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Theme code Index	5533 336L1
Also known as	Pick the Devil's Eye, Picking the Devil's Eye
Composer/Core Source	Enos Canoy
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4, 2/2
History	USA(Deep South)
Structure	ABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Harry Bolick
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Mississippi Fiddle Tunes
Tune and/or Page number	p. 244
Year of publication/Date of MS	2015
Artist	Enos Canoy
Title of recording	Pickin Devil's Eye
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Library of Congress AFS 03058 A01
Year recorded	1939
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Pick the Devil's Eye Out: Annotations

X:1 T:Pickin' the Devils Eye N:From the solo playing of fiddler Enos Canoy (1909-1970, born and died in N:Magee, Simpson County, central Mississippi), recorded by Herbert N:Halpert for the Library of Congress. On the 1939 recording another local N:musician, Jim Myers, beats the straws. N:Parts were variously repeated by Canoy. N:"+" = pizzicato M:C| R:Reel Q:"Fast" N:AEac# tuning (fiddle) D:Library of Congress AFS , Enos Canoy (1939) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/pickin-devils-eye Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A J[e2e2][e2e2]-[e2e2]([ee]c-)|cB A2 {B}c3B-|c2{B}c2- c2E2|FA A2 [A3A3](B| cBA)AF2E2|(F[AA]) [A2A2] {B}[c3c3](B|cBA2)F2E2|(F[AA]) [A2A2][A4A4]| J[e2e2][e2e2]-[e2e2]([ee]c-)|cB A2 {B}c3B-|c2{B}c2- c2E2|FA A2 [A2A2]z2|| |:"+"c2"+"A2"+"E2E-F-|FAA2 B-c3|"+"c2"+"A2"+"E2E-F-|FA[A4A4]:|

X:1 T:Pickin Devil's Eye S:Enos Canoy (Mississippi) M:3/4 L:1/8 N:"+" = pizzicato N:For comparison with the "Rye Whiskey" tune family, Canoy's tune has N:been set here in 3/4 time, instead of the duple time with which he N:played it. N:AEac# tuning (fiddle) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/pickin-devils-eye Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A e2e3(f|e)cB2A2|{B}c3B c2|{B}c4EF|z2A2A2| cBcAF2|(EF3)A2|{B}c3B cB|A2F2E(F|F)A A4|| |:"+"c2"+"A2"+"E2|(EF3)A2|{A}B6|"+"c2"+"A2"+"E2|(EF3)A2|A6:|

Pick the Devil's Eye Out: Annotations

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 |f_genre=Old-Time
 |f_rhythm=Reel (single/double)
-|f_time_signature=2/4
+|f_time_signature=2/4, 2/2
 |f_key=A
 |f_accidental=3 sharps
 |f_mode=Ionian (Major)
 |f_history=USA(Deep South)
-|f_structure=ABCC
+|f_structure=ABB
 |f_book_title=Mississippi Fiddle Tunes
 |f_collector=Harry Bolick
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 N:musician, Jim Myers, beats the straws.
 N:Parts were variously repeated by Canoy.
+N:"+" = pizzicato
 M:C|
 R:Reel
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 L:1/8
 N:"+" = pizzicato
-N:This transcription is of Canoy's 2nd time through the tune;
+N:For comparison with the "Rye Whiskey" tune family, Canoy's tune has
-N:at other times he repeats and transposes parts variously.
+N:been set here in 3/4 time, instead of the duple time with which he
-N:Canoy plays the tune very fast, with a strong duple pulse
+N:played it.
-N:and the tune has also been transcribed (by Bolick) in duple meter.
 N:AEac# tuning (fiddle)
 F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/pickin-devils-eye