The Left Handed Fiddler

reel

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on July 3rd 2005 by Gard.

This tune has been added to 53 tunebooks.

Also known as The Left-Handed Fiddler.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Highland Fiddler by Duncan Chisholm, Iain MacFarlane And Bruce MacGregor
• Celtic Hotel by Battlefield Band
• Da Hömin by Kevin Henderson, Jenna Reid And Kevin Mackenzie
• Legacy Of The Scottish Fiddle Vol. 1 by Alasdair Fraser And Paul Machlis
• Roaming Free by Colin MacLeod And Rory Sinclair
• Silver Strings by Iain Anderson
• Springwell by Kevin Macleod And Alec Finn
• The Call by Rebecca Lomnicky
• The Piper And The Maker by Various Artists
• The Strathspey King by James Scott Skinner
• The World's Room by Old Blind Dogs

X: 1
T: Left Handed Fiddler, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
d | cAce {g}a2(ed) | cAEA GBBd | cAce aefd | ecdB cAAd |
cAce {g}a2 (ed) | cAEA GBBG | AcBd cedf | ecdB cAAg |
~a2 (Aa) caAa | caAa BcdB | ~a2 (Aa) caAa | BcdB cAAg |
~a2 (Aa) caAa | caAa BcdB | AEcA dBec | fdge aA [A2E2] ||

Th Left Handed Fiddler

One of J. S. Skinner's compositons.

# Posted on July 3rd 2005 by Gard

Scott Skinner wrote this for his father who had lost a finger in an accident,and re-learned the fiddle left handed.Not an easy task.

# Posted on July 3rd 2005 by dafydd

The Left Handed Fiddler

According to J Murdoch Henderson, this tune was named after George Taylor of Aberdeen. George Taylor had a son, also George, also a left-handed fiddler, and also celebrated in a tune on this site: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3578

# Posted on February 11th 2006 by nigelg