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'''MILLER'S REEL [2].''' Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Similar to "[[Miller's Reel (1)]]" but set in key of G Major. The key change was popularized by Kentucky fiddler J.P. Fraley (-2011), whose smooth bowing style and clean noting was much imitated by later 20th century "revival" fiddlers. | '''MILLER'S REEL [2].''' Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Similar to "[[Miller's Reel (1)]]" but set in key of G Major. The key change was popularized by eastern Kentucky fiddler [[Biography:J.P. Fraley]] (1924-2011), whose smooth bowing style and clean noting was much imitated by later 20th century "revival" fiddlers. | ||
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''Source for notated version'': J.P. Fraley (Rush, Ky.) via Jack Link (Seattle) [Silberberg]. | ''Source for notated version'': J.P. Fraley (Rush, eastern Ky.) via Jack Link (Seattle) [Silberberg]. | ||
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MILLER'S REEL [2]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Similar to "Miller's Reel (1)" but set in key of G Major. The key change was popularized by eastern Kentucky fiddler Biography:J.P. Fraley (1924-2011), whose smooth bowing style and clean noting was much imitated by later 20th century "revival" fiddlers.
Source for notated version: J.P. Fraley (Rush, eastern Ky.) via Jack Link (Seattle) [Silberberg].
Printed sources: Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 98.
Recorded sources: Bee Balm 302, "The Corndrinkers." Philo 1040, Jay Ungar- "Catskill Mountain Goose Chase" (1977. Learned from fiddler J.P. Fraley of Rush, Ky.). Rounder 0037, J.P. Fraley- "Wild Rose of the Mountain" (1973).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear the tune played by J.P. Fraley in 1982 on a field recording at the Digital Library of Appalachia [2]
See a video clip of Fraley playing the tune in a 1975 performance at Berea Digital Content [3]
Hear/see Betty & Billy Vornbreck play the tune on youtube.com [4]