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'''GOING TO A FREE STATE'''. Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. | '''GOING TO A FREE STATE'''. AKA and see "Clinton." Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major. Standard tuning or AEae (fiddle). AB. The title "Clinton" for the melody is a misnomer stemming from a confusion in labeling by 'revival' fiddlers in the 1970's. As the tune spread, so did the erroneous title. The source for the tune and correct title is northeast Virginia fiddler John Ashby, and the title refers to the ill-fated attempt of that part of Virginia to break away from the rest of the state to set up a 'free state' (which refers to the anti-tarrif sentiment of its residents). | ||
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''Printed sources'': Silberberg ('''Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern'''), 2002; p. 53. | ''Printed sources'': Silberberg ('''Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern'''), 2002; p. 53. Songer/Curley ('''Portland Collection, vol. 2'''), 2005; p. 71 | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal></font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>County 745, John Ashby - "Down on Ashby's Farm" (1974).</font> | ||
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Revision as of 14:20, 7 August 2011
Tune properties and standard notation
GOING TO A FREE STATE. AKA and see "Clinton." Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major. Standard tuning or AEae (fiddle). AB. The title "Clinton" for the melody is a misnomer stemming from a confusion in labeling by 'revival' fiddlers in the 1970's. As the tune spread, so did the erroneous title. The source for the tune and correct title is northeast Virginia fiddler John Ashby, and the title refers to the ill-fated attempt of that part of Virginia to break away from the rest of the state to set up a 'free state' (which refers to the anti-tarrif sentiment of its residents).
Source for notated version: Kerry Blech (Florida) [Silberberg].
Printed sources: Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 53. Songer/Curley (Portland Collection, vol. 2), 2005; p. 71
Recorded sources: County 745, John Ashby - "Down on Ashby's Farm" (1974).