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 Theme code Index    5H3H5H5H 61H1H5H
 Also known as    Backstep, Step-Back Cindy, Old Time Back Step Cindy, Holly Ding, Hollyding, Rockingham Cindy
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    USA(Upland South)
 Structure    AA'BB'
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Miles Krassen
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Appalachian Fiddle
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 47
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1973
 Artist    Biography:Fuzzy Mountain String Band
 Title of recording    Summer Oaks and Porch
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Rounder Records 0035
 Year recorded    1973
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T:Backstep Cindy
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L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Tommy Jarrell via Tom Sauber
N:From a transcription by John Lamancusa, by permission. See http://www.mne.psu.edu/lamancusa/tunes.htm
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
(a2 |: a)(gfg) a2a2 | (A/(B/ B2)) (d d2) (a2 | a)(bag) (fe) d2 |1 
B3 (d d2) (a2 :|2 B3 (dd2) fd |: e(dBc) d2d2 | A/B/ B2 (d d2) fd | 
e(dBd) A2A2 |1 B3 (d d2) fd :|2 B3 (d d4) || 


BACKSTEP CINDY. AKA - "Backstep." AKA and see "Step-Back Cindy," "Old Time Back Step Cindy," "Holly Ding," "Hollyding," "Rockingham Cindy;" this despite the fact that "Backstep Cindy" was frequently collected in North Carolina repertoire.

Sources for notated versions: The Fuzzy Mountain String Band (Durham, N.C.), who learned the tune from Fred Cockerham (Low Gap, N.C.) [Brody]; Uncle Charlie Higgins (Galax, Va.) [Krassen]; Tommy Jarrell (Mt. Airy, N.C.) [Phillips].

Printed sources: Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 30. Krassen (Appalachian Fiddle), 1973; p. 47. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 18.

Recorded sources: County Records 701, Fred Cockerham & Kyle Creed - "Clawhammer Banjo" (1966). County Records 748, Tommy Jarrell- "Come and Go With Me." County 756, Tommy Jarrell - "Sail Away Ladies" (1976). County CO-CD-2711, Kirk Sutphin - "Old Roots and New Branches" (1994. Appears as "Old Time Back Step Cindy"). Folkways 3832, William Marshall & Glen Smith. Heritage XXIV, Tommy Jarrell - "Music of North Carolina" (Brandywine 1978), 1979. Musical Traditions MTCD321-2, William Marshall (et al) - "Far on the Mountains, vols. 1 & 2" (2002). Rounder Records 0035, The Fuzzy Mountain String Band- "Summer Oaks and Porch" (1973). Rounder 0197, Bob Carlin - "Banging and Sawing" (1985).

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