X:1
T:Rose in the Mountain
N:John Salyer (1882-1952, Salyersville, Magoffin Cty., east Ky.),
N:from a 1941/42 home recording by his sons, Glen & Grover.
M:C|
L:1/8
N:GDae, ADae
D:Berea Appalachian Ctr. 003, John Morgan Salyer - "Home Recordings 1941-42" (1993).
D:Berea Sound Archives https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/4272
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:D
[A,3D3]F A2d2|ABAF D2D2|[A,3D3]F A>BAd|f2f2[A2e2]-[A2e2]|
[A,3D3]F A2de|fgfe d2A2|BcdB AFDE|F2C2 D4:|
[A,2D2]eg f2d2|[de][d2f2][de] [d2f2][d2f2]|[A,2D2]eg f2d2|[de][d2f2][de] [d2f2][d2g2]|
M:6/4
[A3e3]e efgef2d2|ABde fgfe d2A2|\
[M:C|]BcdB AFDE|F2C2 D4:|]
ROSE IN THE MOUNTAIN. AKA - "Rose of the Mountain," "Rose on the Mountain." American, Reel (cut time). USA, Kentucky. D Major. Standard or ADae tuning (fiddle). AABC. A “crooked” tune from the Salyer Family of Magoffin County, Kentucky. Jeff Titon (2001) is of the opinion the tune might have once been a march, although source John Salyer (1882-1952) played it as a reel/breakdown. Titon believes the first strain of “Rose on the Mountain (2),” published by Knauff in 1839 (No. 3) is related, but I find the tune strain similar only in a few measures at the end, and not cognate. There is no musical relationship with Kentucky fiddler J.P. Fraley’s similarly titled “Wild Rose of the Mountain”.John Salyer
Additional notes
Source for notated version: - John M. Salyer (Salyersville, Magoffin County, Ky., 1941 or 42) [Phillips, Titon].
Printed sources : - Devil's Box, vol. 3, No. 2, 1999; p. 52. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 116. Titon (Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 138, p. 164.
Recorded sources: - Berea College Appalachian Center AC003, “John M. Salyer: Home Recordings, 1941-42” (1993). McDirlam Greene Productions, Bruce Green & Hilry Dirlam - "Fiddler's Dozen" (1994).
See also listing at:
Hear John Salyer’s 1941-42 home recording at Slippery Hill [1]
See a standard notation version transcribed from the playing of Bruce Molsky at taterjoes.com [2]
A John Lamancusa's transcription of the tune as played by Mike Seegar [3]
See another standard notation version transcribed by Pete Showman [4]
See another standard notation version at banjr.com/thursday_jam [5]
