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|f_annotation='''SHOOT TWO BITS.''' AKA - "Two Bits." American, Reel (2/4 or cut time). USA; Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. 'Two bits' is a colloquial term for a quarter, though not in common use in modern times. It refers to a time when coinage, particularly silver dollars, could be physically broken up into pie-shaped parts and used as legal tender (the "pirate" term "pieces of eight" derives from the same use). 'Shoot two-bits', however, was a term for a wager in dice games, though with various meanings. 'Shoot two bits' could refer to a game with very low wagers, as it was used by writer Ian Fleming in his '''Diamonds are Forever''': | |||
|f_annotation='''SHOOT TWO BITS.''' AKA - "Two Bits." American, Reel (2/4 or cut time). USA; Nebraska, | |||
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''But the killer was extended the liberty of the place as long as he paid off and held an intrest in a local institution.'' | ''But the killer was extended the liberty of the place as long as he paid off and held an intrest in a local institution.'' | ||
''It could be a house of prostitution or a backroom crap game where the busted could shoot two bits.'' | ''It could be a house of prostitution or a backroom crap game where the busted could shoot two bits.'' | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
One could also shoot a nickel or dime. Alternatively, 'two-bits' could also refer colloquially to twenty-five dollars ($25.00), as employed by writer Daschell Hammett in '''The Glass Key''': | One could also shoot a nickel or dime. Alternatively, 'two-bits' could also refer colloquially to twenty-five dollars ($25.00), as employed by writer Daschell Hammett in '''The Glass Key''': | ||
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''Harry Sloss picked up the dice and rattled them in a pale broad hairy hand. "Shoot two bits," He dropped'' | ''Harry Sloss picked up the dice and rattled them in a pale broad hairy hand. "Shoot two bits," He dropped'' | ||
''a twenty-dollar bill and a five-dollar bill on the table.'' | ''a twenty-dollar bill and a five-dollar bill on the table.'' | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
[[File:walters.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Bob Walters]] Collector Bob Christeson remarked that his source for the tune, champion Nebraska fiddler Bob Walters (1889-1960) credited the tune to Oscar Doty, "a retiree in Missouri Valley, Iowa. Mr. Doty had a high-priced violin he had acquired from a member of the Omaha Symphony, and he played it in 1951 at the annual get-together for fiddlers sponsored by Mr. Frame Davis in Des Moines, Iowa." | [[File:walters.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Bob Walters]] Collector Bob Christeson remarked that his source for the tune, champion Nebraska fiddler Bob Walters (1889-1960) credited the tune to Oscar Doty, "a retiree in Missouri Valley, Iowa. Mr. Doty had a high-priced violin he had acquired from a member of the Omaha Symphony, and he played it in 1951 at the annual get-together for fiddlers sponsored by Mr. Frame Davis in Des Moines, Iowa." | ||
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The second strain begins similarly to that of Walters' own "[[Bob Walter's Hornpipe]]." | The second strain begins similarly to that of Walters' own "[[Bob Walter's Hornpipe]]." | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=[[biography:Bob_Walters]] (Burt County, Nebraska) [Phillips]; Oscar Doty (Missouri Valley, Iowa) via Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson]. | |f_source_for_notated_version=[[biography:Bob_Walters]] (Burt County, Nebraska) [Phillips]; Oscar Doty (Missouri Valley, Iowa) via Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson]. | ||
|f_printed_sources=R.P. Christeson ('''Old Time Fiddlers’ Repertory, vol. 1'''), 1973; No. 85, p. 62 (appears as "Two Bits"). Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 221. | |f_printed_sources=R.P. Christeson ('''Old Time Fiddlers’ Repertory, vol. 1'''), 1973; No. 85, p. 62 (appears as "Two Bits"). Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 221. | ||
|f_recorded_sources=Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers' Association, Bob Walters (1889-1960) - "Drunken Wagoneer." | |f_recorded_sources=Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers' Association, Bob Walters (1889-1960) - "Drunken Wagoneer." Univ. of Missouri Press, Bob Walters - "Old Time Fiddlers' Repertory" (1976. Various artists). | ||
|f_see_also_listing=Hear/see Charlie Walden teach the tune [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OQgtNohI24] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIj32KlMcs0] | |f_see_also_listing=Hear/see Charlie Walden teach the tune [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OQgtNohI24] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIj32KlMcs0] | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:57, 20 February 2022
X:1 T:Two Bits N:From the playing of fiddler Bob Walters (1889-1960, Burt County, N:Nebraska), 1951, recorded by R.P. Christeson. N:Christeson remarked: "Walters credited Oscar Doty, a retiree in Missouri N:Valley, Iowa. Mr. Doty had a high-priced violin he had acquired from a N:member of the Omaha Symphony, and he played it in 1951 at the annual N:get-together for fiddlers sponsored by Mr. Frame Davis in Des Moines, Iowa." M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Christeson - Old TIme Fiddler's Repertory vol. 1 (1973, No. 85) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/two-bits Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D ABAG FDEF|GFGA B2d2|efed cABc|dcde fga2| ABAG FDEF|GFGA B2d2|efed cABc|1dfec d2d2:|2 dfec d2|| |:Bc|d2 fd A2ag|fdec defd|edcB Aeed|cABG AGFE| DFAc d2ag|fdec defd|edcB Aaag|1fdec d2:|2fdec d2d2||
SHOOT TWO BITS. AKA - "Two Bits." American, Reel (2/4 or cut time). USA; Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. 'Two bits' is a colloquial term for a quarter, though not in common use in modern times. It refers to a time when coinage, particularly silver dollars, could be physically broken up into pie-shaped parts and used as legal tender (the "pirate" term "pieces of eight" derives from the same use). 'Shoot two-bits', however, was a term for a wager in dice games, though with various meanings. 'Shoot two bits' could refer to a game with very low wagers, as it was used by writer Ian Fleming in his Diamonds are Forever:
But the killer was extended the liberty of the place as long as he paid off and held an intrest in a local institution. It could be a house of prostitution or a backroom crap game where the busted could shoot two bits.
One could also shoot a nickel or dime. Alternatively, 'two-bits' could also refer colloquially to twenty-five dollars ($25.00), as employed by writer Daschell Hammett in The Glass Key:
Harry Sloss picked up the dice and rattled them in a pale broad hairy hand. "Shoot two bits," He dropped a twenty-dollar bill and a five-dollar bill on the table.
The second strain begins similarly to that of Walters' own "Bob Walter's Hornpipe."
