Annotation:Charleston No. 2: Difference between revisions

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CHARLESTON NO. 2. Old Time, Breakdown. USA, Mississippi. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Willie Narmour (Carroll County, Mississippi), although R.P. Christeson credits only "old 78's." "Charleston No 2" was recorded by Narmour and Smith in September, 1929, in New York City, with a 'B' side of "Carroll County Blues #2", both attempts to increase sales by tying the titles to earlier Narmour and Smith recordings that were successful. There is an assertion that "Charleston No. 2" is the "Silver Star Hornpipe," however to my ear it does not sound similar to the tune of the latter title printed in Ryan/Cole.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Christeson (Old Time Fiddler's Repertory, vol. 2), 1984; No. 47, p. 33.

Recorded sources: See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]

Tune properties and standard notation

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-'''CHARLESTON NO. 2'''. Old Time, Breakdown. USA, Mississippi. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Willie Narmour (Carroll County, Mississippi), although Christeson credits only "old 78's." Recorded by Narmour and Smith. There is an assertion that "Charleston No. 2" is the "Silver Star Hornpipe," however to my ear it does not sound similar to the tune of the latter title printed in Ryan/Cole.
+'''CHARLESTON NO. 2'''. Old Time, Breakdown. USA, Mississippi. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Willie Narmour (Carroll County, Mississippi), although R.P. Christeson credits only "old 78's." "Charleston No 2" was recorded by Narmour and Smith in September, 1929, in New York City, with a 'B' side of "Carroll County Blues #2", both attempts to increase sales by tying the titles to earlier Narmour and Smith recordings that were successful. There is an assertion that "Charleston No. 2" is the "Silver Star Hornpipe," however to my ear it does not sound similar to the tune of the latter title printed in Ryan/Cole.
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