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Bonnie Kate

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on January 29th 2004 by lazyhound.

This tune has been added to 39 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Bonnie Kate
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|:g3/2f/2gf gddB|cedc BGGA|
BGGB cAAc|1 BdcB Adef:|2 BdcB A4||
|:BGGB cAdB|ecce fddf|
g3/2a/2ge dfgd|cedc BGG2:|
"variation"
|:g3/2f/2gf gddB|c/2d/2e dc BG GG/2A/2|
BG GA/2B/2 cA AB/2c/2|1 B/2c/2d cB Adef:|2 B/2c/2d cB A4||
|:BG GA/2B/2 cAdB|ec cd/2e/2 fd de/2f/2|
g3/2a/2ge d/2e/2f gd|c/2d/2e dc BGG2:|

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Bonnie Kate sheetmusic
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Bonnie Kate

This tune is often played as a warm-up tune in one of my sessions, and follows on from Harper's Frolic (recently submitted).
The tune is transcribed from a recent session tape, and the "variations" section is what was actually played by the lead concertina. The preceding section is the "bare bones" of the tune, in which I have stripped out the ornamentation.
Although this tune is called "Bonnie Kate" it is not the same as the Bonnie Kate elsewhere on this database.
Trevor

# Posted on January 29th 2004 by lazyhound

Any idea how this tune got to your session? It sounds Scottish in origin (as is the other Bonnie Kate).

# Posted on January 30th 2004 by ragaman

Bonnie Kate

David, I don't know, but I'll have a word with our well-travelled concertina player who apparently has a vast repertoire covering several fields, including Scottish, when I next see him on 8 Feb - this particular session meets fortnightly.
Trevor

# Posted on January 30th 2004 by lazyhound

The Harpers Frolic sounds distinctly English. But trans-national sets are not unheard of.

# Posted on February 1st 2004 by ragaman

Bonnie Kate

This "Bonnie Kate" became popular with English musicians after it appeared on an LP by the New Victory Band in the early 1980s. Fidicen's variations sound very close to the way I play it today and probably come from the same source. "Harper's Frolic", which also became very popular with English dance bands, was on the same LP and I'm fairly certain it was coupled with "Bonnie Kate" . Perhaps my favourite from the LP was the 48 bar schottische "The Mountain Belle" which I've never seen in print and would love to see posted, if only to find out how far I've altered it over the years.
Colin Turner

# Posted on February 4th 2004 by pfd

See my comment today about Harper's Frolic, under that tune.
Trevor

# Posted on February 6th 2004 by lazyhound

Bonnie Kate

Colin, I have today submitted for you The Mountain Belle.
Trevor

# Posted on February 7th 2004 by lazyhound

I believe this tune was in the same collection as Harper's Frolic from Ashover in Derbyshire from the latter half of the 18th Cent.

# Posted on January 12th 2006 by Compo

One of those very clever single-octave tunes that gives the impression its range is a lot greater.

# Posted on November 26th 2006 by nicholas

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