2AF
D2d2|c2B2 B2d2|
g2bg d2gd|B2dB G2BG|FGAB
cAGF|G2G2G2:|
|:Bc|d2de dBGB|c2cd cAFA|GABc
defg|edcB A2Bc|
d2de dBGB|c2cd cAFA|Gged
BdFA|G2G2G2:|
STEAMBOAT QUICKSTEP, THE. AKA ‑ "The Steamboat." AKA and
see “Steamboat March,” "Uncle Jim," "Washington Quickstep."
Scottish, American, Canadian; Jig and Quickstep.
X:1
T:Steamboat Quickstep
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A
a2e c2A|Ace A2e|agf edc|Bed cBA|a2e c2A|Ace a2e|agf edc|BcB A3:|
|:Ace ece|efe cBA|Ade f2f|fga e3|Ace ece|efe cBA|agf edc|BcB A3:|
STEAMBOAT 'ROUND THE
X:1
T:Steamboat
Around the
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
|:{e}g2 a2 b2 ag |e g2 a gedg |efga b2 ag|e a2 b a2 ga |b2 ba baga |bage gedB|
DGBd AGED|DEGB {A}G4::{A}B4 {A}B4 |{A}B2 ed BAG z |{A}B2 Bc BAGE |
DEGB A G3 |{A}B4 {A}B4 |{A}B2 ed BAG z |g2 ed {BcBc}BAGB |AGAB {A}G4:|
STEAMBOAT WALTZ. English, American; Waltz.
T:Steamboat Waltz
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Waltz
S:Elias Howe –
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d2|dgfedc|ed B2 GB|dc A2 FA|ed B2 d2| dgfedc|ed B2 GB|dcedcA|G4:|
|:D2|GBdc
A2|FAed B2|GBdc A2|FAed B2|dgfedc|ed B2 GB|dcedcA|G4:|
STEAMPACKET, THE (“An Lung-Gaile” or “An Long gaile”). AKA – “The Steam Packet.” AKA and
see "Fuiseog an tSleibhe,"
"The Mountain Lark [4],"
"O'Connell's Reel [2],"
"An Colamo(i)r Sugach,"
"The Connacht Rangers,"
“Connaught Reel [3],” "Father Henebry's Reel,"
"Lady O'Brien's Reel,"
"Last House of/in
Connacht [1]," “New Tobacco,” “The
Steamboat,” "The Frieze Kneebreeches,"
"The Gauger [2]." Irish, Reel.
G Major/D Mixolydian. Standard tuning .
AAB (O’Malley, O’Neill): AA’BB’ (Harker/Rafferty). Known as a piper’s reel. In
1959 Kerry fiddler Denis Murphy (1910-1974) recorded it in Dublin in a medley
along with “The Kerry Reel [1]” and “Colonel Frazer.” Source for notated
version: students of New York fiddler John McGrath (1900-1955), originally from
County Mayo [O’Malley]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill,
Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Harker (300
Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 150, pg. 46. Lyth (Bowing Styles in Irish Fiddle Playing,
vol. 1), 1981; 79. O’Malley Collection, 1976; No. 58, pg. 29. O'Neill (Dance
Music of
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk
Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Steampacket, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
A>G {A}B(3GFG AGFD|D>G
{A}(3GFG AdcA|BGGB AFDE|FEFG AdcA:|
||d>g (3ggg a>g (3ggg|dggg
fdcA|d>g (3ggg a>g (3ggg|dcde fdcA|
d>g (3ggg a>g (3ggg|dgge f2
fg|afge fdec|dcde fdcA||
X:2
T:Steampacket, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Malley Collection
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
AG~G2 AGFD | AG~G2 [F2A2] dc | AG~G2
AFDE | =FEFG AdcA |
AG~G2 AGFG | DG~G2 [F2A2] dc | (3AcA
Gc AFDE | =FEFG ABcA ||
dg~g2 ag~g2 | d2 eg fdcA | dg~g2 ag~g2
| d^cde fd=cA | dg~g2 ag~g2 |
abag fefg | (3agf (3gfe fde^c | d^cde fd=cA ||
STEAMPACKET [2], THE. AKA
and see “The Drunken Gauger [4].”
Irish, Slip Jig.
STEAMPACKET [3], THE. AKA and
see “Steam Packet Hornpipe [1].” English, Hornpipe.
STECIAK'S. American, Waltz. G Modal ('Arabian'). Standard tuning. AB. Composed in
1992 by piano player Larry Unger (Lincoln, MA) while "noodling"
around during the intermission of a contra dance. It was titled when one Judy
Steciak, in attendance at the time, asked what it was called; "of course I
said 'Steciak's,'" says Unger. Matthiesen (Waltz Book II), 1995; pg. 58.
STEEL BRIG, THE. Canadian, Hornpipe.
STEEL HOOP, THE.
English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning.
AA’BB’. The title may refer to an apparatus for acrobatic entertainment. The
melody first appears in Charles and Samuel Thompson’s first country dance
collection (London, 1753), followed by a printing in John Johnson’s 200
Favourite Country Dances, vol. 8 (London, 1758). The Thompson’s published it
again in their Complete Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol.
3 (London, 1773). Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005;
pg. 123. Sheffield (From Two Barns, vol. 6), 1995. Thompson (Compleat
Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 103.
X:1
T:Steel Hoop, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G G2 D|B B2 G|d d2 B|g2 d2|e c2 e|d B2 d|c A2 c|BGAD|G G2 D|B B2 G|d d2 B|
g2 d2|e c2 e|d B2 c|BAGF|G2 [G,2G2]::g g2 d|g g2 d|g b2 g|g b2 g|g g2 d|g g2 d|
edcB|B2
A2|g g2 d|g g2 d|g b2 g|g b2 g|gded|gded|BAGF|G2 [G,2G2]:||
STEELEY'S RAG. Old-Time, Country Rag. D Major.
Standard tuning. ABB. A shift to the second or third position on the violin
will facilitate playing this tune. Source for notated version: Gary Lee Moore
[Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional
American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 135.
STEEL’S JIG. AKA – “Harlequin’s Jig.”
English, Jig.
X:1
T:Steel’s Jigg
T:Harliquin’s Jigg
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:William Vickers’ music manuscript
collection (Northumberland, 1770)
K:G
d|g2g gba|”tr”g3 f2e|dcB ABc|BAB
G2D|GBd AFD|
GBd AFD|Egf ed^c|d3 D2::B|d2d
dcB|c2A, A,2c|
c2c cBA|B2G, G,2c|Bdg edc|Bdg
edc|B2g faf|g3 d2:|
STEEPLE CHASE [1]. AKA and see "The Family
Estate," "The
Girl with the Handsome Face," "McKenna's
Reel," "Miss Wright's
Reel," "Mollie's Bonnet,"
"Molloy's Night Cap,"
"The Pigeon on the Gate [5],"
"The Pride of the Ball,"
"The Queen's Wedding," "The Swallow's Tail Reel," "Take your Hand away," "The Village Reel.” Irish, American; Reel. A
Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Usually known under the “Swallowtail” title.
Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981;
Appendix No. 6, pg. 574. Cole (1000
Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 43 and pg. 37 (appears as "Pride of the
Ball"). Harding Collection
(1915) and Harding's Original Collection
(1928); No. 169. Henebry, 1928; No. 67, pg. 243. JIFSS, Vol. XVII, pg. 39
(appears as "Village Reel"). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 342, pg. 157 (untitled
reel). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1268. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 71.
X:1
T:Pride of the Ball
T:Steeple Chase
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs
(1909), No. 342
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D Mix
cB|A2 FD A2 FD|EGAB cBcA|G2EC
G2EC|EGAB c2 Bc|
A2FD A2FD|EGAB c2 Bc|dBcA BGAF|GBAF
D2:|
|:FG|Addd dcAG|FGAB c2 BA|G2
ECG2EC|EGAB c2 Bc|
Addd dcAG|FGAB cBce|dBcA BGAF|GBAF
D2:|
STEEPLECHASE
[2] (An Léimrás). AKA and see "Carrigaline," "It's a Hard Road to Travel,"
“The Milestone [2],” "Rocks of Cashel [1]." Irish, Reel.
C Major. Standard tuning. One part (O'Neill): AABB (Breathnach, Flaherty):
AA’BB’ (Taylor/Tweed). The melody was famously recorded in New York for Crown
Records by south County Sligo born fiddlers Paddy Killoran (1904-1965) and
Paddy Sweeney (1894-1974), who backed it with “Ah, Surely” in the early 1930’s.
Breathnach (CRÉ III) gives “The Boys
of 25” as an alternate title, however, this appears to be a mistake, as “Boys
of Twenty Five” is another title for the melody “Ah, Surely”, the other tune in
the Killoran/Sweeney medley. A version of the tune was recorded in Québec by
French-Canadian fiddler Guy Bouchard. Sources for notated versions: fiddler
Paddy Killoran (
X:1
T:Steeplechase
[2]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:C
G,~C3
E~G3 | Add^c dfed | c3G AGcA | G2 EC DCA,C | G,~C3 EG3 |
Add^c
dfed | c3G AGcA |1 GEDF EC C2 :|2 GEDE CGAB |: c2 ec gcea |
gece
dcAB | c2 ec gcec | Add^c dfed | c2 ec Gcea |
gece
dcAc | e~g3 e~a3 |1 gedg eccB :|2 gedg ec c2 ||
X:2
T:Guy
Bouchard en C
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Fiddler
Pascal Gemme (of the group Genticorum) http://tradquebec.over-blog.com/archive-4-2007.html
K:C
cC/D/
E/G/(3G/G/G/|A/d/d/^c/ d/f/e/d/|cG/c/ A/d/c/A/|G/E/C/E/ D/A,/A,/A,/|
G,C/(3C/C/C/
E/G/(3G/G/G/|A/d/d/^c/ d/f/e/d/|cG/c/ A/d/c/A/|G/E/D/F/ E/C/C:|
|:cc/c/
g/c/c/a/|g/e/d/g/ e/c/A/B/|cc/c/ g/c/c/a/|g/e/d/g/ e/c/A/c/|
dA/c/
G/c/e/a/|g/e/d/g/ e/c/A/c/|e/g/(3/g/g/g/ e/a/(3a/a/a/|g/e/d/g/ e/c/A/B/:|
STEEPLE CLAYDON. AKA and see "Old
Mother Oxford." English, Morris Dance Tune (). G Major. Standard
tuning. One part. The tune is a variation of "Old Mother Oxford," and
the only melody the morris dancers from the
STEER HER UP AND HAD
HER GAN. Scottish, Scots Measure. D Major.
Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Charles Gore explains the title has a nautical
connection and translates as: "Bring her (the boat) up (to wind) and let
(hold) her go(ing)." Gow (Complete
Repository), Part 4, 1817; p. 8. McGlashan
(Collection of Scots Measures), 178?;
p. 11.
X:1
T:Steer her up and had her gan
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Scots Measure
B:McGlashan – Collection of Scots Measures
(178?)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
af|d2d2f3e|defg a2AG|F2A2A2GF|E2E2
c3e|d2d2f3e|defg a2ga|
bagf e2dc|d4D2 :: fe|d2A2F3A| dAGA
GFED| E2 =c4 E=F| G=FED C2fe|
d2A2F3E|DEFG Aagf| efgf ecAc| d4D2
:|
STEER KIMMER. AKA – “What’s/Wha’s a’ the Steer(, Kimmer).” Scottish, Reel. G Major.
Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB’. ‘Steer’ is Scots for ‘stir’, and the full
title translates as “What’s all the fuss, woman.” Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 128, p. 16.
X:1
T:Steer Kimmer
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 128
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B/B/B (BA) B2 (Bd)|B/B/B (BA) B2
(Bc)|dedB e2 (dB)|dedB AcBA:|
|:G/G/G (GE) G2 (GB)|G/G/G (GE) G2
(GA)|Bdef gfge|1 dBGB AcBA:|2 dBAB G2d2||
STEER THE GILL. AKA and see "Lassintullich." Scottish, Reel. D
Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. John Glen (1891) finds the
earliest printing of the tune in Robert
Bremner's 1757 collection. ‘Steer’ is Scots for ‘stir,’ while a gill is a
unit of liquid measure, "one fourth of a mutchkin, about three quarters of
the imperial gill.” Until fairly recently the gill was in use as a unit solely
for measuring whiskey, although it has now been supplanted by metric
measurements. Bremner (A Collection of Scots Reels), c. 1757; p. 13.
Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986;
No. 521. Gow (Complete Repository),
Part 2, 1802; p. 36. MacDonald (The Skye
Collection), 1887; p. 65. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 92. WS
031703, Wendy MacIsaac – “Timeline” (2003).
X:1
T:Lassintullich
T:Steer the Gill
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|d2AB AGFD|d2AB Agfe|d2AB AGFD|E=C C/C/C =c2c:|
|:e|d(DD)B
AGFD|d(DD)B Agfe|d(DD)B AGFD|E=C C/C/C =c2c:|
X:2
T:Steer the Gill
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Bremner – Scots Bremner (1757)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d2 de (d/c/B/A/) (G/F/E/D/) | d2 df
e(g”tr”fe) | d2 de (d/c/B/A/) (G/F/E/D/) | E(=CC)E c2 ce :|
|: d(DD)B A(F”tr”ED) | d(DD)f egfa |
d(DD)B A(F”tr”ED) | E(=CC)E =c2 ce :|
STELLA’S TRIP TO
STENSON’S NO. 1. AKA and see “The Cavan Reel,” “The Gravel Walk(s),” “The Highland Man that
Kissed His Grannie [1],” “Jenny
Tie Your Bonnet,” “The Jolly Seven,”
“The Tailor’s Thimble [2].” Irish. B
Minor/D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). Recorded by Kevin Burke.
STENSON’S REEL.
Irish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.
X:1
T:Stenson’s Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Treoir (1985)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
G|AFEF Abce|fece fgaf|e~c3 a~c3|fcec
BdcB|
AFEF Abce|fece fgaf|e~c3 acec|BdcB
A3:|
|:B|c2 Ac ecAc|B2 GB EBGB|c2 Ac
ecAc|BABc dfed|
c2 Ac ecAc|B2 GB EBGB|Abce fdaf|ecBc
A3:||
STEP À TI-PHONSE, LE. French-Canadian, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Hart
& Sandell): AABB’ (Remon & Bouchard). The prefix ‘ti’ means ‘little’,
and the title translates as ‘little Alphonse’s (favorite) step-dance (tune)’.
The tune is irregular, with the ‘A’ part half as long as the ‘B’ part.
According to Alain, Alphonse was a good step-dancer indeed. Source for notated
version: fiddler André Alain {1931-2001} (St-Basile-de-Portneuf, Québec) [Remon
& Bouchard]. Hart & Sandell (Dance
ce Soir), 2001; No. 7, p. 43. Remon & Bouchard (25 Crooked Tunes, vol. 1: Québec Fiddle Tunes), 1996; No. 2. André Alain – “Violoneux de St-Basile-de-Poartneuf.”
STEP AND FETCH HER [1]. English, Morris Dance Tune (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning
(fiddle). AABC (x3). The Abington morris side calls this tune “Sally Luker,”
according to Chris Bartram. Source for notated version: Arnold Woodley via Roy
Dommett [Bacon]. Bacon (The Morris Ring),
1974; p. 41.
X:1
T:Step and Fetch Her [1]
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
A|:B2B2 cBcA|G2e2 egfe|d2 Bd
cBcA|G2B2 G4:||
A3c B2d2|A3c B2d2|A3c B2d2|dcBA
B2G2|
A2Ac B2d2|A2 Ac B2d2|A2 Ac B2d2|dcBA
G3||
A|B2 Bc d2 cB|A2 AB c2A2|B2 Bc
d2g2|dcBA G3A|
B2 Bc d2 cB|A2 AB c2A2|B2 Bc
d2g2|fdef g4||
STEP AND FETCH HER [2]. English, Morris Dance Tune (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning
(fiddle).
X:1
T:Step and Fetch Her [2]
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
G3G A2B2|G2G2A2B2|G3A B2e2|dcBA G4|G4
A2B2|
G2G2A2B2|G2A2B2e2|dcBA G4||(3gag e2
d3B|c2d2e2f2|
(3gag e2d2B2|B3c A2A2|g3e
d2B2|c2d2e2f2|g2A2A2B2|A2G2 G4||
STEP AND FETCH HER [3]. AKA and see “Follow Your
Lovers.” English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning
(fiddle). AABC. The tune has an irregular measure (3/2) near the end of the ‘A’
part. Related to the morris dance tunes found in Bacon. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; p. 9.
X:1
T:Step and Fetch Her [3]
T:Follow Your Lovers
M:2/2
L:1/8
S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(G3A B2).B2 | (cdcA B2).B2 | (cdcA
B2).B2 | c2c2B2B2 | (A2BA B2).B2 |
(cdcA B2).B2 |
M:3/2
L:1/8
(cdcA B2).B2 (A2 FA |
M:2/2
L:1/8
G2) (B2G4) :|
||(A3AB2).B2 | .A2 .A.A .B2.B2 |
(A3AB2) .c2 | (edBA G4) |
(A3cB2)B2 | .A2 (Ac) B2B2 |
(A3AB2c2) | (dcBA G4) ||
(B2d2)(d2c2) | (ABABc2B2) | (GABc
d2.g2) | f6d2 |
B2d2)(d2c2) | (ABABc2B2) | (GABc d2g2) | (.f2.f2) g4 ||
STEP AROUND JOHNNY. Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major.
Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern),
2002; p. 150.
STEP BACK. AKA and see "Old
Molly Oxford [2]." English, Morris Dance Tune (2/2 time). D Major
(Bacon, Karpeles, Raven): G Major (Mallinson). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB
(x3), AA (Bacon, Mallinson). Collected from the Cotswold
X:1
T:Step Back
L:1/8
M:2/2
K:D
d2 cd e2f2|e2 dc Bc d2|c2A2B2G2|A2 AG FGA2|
d2 (3edc B2 AG|F2A2d4|F2 (3FED E2C2|D4D4:|
|:AGFE D2 EF|G2A2B2c2|dcBA G2A2|Bcdf e2 ce|
d2
Bd c2A2|BGEF G2B2|AGFE D2 EF|G4G4:|
STEP-BACK CINDY. AKA and see "Backstep Cindy."
STEP-DANCER, THE. Canadian, Strathpspey. A Mixolydian. Standard
tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Cape Breton piper Barry W. Shears. Shears
(Gathering of the Clans Collection, vol.
1), 1986; p. 43.
STEP HIGH WALTZ. Old‑Time, Waltz. County 403, "Roane
County Ramblers" (East Tennessee) {originally recorded in 1928}.
STEP IT FAST. Cajun, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. See also related
tunes "T'en As Eu, T'en
N'auras P'us," "Steppin' Fast,"
"Canadi
STEP LIVELY. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. The tune was composed by Les
Smitha, originally from Trimble County, Kentucky, a trained musician as well as
a fiddler. Recorded in 1931 by the Jimmie Johnson String Band (for whom Smitha
fiddled).
STEP STATELY [1]. AKA and see "Jack Pudding."
English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. The
melody was published by Playford in his English
Dancing Master (1651) as “Step Stately,” though “Jack Pudding” may be the
older name for the tune. Barnes (English
Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Raven (English
Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 47 (a facsimile copy of the Playford
original). Sharp (Country Dance Tunes),
1909/1994; pg. 45.
X:1
T:Step Stately [1]
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Minor
D|G2G A2F|B G2 c2A|d B2
A2G|(G3G2)D|G2G A2F|B G2 c2A|d B2 A2G|(G3 G2)||
g|f d2 e2c|d B2 c2A|B G2 A F2|(B3
B2) B|c A2 d2A|^F D2 B2c|d B2 c A2|(G3 G2)||
STEP STATELY [2]. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning.
AA'BB. Barnes (English Country Dance
Tunes), 1986.
STEP TO THE MUSIC,
JOHNNY. Old‑Time, Breakdown. C Major
(Ford): D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Ford tells or retells some fairly absurd
stories about tune-name origins, and true-to-form includes a blurb about this
one. It seems that a party of foraging Union troops surprised a large body of
Confederates relaxing by attending a dance; the northerners surrounded the
place and captured the enemy with nary a shot fired. The fiddler for the dance,
not a soldier but a Southern sympathizer, was vocal in his distaste for the
Yankees who decided to take him along with the other prisoners for his trouble.
As recompense for his sarcasm he was made to play a lively tune for the group
to march to on their way back to the Union lines, enforced by the point of a
bayonet at his back. From time to time the Yankees would yell “Step to the
music, Johnny!,” which Ford says subsequently became the accepted name for the
tune. Even given the fact that even
green troops post sentries while recreating and are unlikely to be surprised,
there does seem to be a core of truth to the tale, for fiddler-led processions
were not uncommon in that day and age.
Fiddlers leading bridal processions were common to many cultures,
including Irish and Scandinavian. A similar, far more chilling procession is
evoked by Eileen Southern in her book The
Music of Black Americans (1983), when she describes this scene from the
antebellum South: "Many a traveller commented upon the 'wild hymns of
sweet and mournful melody' sung by men and women of the slave coffles on the
long journey from 'Virginny' into the lower South. Gathered together into
groups that sometimes numbered in the hundreds, slaves were handcuffed, two by
two, and attached to a long chain that ran down the center of the double file.
Men on horseback accompanied the coffles, wielding long whips to 'goad the
reluctant and weary,' and fiddlers among the slaves were forced to play on
their instruments. Thus the grim procession took on the bizarre aspect of a
nightmarish parade" (pg. 157). Ford (Traditional
Music in America), 1940; pg. 58.
X:1
T:Step to the Music, Johnny
L:1/8
M:2/4
K:C
(c|c)G/c/ A/G/E/G/|c/c/G/c/
A/G/E/G/|A/Bc/ B/A/B/d/|g/f/g/a/ ge/d/|
cG/c/ A/G/E/G/|c/c/G/c/
A/G/E/G/|A/Bc/ B/A/B/d/|e<cc:|
|:(e|e>)e cc|e>e c2|B/c/d/B/
GG/G/|B/c/d/B/ GG/G/|e>e cc|e>e c2|
B/c/d/f/ gB|c>d c:|
X:2
T:Step to the Music Johnny
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Bruce Greene
N:From a transcription by John Lamancusa, by permission. See http://www.mne.psu.edu/lamancusa/tunes.htm
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d2 Ad BAFA | d2 Ad BA B2 | c2c2 cdef
| a2 ab agfe |
d2 Ad BAFA | d2 Ad BA B2 | c2c2 cBcd
| fedA d4 :|
|: f4 d3e | fgfe d2d2 | cdec A2A2 |
cdec A3e |
fefg fede | fe A2 d3d | cdef a2c2 |
d4 d4 :|
STEP WALTZ. AKA and see “’Italian’ Waltz,” “Waltzing over the Water.”
STEPHANIE WILLS. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. A Dorian (‘A’ part) & A Minor
(‘B’ part). Standard tuning. AAB. A modern composition by Cape Breton fiddler
Brenda Stubbert (b. 1959, Point Aconi, Cape Breton). Celestial
Entertainment CECS001, Brenda Stubbert - “In Jig Time!” (1995).
STEPHEN BALDWIN’S
SCHOTTISCHE. AKA and see “Winter('s) Night Schottische.”
STEPHENSON’S MONUMENT. English, Hornpipe. E Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. A statue in Newcastle, northern England, honouring George Stephenson
(1741-1848) the railway pioneer. His son Robert designed the
***
X:1
T:Stephenson's Monument
R:hornpipe
C:W Stewart
Z:Kohler's Violin Repository
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:E
g>a|b>^ab>g e>gf>e|d>ef>d B>cB>A|G>Be>B c>Af>e|d>ef>d B2g>a|
b>^ab>g e>gf>e|d>ef>d B>cB>A|G>Be>B c>af>d|e2e2e2:|
d>e|f>B~B2 f>Ba>B|g>B~B2 g>Bb>g|f>ag>f e>dc>^B|=B2B2B2 B>A|
G>Be>B
c>Af>e|d>Bg>e e>ca>f|g>be>g f>ad>f|e2e2e2:|
STEPH'S REEL. See "Campbell's
Farewell to Red Gap."
STEPNEY’S RANT. Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The ‘A’ part is shared with
“Jackson’s Fancy.” Kennedy (Traditional
Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours),
1997; No. 175, pg. 41. O’Farrell
(Pocket Companion, vol. IV), 1810;
pg. 86.
X:1
T:Stepney’s Rant
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. IV (1810)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
F/E/ | DFA def | ece dAF | GBG FAF |
BGE E2F | DFA def | ece dAF |
GBG FAF | DED D2 :: A | FGF FED | GBG GFE | FGF FED | BGE E2G |
FGF FED | GBG GFE | GBG FAF | DFD D2
:|
STEPPIN' FAST. AKA and see "Step it Fast,"
"T'en As Eu, T'en N'auras
P'us."
STEPPING STONES [1], THE (Na Cois Ceimeanna). AKA and see “Jenkins Hornpipe,” “Na Cois Ceimeanna,” “Washington Hornpipe.”
STEPPING STONES [2]. Irish, Jig. Ireland, County Donegal. Identified by Larry Sanger as a jig
version of the pipe march “The
Highland Lassie Going to the Fair,” played by, among others, fiddler John
Doherty. Duval & Jones (A Dossan of Heather: Irish traditional music
from Packie Manus Byrne of Donegal for tin whistle, fiddle or flute), 2000.
STEPPING STONES [3].
English, Country Dance Tune (3/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning. AB.
Composed by Brian Jenkins. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005;
pg. 124.
STERLING CASTLE. AKA and see "Grey Daylight."
Scottish, Strathspey. The tune is also
well-known in County Donegal as a Strathspey.
STETSON'S HORNPIPE. Scottish, Hornpipe. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor),
1898; pg. 49.
X:1
T:Stetson’s Hornpipe
M:C
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Honeyman – Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor (1898)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
c2|f>c (3c=Bc f>c
(3cBc|d>ef>g a>f (3fef|d>bc>a B>gA>f|G>Bc>B A>F
C2|
f>c (3c=Bc f>c
(3cBc|d>ef>g a>f (3fef|d>bc>a B>gA>f|G>fa>g f2:|
|:c>f|a2 g>e f>a
c’2|f>ge>f df b2|g>aa>g g>ff>e|f>a g/f/e/f/ c2 f>g|
a2 g>c f>a c’2|f>ge>f
d>f b2|b>aa>g g>fe>g|f>ca>g f2:|
STEVE COONEY’S. AKA and see “The Strathnairn
Polka.” Irish, Polka. B Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. A modern composition
by West Kerry based musician and composer Steve Cooney. Source for notated
version: set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, mid-1980’s [Taylor].
Mac Amhlaoibh & Durham (An Pota
Stóir: Ceol Seite Corca Duibne/The Set Dance Music of West Kerry), pg. 8.
Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book),
1995; pg. 35.
STEVEN PRIOR’S. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Falmouth, Massachusetts, writer and banjo player Bill Black.
X:1
T: Steven Prior's
C: © B.Black
Q: 300
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: G
G,B,D =FEF | G,B,D GFG | G,B,D =FGA | dBc AFD |
G,B,D =FEF | G,B,D GFG | dBc AFD | DEF G3 :|
gab age | d^cd =f2 A | =FEF AFA | dBc AFD |
gab
age | d^cd =fga | gfd cAd | GAG G3 :|
STEVEN'S WALTZ (No. 2). Old‑Time, Waltz. USA, Nebraska. B Flat Major ('A' part) & E‑Flat
Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. Source for notated version: Bob Walters
(Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; pg. 186. Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers' Association, Bob Walters
(1889-1960) - "Old Time Fiddler's Repertory" (1976).
X:1
T:Steward’s Lodge Song, The
M:C|
L:1/8
S:Aird, vol. II (1785)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Dmix
de | f2 (d2d2) D2 | F2 (A2A2) dc | B2A2G2F2 | E2e2 e3f | g2f2e2d2 |
cdec A3A | BcdB cdef | f2 d2 d2 :: de | f3g g4 | e3f g4 | B2g2f2 ed |
cdec
A4 | d3c B4 | e3d c4 | a2 gf efge | f2d2d2 :|
STEWART
OF KILPATRICK AND THE DAUGHTER OF THE KING OF INE. Irish, Air (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 732, pg.
184.
X:1
T:Stewart of Kilpatrick and the
daughter of the king of Ine
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 732
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G2 GB | AG G2 | GA BG | AG G2 || BE
EA | FE D2 | GA BG | AG G2 ||
STEWART RANT, THE. See "The
Stewart's Rant."
STEWART ROBERTSON’S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor. Standard
tuning. AAB. Composed by Kirkmichael, Perthshire, fiddler Robert Petrie. Petrie (Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country
Dances), 1790; pg. 7.
X:1
T:Stewart
Robertson's Strathspey
C:Robert
Petrie
S:Petrie's
Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c., 1790
Z:Steve
Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>,
N:Petrie's First Collection, page 7
L:1/8
M:C
R:Strathspey
K:Gm
D
| G2 TB>c (d/c/d/=e/) fd | c<Af>d (c/B/A/G/) F>A | G>AB>c
db/a/ g>d | c<Af>A BGG :|
d
|Tg>bg<d B<d Tg2 |Tf>af<c A<c Tf2 | g>bg>d B>dG<g
| f>c d/c/B/A/ B<GG>d |
Tg>bg<d
B<d Tgf/g/ |Tf>af<c A>cf<a | bg(^f/g/a) gd (c/d/e)|(d/c/d/e/)
(d/c/B/A/) BGG |]
STEWART TARTAN. Scottish, Highland Schottische. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 212, pg.
24.
X:1
T:Stewart
Tartan
M:C
L:1/8
R:Highland
Schottische
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 212 (c.
1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
c2 B>A
F<A E<C|E<E c>A B2 e2|c2 B>A F<A E<C|E<E c>A B2A2:|
|:c2 B>A (c<e)
(e<a)|f>ec>A (c<B) B2|c2 B>A (3cde (3fga|E<E c>A B2A2:|
STEWARTON LASSES. Scottish, Reel. Scotland, Ayrshire. D Major (C Major). Standard tuning.
The melody is thought to be one of the most outstanding compositions credited
to John Riddell, the amateur fiddle
composer of Ayr (1718‑1795), and was early attributed to him in a work
called "Introduction to the Ballads and Songs of Ayrshire" (1846).
Robert Burns called the melody "the oldest Ayrshire reel," however,
and he attributed it to Captain Alexander Cuningham of Kirktonholm (d. 1770).
Collinson (1966) remarks that the tune is "an interesting study in the so‑called
double‑tonic." Collinson (The
Traditional and National Music of Scotland), 1966; pg. 208.
STEWART'S LASSIE. Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 67, pg. 9.
X:1
T:Stewart’s
Lassie
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 67 (c.
1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D|G>Bd>B
c>eg>e|(d<B)B>G (B<A)A>D|G>Bd>B c>eg>e|(d<B)
A>B G3:|
|:d|c/B/A/G/
G>D E>FG>e|d<B g>B B<A A>d|1 c/B/A/G/ G>D E>FG>e|
d<B
A>B G3:|2 G>Bd>B c>eg>e|(d<B) A>B G3||
STEWART'S MARCH, THE. AKA and see "Gabhaidh Sinn An Rathad Mor."
STEWART'S
RANT(, THE). AKA and see “Dick a Dollis,” “Lady Jane Stuart’s Rant,” “Stuart’s Rant,” “Was Yow at the Wedding.”
Scottish, Rant. A Major. Standard tuning. AB. Rather that an eight‑bar
phrase this tune has a four‑bar rant phrase repeated. The tune is
commonly used for the country dance "General Stewart's Reel." The tune
is included in the second part of the Drummond
Castle Manuscript (in the possession of the Earl of Ancaster at Drummond
Castle), 1734, inscribed "A Collection of the best Highland Reels written
by David Young, W.M. & Accomptant."
The MS is also known as "The Duke of Perth's Manuscript."
Emmerson (Rantin’ Pipe and Tremblin’
String), 1971; No. 38, pgs. 133‑134. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 3, 1817; pg. 24. Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1986; pg. 29.
Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set
21, No. 2, pg. 15. MacDonald (The Skye
Collection), 1887; pg. 3. McGlashan
(A Collection of Reels), c. 1786; pg.
20. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole
Collection), 1884; pg. 17. Surenne (Dance
Music of Scotland), 1852; pg. 60.
X:1
T:Stewart’s Rant, The
M:C|
L:1/8
S:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
e|c/d/e f/g/a e2 ce|dBfB bBfB| c/d/e f/g/a e2 ce|dBge a2 Ae| c/d/e f/g/a e2 ce|
dBfB bBfB|cefa efce|defg a2A||e|c>A A/A/A cAcA|B>E E/E/E BEBd|
cA A/A/A cAcA|BE E/E/E e2 Ae|cAeA fAeA|GEBE GABd|cAeA AaeA| defg a2A||
STEYRISH WALTZ. English, Waltz. England, Shropshire. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
Ashman believes the title refers to the Austrian province of Styria. Source for
notated version: a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman].
Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe),
1991; No. 96a, pg. 39.
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