Annotation:Fiddler's Dram (1): Difference between revisions

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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/Mixolydian (Spandaro): A Mixolydian (Milliner & Koken). Standard, AEae (James Crase) or DGdg (Harvey Sampson) tunings (fiddle). AAB (Milliner & Koken): AABB (Spadaro). 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 (Bear Branch, 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. Spadaro (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. Originally released in 1960).

Tune properties and standard notation

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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/Mixolydian (Spandaro): A Mixolydian (Milliner & Koken). Standard, AEae (James Crase) 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}.
+'''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, AEae (James Crase) or DGdg (Harvey Sampson) tunings (fiddle). AAB (Milliner & Koken): AABB (Spadaro). 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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-''Printed sources'': Milliner & Koken ('''Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes'''), 2011; p. 193. Spandaro ('''10 Cents a Dance'''), 1980; p. 42.
+''Printed sources'': Milliner & Koken ('''Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes'''), 2011; p. 193. Spadaro ('''10 Cents a Dance'''), 1980; p. 42.
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