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Theme code Index	5H3H5H5H 61H1H5H
Also known as	Backstep, Step-Back Cindy, Old Time Back Step Cindy, Hollyding, Rockingham Cindy
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	USA/Upland South"USA/Upland South" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AA'BB'
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Miles Krassen
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Appalachian Fiddle
Tune and/or Page number	p. 47
Year of publication/Date of MS	1973
Artist	Biography:Fuzzy Mountain String Band
Title of recording	Summer Oaks and Porch
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Rounder Records 0035
Year recorded	1973
Media
Score ()

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BACKSTEP CINDY. AKA - "Backstep." AKA and see "Step-Back Cindy," "Old Time Back Step Cindy," "Hollyding," "Rockingham Cindy;" this despite the fact that "Backstep Cindy" was frequently collected in North Carolina repertoire.

Sources for notated versions: The Fuzzy Mountain String Band (Durham, N.C.), who learned the tune from Fred Cockerham (Low Gap, N.C.) [Brody]; Uncle Charlie Higgins (Galax, Va.) [Krassen]; Tommy Jarrell (Mt. Airy, N.C.) [Phillips].

Printed sources: Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; pg. 30. Krassen (Appalachian Fiddle), 1973; pg. 47. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 18. County Records 701, Fred Cockerham & Kyle Creed - "Clawhammer Banjo" (1966). Recorded sources: County Records 748, Tommy Jarrell- "Come and Go With Me." County 756, Tommy Jarrell - "Sail Away Ladies" (1976). County CO-CD-2711, Kirk Sutphin - "Old Roots and New Branches" (1994. Appears as "Old Time Back Step Cindy"). Folkways 3832, William Marshall & Glen Smith. Heritage XXIV, Tommy Jarrell - "Music of North Carolina" (Brandywine 1978), 1979. Musical Traditions MTCD321-2, William Marshall (et al) - "Far on the Mountains, vols. 1 & 2" (2002). Rounder Records 0035, The Fuzzy Mountain String Band- "Summer Oaks and Porch" (1973). Rounder 0197, Bob Carlin - "Banging and Sawing" (1985).

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+''Printed sources:'' Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; pg. 30. Krassen (Appalachian Fiddle), 1973; pg. 47. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 18. County Records 701, Fred Cockerham & Kyle Creed - "Clawhammer Banjo" (1966).
+''Recorded sources:'' County Records 748, Tommy Jarrell- "Come and Go With Me." County 756, Tommy Jarrell - "Sail Away Ladies" (1976). County CO-CD-2711, Kirk Sutphin - "Old Roots and New Branches" (1994. Appears as "Old Time Back Step Cindy"). Folkways 3832, William Marshall & Glen Smith. Heritage XXIV, Tommy Jarrell - "Music of North Carolina" (Brandywine 1978), 1979. Musical Traditions MTCD321-2, William Marshall (et al) - "Far on the Mountains, vols. 1 & 2" (2002). Rounder Records 0035, The Fuzzy Mountain String Band- "Summer Oaks and Porch" (1973). Rounder 0197, Bob Carlin - "Banging and Sawing" (1985).
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