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'''SHELVIN' ROCK [6].''' AKA and see "[[Shelby Rock]]." American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCAC.  The tune is sourced to fiddler Milo Biggers (1894-1976), of Glasgow, Barren County, in south-central Kentucky, just west of what is considered the Cumberland Plateau region (Glasgow is mid-way between Nashville, Tenn., and Louisville, Ky.).  Biggers' "Shelvin' Rock" is unrelated to other tunes of the same name, which are most often played in A cross-tuning. Biggers was recorded in 1974 by field researcher Bruce Greene. See also Kenny Baker's "[[Shelby Rock]]" for a bluegrass-style adaptation of this tune.   
'''SHELVIN' ROCK [6].''' AKA and see "[[Shelby Rock]]." American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCAC.  The tune is sourced to fiddler Milo Biggers (1894-1976), of Glasgow, Barren County, in south-central Kentucky, just west of what is considered the Cumberland Plateau region (Glasgow is mid-way between Nashville, Tenn., and Louisville, Ky.).  Biggers' "Shelvin' Rock" is unrelated to other tunes of the same name, which are most often played in A cross-tuning. Biggers was recorded in 1974 by field researcher Bruce Greene. See also Kenny Baker's "<incipit title="load:shelby" width=850 link="https://tunearch.org/wiki/Shelby Rock">Shelby Rock</incipit>" for a bluegrass-style adaptation of this tune.   
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Sheet Music for "Shelvin' Rock [6]"Shelvin' Rock [6]A33BCSource: Milo Biggers (1894-1976, Glasgow, Barren County, south-central Kentucky)Notes: Play ABCACRecorded in the field in 1975 by Bruce Greene.Biggers owned a small store where he sold repaired shoesTranscription: Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz



SHELVIN' ROCK [6]. AKA and see "Shelby Rock." American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCAC. The tune is sourced to fiddler Milo Biggers (1894-1976), of Glasgow, Barren County, in south-central Kentucky, just west of what is considered the Cumberland Plateau region (Glasgow is mid-way between Nashville, Tenn., and Louisville, Ky.). Biggers' "Shelvin' Rock" is unrelated to other tunes of the same name, which are most often played in A cross-tuning. Biggers was recorded in 1974 by field researcher Bruce Greene. See also Kenny Baker's "<incipit title="load:shelby" width=850 link="https://tunearch.org/wiki/Shelby Rock">Shelby Rock</incipit>" for a bluegrass-style adaptation of this tune.

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See also listing at:
Hear Milo Biggers' 1974 field recording at Slippery Hill [1]



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