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|f_tune_title=Old Time Grey Eagle | |f_tune_title=Old Time Grey Eagle | ||
|f_aka=Grey Eagle (3) | |f_aka=Grey Eagle (3) | ||
|f_country=United States | |f_country=United States | ||
|f_genre=Old-Time | |f_genre=Old-Time | ||
|f_rhythm=Reel (single/double) | |f_rhythm=Reel (single/double) | ||
|f_time_signature=2/ | |f_time_signature=2/4 | ||
|f_key=C | |f_key=C | ||
|f_accidental=NONE | |f_accidental=NONE | ||
|f_mode=Ionian (Major) | |f_mode=Ionian (Major) | ||
|f_structure= | |f_structure=AA'BB' | ||
|f_book_title=The Devil's Box, Vol. 25, No. 1 | |f_book_title=The Devil's Box, Vol. 25, No. 1 | ||
|f_collector=Stephen F. Davis | |f_collector=Stephen F. Davis | ||
|f_year=1991 | |f_year=1991 | ||
|f_page=p. 17 | |f_page=p. 17 | ||
|f_theme_code_index=3311 4L5L1L2L | |||
|f_score=1 | |f_score=1 | ||
}} | }} | ||
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T: | T:Old Time Grey Eagle | ||
C: | N:Transcribed by John Hartford from the version by Dr. Mac Snodderly (Clyce, N.C.). | ||
M: | N:Snodderly learned it from his Uncle Silas Snodderly, who in turn learned it from | ||
K: | N:Lee Irwin. Manco Snead and J. Deadrick Harris may also have learned it from Irwin, | ||
N:although perhaps Irwin himself had it from J.D. Harris. According to Bob Carlin, Bill | |||
N:Hensley played the tune and said that it was in the repertoire of Governor Bob Taylor. | |||
N:Hartford writes: "We believe the 'Old Time Grey Eagle' in C was originally played with 'Wagner' | |||
N:and both were played in AEac# or 'Black Mountain Rag' tuning. This is a gut feeling based on the | |||
N:fact that C tunes go good in this tuning, and in the early days this tuning was used a lot | |||
N:because it was louder and had more open strings to harmonize with." | |||
M:2/4 | |||
L:1/8 | |||
R:Reel | |||
N:"*" = a unison double stop when it appears. | |||
N:AEac# tuning - the transcription below is to be fingered as if the fiddle were in standard tuning. | |||
B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 25, No. 1, Spring 1991 (p. 17) | |||
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion | |||
K:C | |||
A/B/||c/B/c/B/ A/B/A/E/|D/E/D/B,/ A,/G,/B/A,/|G,/B,/D/G/ E/F/A/B/|1 c/A/c/a/ g/e/A/B/:|2 c/A/B/c/ A|| | |||
A/B/|"*"[ce]g/e/ a/e/g/f/|e/g/g/b/ g/e/A/B/|[ce]g/e/ a/e/g/a/ g/e/B/A/ A| | |||
[ce]g/e/ a/e/g/f/|e/g/g/b/ g/e/A/B/|[ce]g/e/ a/g/c'/a/ |g/e/B/A/ A|| | |||
|:G,/A,/|B,d/B,/ d/B,/D/C/|B,/D/D/E/ D/B/,G,/A,/|B,d/B,/ E/D/A/DE/|D/B,/A,/G,/ G,:| | |||
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Revision as of 01:19, 28 October 2020
X:1 T:Old Time Grey Eagle N:Transcribed by John Hartford from the version by Dr. Mac Snodderly (Clyce, N.C.). N:Snodderly learned it from his Uncle Silas Snodderly, who in turn learned it from N:Lee Irwin. Manco Snead and J. Deadrick Harris may also have learned it from Irwin, N:although perhaps Irwin himself had it from J.D. Harris. According to Bob Carlin, Bill N:Hensley played the tune and said that it was in the repertoire of Governor Bob Taylor. N:Hartford writes: "We believe the 'Old Time Grey Eagle' in C was originally played with 'Wagner' N:and both were played in AEac# or 'Black Mountain Rag' tuning. This is a gut feeling based on the N:fact that C tunes go good in this tuning, and in the early days this tuning was used a lot N:because it was louder and had more open strings to harmonize with." M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel N:"*" = a unison double stop when it appears. N:AEac# tuning - the transcription below is to be fingered as if the fiddle were in standard tuning. B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 25, No. 1, Spring 1991 (p. 17) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C A/B/||c/B/c/B/ A/B/A/E/|D/E/D/B,/ A,/G,/B/A,/|G,/B,/D/G/ E/F/A/B/|1 c/A/c/a/ g/e/A/B/:|2 c/A/B/c/ A|| A/B/|"*"[ce]g/e/ a/e/g/f/|e/g/g/b/ g/e/A/B/|[ce]g/e/ a/e/g/a/ g/e/B/A/ A| [ce]g/e/ a/e/g/f/|e/g/g/b/ g/e/A/B/|[ce]g/e/ a/g/c'/a/ |g/e/B/A/ A|| |:G,/A,/|B,d/B,/ d/B,/D/C/|B,/D/D/E/ D/B/,G,/A,/|B,d/B,/ E/D/A/DE/|D/B,/A,/G,/ G,:|