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The Bus Stop reel

There are 14 recordings of this tune.

The Bus Stop appears in 1 other tune collection.

The Bus Stop has been added to 9 tune sets.

The Bus Stop has been added to 194 tunebooks.

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Three settings

1
X: 1
T: The Bus Stop
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amin
|:A2e2 d2cB|ABcA BAGB|A2e2 d2cA|(3Bcd e^fg edB|
A2e2 d2cB|ABcA BAGB|(3E^FG AcB AGE|A4 A4:|
|:a2ag edcB|ABcd e2cB|A2ag edcA|de^fd e2cB|
A2ag edcB|ABcd e3d|cBAG E^FGB|A4 A4:|
# Added by Mikea .
2
X: 2
T: The Bus Stop
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
A(A | A2) eA dcBc |ABcA BAGB | A2 eA dcBA | (3Bcd ef gfed |
A2 eA dcBc | ABcA BAGD | ((4DEFG A)B cBAG| ABAG A2 :|
|: ee | a2 ae gedc | Acdf e2 ee | a2 ae gedc | ABcA BAGB |
Aaae gedc |Acdf e2 AA | cBAF EFGB | A2 AG A2 :|
3
X: 3
T: The Bus Stop
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amin
|: "Am"A2 eA dA c2 | "Am"ABcA "G"BAGB | "Am"A2eA dAc2 | "C"cde^f "G"gedB |
"Am"A2 eA dAc2 | "Am"ABcA "G"BAG2 | "F"FGAc "G"BAGA | "Am"cABG A4 :|
|: "Am"e a2 g edcB | ABcd e4 | "Am" e a2 g ed c2 | "D"de^fd "E"e4 |
"Am" e a2 g edcB | ABcd e2 dc | "G"BAGF EFGB | "Am"cABG A4 :|
# Added by Bryce .

Five comments

The Bus stop reel

This tune is on Open House’s first album. It was composed by Anita Anderson. I have posted this tune as a request for ‘comtman’. It is Kevin Burke’s setting as I have not heard Anita Andersons.
Good Luck.

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Where I come from, the first bar is usually played |A2 eA dAcB| or |(3AAA eA dAcB|.

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Kevin Burke Plays this tune

In open house he plays this tune to…..

Bus Stop Reel

This tune was written by a wonderful Piano player named Anita Anderson who is currently alive and well and in Seattle where she plays with numerous contra dance groups.
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The Bus Stop Reel: The way Finnegan’s aWake played it

Finnegan’s aWake recorded this tune on their album Wake. Here are the ABCs for how they played it:

T:Bus Stop Reel, The
M:C|
L:1/8
C:Anita Anderson
S:Russel Hopper (seisiún, Knoxville, TN)
R:Reel
P:AABB
K:ADor
A(A | A2) eA dcBc |ABcA BAGB | A2 eA dcBA | (3Bcd ef gfed |
A2 eA dcBc | ABcA BAGD | ((4DEFG A)B cBAG| ABAG A2 :|
|: ee | a2 ae gedc | Acdf e2 ee | a2 ae gedc | ABcA BAGB |
Aaae gedc |Acdf e2 AA | cBAF EFGB | A2 AG A2 :|