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'''FIDDLER'S DRAM'''. AKA and see "[[Give the Fiddler a Dram]]." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; central West Virginia, northeast Alabama. G Major. Standard or DGdg (Harvey Sampson) tunings (fiddle). AABB. The tune was a standard one in the square dance fiddler repertoire as asserted by A.B. Moore in History of Alabama (1934) {Cauthen, 1990}. | '''FIDDLER'S DRAM'''. AKA and see "[[Give the Fiddler a Dram]]." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; central West Virginia, northeast Alabama. G Major/Mixolydian (Spandaro): A Mixolydian (Milliner & Koken). Standard or DGdg (Harvey Sampson) tunings (fiddle). AAB (Milliner & Koken): AABB (Spandaro). The tune was a standard one in the square dance fiddler repertoire as asserted by A.B. Moore in History of Alabama (1934) {Cauthen, 1990}. | ||
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''Source for notated version'': | ''Source for notated version'': James Crase (Kentucky) [Milliner & Koken]. Crase was recorded in the field in 1959 by John Cohen. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Spandaro ('''10 Cents a Dance'''), 1980; p. 42. | ''Printed sources'': Milliner & Koken ('''Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes'''), 2011; p. 193. Spandaro ('''10 Cents a Dance'''), 1980; p. 42. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Augusta Heritage Recordings AHR-004C, Harvey Sampson and the Big Possum String Band - "Flat Foot in the Ashes" (1986/1994. Learned by Calhoun County, W.Va., fiddler Harvey Sampson from his father). Fantasy 24711, "The Holy Modal Rounders." </font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Augusta Heritage Recordings AHR-004C, Harvey Sampson and the Big Possum String Band - "Flat Foot in the Ashes" (1986/1994. Learned by Calhoun County, W.Va., fiddler Harvey Sampson from his father). Fantasy 24711, "The Holy Modal Rounders." Folkways SF CD 40077, James Crase - "Mountain Music of Kentucky" (1996).</font> | ||
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Revision as of 21:03, 8 May 2011
Tune properties and standard notation
FIDDLER'S DRAM. AKA and see "Give the Fiddler a Dram." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; central West Virginia, northeast Alabama. G Major/Mixolydian (Spandaro): A Mixolydian (Milliner & Koken). Standard or DGdg (Harvey Sampson) tunings (fiddle). AAB (Milliner & Koken): AABB (Spandaro). The tune was a standard one in the square dance fiddler repertoire as asserted by A.B. Moore in History of Alabama (1934) {Cauthen, 1990}.
Source for notated version: James Crase (Kentucky) [Milliner & Koken]. Crase was recorded in the field in 1959 by John Cohen.
Printed sources: Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 193. Spandaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1980; p. 42.
Recorded sources: Augusta Heritage Recordings AHR-004C, Harvey Sampson and the Big Possum String Band - "Flat Foot in the Ashes" (1986/1994. Learned by Calhoun County, W.Va., fiddler Harvey Sampson from his father). Fantasy 24711, "The Holy Modal Rounders." Folkways SF CD 40077, James Crase - "Mountain Music of Kentucky" (1996).