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|f_tune_title=Bitter Creek
|f_tune_title=Bitter Creek
|f_aka=Bitter Creek Breakdown
|f_aka=Bitter Creek Breakdown
|f_composer=Oscar Harper
|f_country=United States
|f_country=United States
|f_genre=Bluegrass, Contest, Old-Time, Texas/Oklahoma
|f_genre=Bluegrass, Contest, Old-Time, Texas/Oklahoma
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|f_accidental=1 sharp
|f_accidental=1 sharp
|f_mode=Ionian (Major)
|f_mode=Ionian (Major)
|f_structure=ABCDD
|f_history=USA(Southwest)
|f_structure=ABB'C, ABCDD
|f_book_title=Old Time Fiddler's Repertory vol. 1
|f_book_title=Old Time Fiddler's Repertory vol. 1
|f_collector=R.P. Christeson,
|f_collector=R.P. Christeson,
|f_year=1973
|f_year=1973
|f_page=No. 130, p. 92
|f_page=No. 130, p. 92
|f_theme_code_index=1H51H3 1H531
|f_theme_code_index=3H563 5126L
|f_player=Benny Thomasson
|f_score=1
|f_album=Country Fiddlin' from the Big State
|f_player=Oscar & Doc Harper
|f_label=County 724
|f_album=Bitter Creek/Twinkle Little Star
|f_recording_date=1970
|f_label=OKeh 45485 (78 RPM)
|f_recording_date=1929
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'''BITTER CREEK'''. AKA – "Bitter Creek Breakdown." Old-Time, Texas Style, Bluegrass; Breakdown. USA; Texas, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Brody, Phillips): ABCDD (Devil's Box): AABBCCDD (Christeson). Popularized by fiddler Tommy Jackson. R.P. Christeson says it was apparently a local Texas tune. Texas fiddler Benny Thomasson also had an influential version, played in five parts. He told Gus Garelick that he himself had metaphorically "crossed many a-bitter creek in my life," but maintained there actually was a Bitter Creek in Texas. Joel Shimberg notes the similarity with this tune and French-Canadian fiddler Henri Landry's "Carnival Reel."
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Red Williams (Dallas, Texas) [Christeson]; Benny Thomasson (Texas) [Brody]; Howdy Forrester via John Hartford [Devil's Box]; Tommy Jackson [Phillips].
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''Printed sources:''
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Brody ('''Fiddler's Fakebook'''), 1983; p. 45.
 
R.P. Christeson ('''Old Time Fiddler's Repertory, vol. 1'''), 1973; No. 130, p. 92.
 
''The Devil's Box'', vol. 22, No. 4, Winter 1988; p. 51.
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Martin ('''Benny Thomasson Fiddle Transcriptions'''), 1997; No. 2, p. 9.
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Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 26.
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County 724, Benny Thomasson – "Country Fiddlin' from the Big State" (1970).
County CD 2712, Art Stamper – "The Lost Fiddler" (c. 1982).
County 3525, Oscar & Doc Harper (et al) – "Dallas Bound: Old-Time Texas String Bands, vol. 2" (the four-part version of the tune).
MCA 162, Tommy Jackson – "Square Dances Without Calls."
Rounder 0004, Clark Kessinger – "Old Time Music."
Voyager Records, Benny Thomasson – "Say Old Man Can You Play the Fiddle?"
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T:Bitter Creek
N:From the playing of Oscar & Doc Harper (Texas)
N:Fiddle Oscar Harper was born in 1888, probably in Ashdown, Ark., close to the
N:Texas border, but grew up in Texas northeast of Dallas and died in that city
N:in 1952. Doc Harper played guitar.
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
Q:"Fast"
D:OKeh 45485 (78 RPM), Oscar & Doc Harper (1929)
D:County CD 3525, Oscar & Doc Harper - "Old Time Texas String Bands, vol. 2"
D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/bitter-creek-1
Z:Andrew Kuntz
K:G
([Bg]||Sb)gdg edBe|dBGB AGEG|DB,DF GABe|dBAG A2g-a|
bgdg edBe|dBGB AGEG|DB,DF GABe|dBAF [G2B2][G2B2]||
|:DB,DB, DFGF|ECEC EFGE|DB,DG EFGA|BdAF GFGE|
DB,DB, DFGF|ECEC EFGE|DB,DG EFGA|1BGAF [G2B2][G2B2]:|2BGAF [G2B2]DG-||
G2g2 dedc|BGAG [E3A3]G|DB,DF GABe|dBAG A2 G2-
G2g2 dedc|BGAG EFGE|DB,DF GABe |dBAF G2g2-|
gage dged|gded Bcd2|gage dged|BGAF EG-Gg-|
gage dged|gded Bd-dg-|gage dged|BGAF G2gaS||
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S:Howdy Forrester, transcribed by John Hartford
S:Howdy Forrester, transcribed by John Hartford
N:The first four bars is the introduction
N:The first four bars is the introduction
B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 22, No. 4, Winter 1988 (p. 51)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
K:G
g/a/g/e/ d/g/e/d/|g/d/e/d/ B/G/B/d/|g/a/g/e/ d/g/e/d/|B/G/A/F/ G||
g/a/g/e/ d/g/e/d/|g/d/e/d/ B/G/B/d/|g/a/g/e/ d/g/e/d/|B/G/A/F/ G||
g/b/||b/g/e/g/ e/d/B/c/|d/B/G/B/ A/G/E/G/|D/C/B,/A,/ G,/D/B/c/|
g/b/||b/g/e/g/ e/d/B/c/|d/B/G/B/ A/G/E/G/|D/C/B,/A,/ G,/D/B/c/|d/B/G/B/ A/d/g/a/|
d/B/G/B/ A/d/g/a/|b/g/d/g/ e/d/g/a/|g/e/d/B/ A/G/E/F/|G/E/D/C/ B,/D/G/A/|B/G/A/F/ G||
b/g/d/g/ e/d/g/a/|g/e/d/B/ A/G/E/F/|G/E/D/C/ B,/D/G/A/|B/G/A/F/ G||
G,/B,/D/B,/ G,/B,/D/G/|E/G/(E/G/) E/D/C/E/|D/B,/G,/B,/ D/G/B/c/|
G,/B,/D/B,/ G,/B,/D/G/|E/G/(E/G/) E/D/C/E/|D/B,/G,/B,/ D/G/B/c/|d/B/G/B/ A/G/E/G/|
d/B/G/B/ A/G/E/G/|D/B,/G,/B,/ D/F/G/F/|E/G/E/G/ E/D/C/E/|D/B,/G,/B,/ D/G/B/c/|
D/B,/G,/B,/ D/F/G/F/|E/G/E/G/ E/D/C/E/|D/B,/G,/B,/ D/G/B/c/|d/B/A/F/ G
d/B/A/F/ G||:B/d/|g/a/g/e/ d/g/e/d/|g/d/e/B/ dB/d/|g/a/g/e/ d/g/e/d/|B/G/A/F/ G:| |
|:B/d/|g/a/g/e/ d/g/e/d/|g/d/e/B/ dB/d/|g/a/g/e/ d/g/e/d/|B/G/A/F/ G:| |
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 Theme code Index    3H563 5126L
 Also known as    Bitter Creek Breakdown
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Oscar Harper
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Bluegrass, Contest, Old-Time, Texas/Oklahoma
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/4
 History    USA(Southwest)
 Structure    ABB'C, ABCDD
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:R.P. Christeson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Old Time Fiddler's Repertory vol. 1
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 130, p. 92
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1973
 Artist    Oscar & Doc Harper
 Title of recording    Bitter Creek/Twinkle Little Star
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    OKeh 45485 (78 RPM)
 Year recorded    1929
 Media    
 Score   (1)   



Bitter Creek: Annotations

X:1 T:Bitter Creek N:From the playing of Oscar & Doc Harper (Texas) N:Fiddle Oscar Harper was born in 1888, probably in Ashdown, Ark., close to the N:Texas border, but grew up in Texas northeast of Dallas and died in that city N:in 1952. Doc Harper played guitar. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Fast" D:OKeh 45485 (78 RPM), Oscar & Doc Harper (1929) D:County CD 3525, Oscar & Doc Harper - "Old Time Texas String Bands, vol. 2" D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/bitter-creek-1 Z:Andrew Kuntz K:G ([Bg]||Sb)gdg edBe|dBGB AGEG|DB,DF GABe|dBAG A2g-a| bgdg edBe|dBGB AGEG|DB,DF GABe|dBAF [G2B2][G2B2]|| |:DB,DB, DFGF|ECEC EFGE|DB,DG EFGA|BdAF GFGE| DB,DB, DFGF|ECEC EFGE|DB,DG EFGA|1BGAF [G2B2][G2B2]:|2BGAF [G2B2]DG-|| G2g2 dedc|BGAG [E3A3]G|DB,DF GABe|dBAG A2 G2- G2g2 dedc|BGAG EFGE|DB,DF GABe |dBAF G2g2-| gage dged|gded Bcd2|gage dged|BGAF EG-Gg-| gage dged|gded Bd-dg-|gage dged|BGAF G2gaS||


X:1 T:Bitter Creek L:1/8 M:2/4 S:Howdy Forrester, transcribed by John Hartford N:The first four bars is the introduction B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 22, No. 4, Winter 1988 (p. 51) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G g/a/g/e/ d/g/e/d/|g/d/e/d/ B/G/B/d/|g/a/g/e/ d/g/e/d/|B/G/A/F/ G|| g/b/||b/g/e/g/ e/d/B/c/|d/B/G/B/ A/G/E/G/|D/C/B,/A,/ G,/D/B/c/|d/B/G/B/ A/d/g/a/| b/g/d/g/ e/d/g/a/|g/e/d/B/ A/G/E/F/|G/E/D/C/ B,/D/G/A/|B/G/A/F/ G|| G,/B,/D/B,/ G,/B,/D/G/|E/G/(E/G/) E/D/C/E/|D/B,/G,/B,/ D/G/B/c/|d/B/G/B/ A/G/E/G/| D/B,/G,/B,/ D/F/G/F/|E/G/E/G/ E/D/C/E/|D/B,/G,/B,/ D/G/B/c/|d/B/A/F/ G |:B/d/|g/a/g/e/ d/g/e/d/|g/d/e/B/ dB/d/|g/a/g/e/ d/g/e/d/|B/G/A/F/ G:| |


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