Batchelder's

reel

Key signature: Fmajor

Submitted on December 4th 2002 by Trevor Jennings.

This tune has been added to 17 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• From Shetland by Trevor Hunter
• New England Chestnuts Vol. 1 by Rodney Miller, Randy Miller And Friends
• New England Chestnuts Volumes 1 And 2: Classic New England Contra Music by Various Artists
• The Best Of Fiddle Fever by Fiddle Fever

X: 1
T: Batchelder's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Fmaj
f2af efge|f2c2 c2=Bc|dcBA BAGF|EFGA Bcde|
f2af efge|f2c2 (3cdc =Bc|dcBA BAGF|EFGE F4:|
|:A2cA cAcA|B2dB dBdB|A2cA cAcA|BAGF EFGB|
A2cA cAcA|B2dB dBdB|Acfa bgeg|f2a2 f2c2:||

From New England Fiddler's Repertoire.

# Posted on December 4th 2002 by Trevor Jennings

This tune is also on JC's database in F, together with a slightly different version in G and in 2/4, as follows:
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:G
d2|:g2bg fgaf|g2d2- d2=cd|edcB cBAG|1 FGAB cdef:|2 FGAF G4:|
|:B2dB dBdB|c2ec ecec|1 B2dB dBdB|cBAG FGAc :|2 Bdgb c'afa | g2b2 g4:||

Both versions in JC's come with chords, which I've stripped out for the purposes of this posting.

# Posted on December 4th 2002 by Trevor Jennings

Nice tune. It has more of a hornpipe feel to it than a reel.

# Posted on December 5th 2002 by CreadurMawnOrganig

Reel Or Hornpipe?

I don't know about you but this tune definately sounds like it should be a hornpipe!!

# Posted on January 2nd 2004 by fiddlinzombie

"New England Fiddler's Repertoire"

by Randy Miller and Jack Perron, first published in 1983.

http://www.randymillerprints.com/fiddletunebooks.htm

Page 130: "Batchelder's Reel"

# Posted on March 9th 2006 by ceolachan

Reel Or Hornpipe?

"I don't know about you but this tune definately sounds like it should be a hornpipe!!"

It appears in Ryan's /Cole's as "Atlanta Hornpipe."

# Posted on September 25th 2006 by Bo_in_VA