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'''NORTH CAROLINA BREAKDOWN.''' Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Tenn. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Songer): AA'BB (Phillips). Composed by Tennessee's Fiddlin' Arthur Smith [] (). The tune is a current festival favorite among younger old-time fiddlers. Ernest Smith, Arthur's son, believes his father wrote "North Carolina Breakdown" around 1937, about the same time as "[[Smith's Breakdown]]," and that it was recorded by Nashville's Starday lable in 1962. See also the variant "[[Tarheel Breakdown]]" and the similar "[[Whistling Rufus]]." | '''NORTH CAROLINA BREAKDOWN.''' Old-Time, Bluegrass; Breakdown. USA, Tenn. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Songer): AA'BB (Phillips). Composed by Tennessee's Fiddlin' Arthur Smith [] (). The tune is a current festival favorite among younger old-time fiddlers. Ernest Smith, Arthur's son, believes his father wrote "North Carolina Breakdown" around 1937, about the same time as "[[Smith's Breakdown]]," and that it was recorded by Nashville's Starday lable in 1962. See also the variant "[[Tarheel Breakdown]]" and the similar "[[Whistling Rufus]]." | ||
[[File:arthursmith.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Arthur Smith]] | [[File:arthursmith.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Arthur Smith]] | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>HFM 1301, Hillbillies from Mars - "Hillbillies from Mars" (1993).</font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>HFM 1301, Hillbillies from Mars - "Hillbillies from Mars" (1993). Pine Mountain PMR 202, Fiddlin' Arthur Smith and the Dixieliners - "Rare Old Time Fiddle Tunes" (c. 1960's) [http://saggyrecordcabinet.blogspot.com/2009/01/fiddlin-arthur-smith-and-his.html].</font> | ||
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See also listing at:<br> | See also listing at:<br> | ||
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/n04.htm#Norcabr]<br> | Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/n04.htm#Norcabr]<br> | ||
Hear versions on youtube.com [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbjxfPshdGU] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u4l7sRTr7Q]<br> | Hear Arthur Smith's version on youtube.com [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W201_z7e0GM]<br> | ||
Hear other versions on youtube.com [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbjxfPshdGU] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u4l7sRTr7Q]<br> | |||
See Seth Austin's transcription & MP3 [http://drfiddle.com/pdf/AR_North_Carolina_Breakdown_-_Melody.pdf] [http://drfiddle.com/show_tune.php?id=81]<br> | See Seth Austin's transcription & MP3 [http://drfiddle.com/pdf/AR_North_Carolina_Breakdown_-_Melody.pdf] [http://drfiddle.com/show_tune.php?id=81]<br> | ||
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NORTH CAROLINA BREAKDOWN. Old-Time, Bluegrass; Breakdown. USA, Tenn. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Songer): AA'BB (Phillips). Composed by Tennessee's Fiddlin' Arthur Smith [] (). The tune is a current festival favorite among younger old-time fiddlers. Ernest Smith, Arthur's son, believes his father wrote "North Carolina Breakdown" around 1937, about the same time as "Smith's Breakdown," and that it was recorded by Nashville's Starday lable in 1962. See also the variant "Tarheel Breakdown" and the similar "Whistling Rufus."
Source for notated version: fiddler Judy Hyman (Ithica, N.Y.) [Phillips].
Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 166. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 148.
Recorded sources: HFM 1301, Hillbillies from Mars - "Hillbillies from Mars" (1993). Pine Mountain PMR 202, Fiddlin' Arthur Smith and the Dixieliners - "Rare Old Time Fiddle Tunes" (c. 1960's) [1].
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Hear Arthur Smith's version on youtube.com [3]
Hear other versions on youtube.com [4] [5]
See Seth Austin's transcription & MP3 [6] [7]