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The Fiddler's Casket

strathspey

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on June 2nd 2006 by ceolachan.

This tune has been added to 12 tunebooks.

Also known as The Casket Highland, Fiddler In A Box, The Fiddler In The Box Highland Fling, The Fiddler's Last Fling.

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X: 1
T: Fiddler's Casket, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: Gmaj
(3GFE |
D>EG>A B2 e>^c | d>BA<G E>G-G>E |
D>EG>A B>GB<e | d<GB>A G>FG>E |
D2 G>A B>e (3eee | d2 (3BAG E>D (3GFE |
D>G (3GGG B>e-e>^c | d>BA<F G3
B ||
d>ed>B d>G-G>B | d>ed>B A>D-D>B |
d2 d>B d2 (3gfe | d>G (3GGG G>DG>B |
d>e (3eee d>G (3GGG | d>Gg>e c>Bc<e |
d>g (3ggg b>g (3ggg | d>BA<F G3 ||

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The Fiddler's Casket sheetmusic
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A-part ~ corrected in the ABC's, the 'Sheetmusic' happened so suddenly ~ those few c's are in fact #, but your good ears will have told you that ~ ^c...

# Posted on June 2nd 2006 by ceolachan

Either way works, natural or sharp, though mostly I've been playing them ^c...but I'm now returning to my nature and starting to like it natural... ;-)

| D>EG>A B2 e>^c | & | D>G (3GGG B>e-e>^c |

# Posted on June 2nd 2006 by ceolachan

"Put Me in the Big Chest"

Submitted on June 2nd 2004 by slainte.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3105

~ but cardboard or worms or fish will do... Maybe to feed some trees, maple or spruce, any instrument wood...

# Posted on June 2nd 2006 by ceolachan

"The Fiddler's Casket" ~ another simple take on it...

K: G Major
|: G>E |
D>EG>A B>GB>e | d>G (3BAG A>GE>G |
D>EG>A B>GB<e | d<GB>A G2 :|
|: G>B |
d>ed>B d>GB>e | d>ed>B A>DD>B |
1 d>ed>B d2 g>e | d>GB>A G2 :|
2 d>gB>g b>gB>g | d>BA<F G3 ||

As with the reel, it could also be played in A Major...

# Posted on June 2nd 2006 by ceolachan

"Casket" in the wider and historic sense of the word...

# Posted on June 3rd 2006 by ceolachan

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