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'''FIVE MILES TO TOWN'''. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Cumberland Plateau region of Ky./Tenn. D Major. Standard or ADae (if played in the key of D) tunings (fiddle). ABB'. A different tune than either the Missouri "[[Five Miles Out of Town]]," Thede's "[[Five Miles from Town]]," or Clyde Davenport's "[[Five Miles from Town]]." | '''FIVE MILES TO TOWN'''. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Cumberland Plateau region of Ky./Tenn. D Major. Standard or ADae (if played in the key of D) tunings (fiddle). ABB'. A different tune than either the Missouri "[[Five Miles Out of Town]]," Thede's "[[Five Miles from Town]]," or Clyde Davenport's "[[Five Miles from Town]]." Source John Sharp, originally from Wayne County, Kentucky, lived in Jamestown, Tennessee. He was recorded in the field on a home disc recorder in 1949 by his neighbor, World War I hero Sergeant Alvin York (who also recorded Sharp again in 1964 on a tape recorder). | ||
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Revision as of 21:14, 15 May 2011
Tune properties and standard notation
FIVE MILES TO TOWN. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Cumberland Plateau region of Ky./Tenn. D Major. Standard or ADae (if played in the key of D) tunings (fiddle). ABB'. A different tune than either the Missouri "Five Miles Out of Town," Thede's "Five Miles from Town," or Clyde Davenport's "Five Miles from Town." Source John Sharp, originally from Wayne County, Kentucky, lived in Jamestown, Tennessee. He was recorded in the field on a home disc recorder in 1949 by his neighbor, World War I hero Sergeant Alvin York (who also recorded Sharp again in 1964 on a tape recorder).
Source for notated version: John Sharp & the Kentucky Wildcats () [Milliner & Koken].
Printed sources: Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 203.
Recorded sources: County 787, John Sharp Band (the Kentucky Wildcats) - "Five Miles Out of Town: Traditional Music from the Cumberland Plateau, vol. 2" (originally a home recording of 1949).