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'''SARAH ARMSTRONG.'''  AKA - "Sarah Armstrong's Reel/Tune." American, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was collected from Derry, Pennsylvania, fiddler Sarah Armstrong in November, 1943, by Penn State Prof. Samuel Bayard, and appears as an untitled tune in his book '''Hill Country Tunes''' (1944, No. 33). It was given the title “Sarah Armstrong” in modern times when it gained some currency among “revival” fiddlers.  [[File:armstrong.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Mrs. Sarah Armstrong, Derry, southwest Pennsylvania]]<br>
'''SARAH ARMSTRONG.'''  AKA - "Sarah Armstrong's Reel/Tune." American, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was collected from Derry, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, fiddler [[biography:Sarah Armstrong]] in November, 1943, by Penn State Prof. Samuel Bayard, and appears as an untitled tune in his book '''Hill Country Tunes''' (1944, No. 33). It was given the title “Sarah Armstrong” in modern times when it gained some currency among “revival” fiddlers.  [[File:armstrong.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Mrs. Sarah Armstrong, Derry, southwest Pennsylvania]]<br>
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SARAH ARMSTRONG. AKA - "Sarah Armstrong's Reel/Tune." American, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was collected from Derry, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, fiddler biography:Sarah Armstrong in November, 1943, by Penn State Prof. Samuel Bayard, and appears as an untitled tune in his book Hill Country Tunes (1944, No. 33). It was given the title “Sarah Armstrong” in modern times when it gained some currency among “revival” fiddlers.
Mrs. Sarah Armstrong, Derry, southwest Pennsylvania

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Greg Canote [Silberberg].

Printed sources : - Bayard (Hill Country Tunes), 1944; No. 33 (appears as “Old Reel”). Silberberg (93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn’t Learn at the Tractor Tavern), 2004; p. 38. Songer (Portland Collection, vol. 2), 2005; p. 178.

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



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