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[[File:Wade ward and charlie higgins.jpg|thumb|Wade Ward and Charlie Higgins, Galax, 1961.]] | [[File:Wade ward and charlie higgins.jpg|450px|left|thumb|Wade Ward and Charlie Higgins, Galax, 1961.]] | ||
'''LONE PRAIRIE.''' American, Air or Listening Tune (cut or 2/4 time). A Major/Mixolydian. AEae tuning (fiddle). One part. The archaic-sounding "Lone Prairie" is a one-part modal air that was in the repertoire of fiddler and banjo player Wade Ward (1892-1971), of Independence, southwest Virginia. The tune was thought by Ward to be "indigenous" to the region. The title may be a shortened form of the song-line "Bury me not on the lone prairie." | '''LONE PRAIRIE.''' American, Air or Listening Tune (cut or 2/4 time). A Major/Mixolydian. AEae tuning (fiddle). One part. The archaic-sounding "Lone Prairie" is a one-part modal air that was in the repertoire of fiddler and banjo player Wade Ward (1892-1971), of Independence, southwest Virginia. The tune was thought by Ward to be "indigenous" to the region. The title may be a shortened form of the song-line "Bury me not on the lone prairie." | ||
|f_recorded_sources=Folkways FA 2363, "The Music of Roscoe Holcomb and Wade Ward" (1962). Folkways FW02380, Wade Ward - "Uncle Wade" (1973. Cut recorded in 1961). Smithsonian Folkways SF 40097, Wade Ward - "Close to Home: Old Time Music from Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952 – 1967" (1997. Various artists). | |f_recorded_sources=Folkways FA 2363, "The Music of Roscoe Holcomb and Wade Ward" (1962). Folkways FW02380, Wade Ward - "Uncle Wade" (1973. Cut recorded in 1961). Smithsonian Folkways SF 40097, Wade Ward - "Close to Home: Old Time Music from Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952 – 1967" (1997. Various artists). | ||
|f_see_also_listing=Hear Wade Ward's 1961 recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/lone-prairie] and youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI95MEaP0TU]<br /> | |f_see_also_listing=Hear Wade Ward's 1961 recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/lone-prairie] and youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI95MEaP0TU]<br /> | ||
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Revision as of 20:05, 7 June 2020
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LONE PRAIRIE. American, Air or Listening Tune (cut or 2/4 time). A Major/Mixolydian. AEae tuning (fiddle). One part. The archaic-sounding "Lone Prairie" is a one-part modal air that was in the repertoire of fiddler and banjo player Wade Ward (1892-1971), of Independence, southwest Virginia. The tune was thought by Ward to be "indigenous" to the region. The title may be a shortened form of the song-line "Bury me not on the lone prairie."
