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|f_annotation='''Twin Sisters (3).''' AKA and see "[[Grandfather's Tune (2)]]," “[[Jennie Baker]],” "[[Old Ark's a-Moving (The)]]," "[[Reel (17)]]," "[[Two Sisters (1) (The)]]." American, Reel (cut time). USA: southwestern Va., West Virginia. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Twin Sisters" is a floating title that is appended to a variety of tunes, perhaps in association with dance figures. The melody is a variant of the hornpipe "[[Boys of Bluehill (The)]]" and, according to Tom Carter and Blanton Owen (1976), is peculiar to the Franklin/Floyd County area of southwestern Va.. However, several West Virginia versions were recorded (e.g. Ernie Carpenter, Melvin Wine). See also the untitled 19th century reel ("[[Reel (17)]]") in the Hamblen family manuscripts, and Texas fiddler Lewis Thomasson's "[[Grandfather's Tune (2)]]," both cognate versions of "Twin Sisters (3)." | |f_annotation='''Twin Sisters (3).''' AKA and see "[[Grandfather's Tune (2)]]," “[[Jennie Baker]],” "[[Mountain Hornpipe (4)]]," "[[Old Ark's a-Moving (The)]]," "[[Reel (17)]]," "[[Two Sisters (1) (The)]]." American, Reel (cut time). USA: southwestern Va., West Virginia. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Twin Sisters" is a floating title that is appended to a variety of tunes, perhaps in association with dance figures. The melody is a variant of the hornpipe "[[Boys of Bluehill (The)]]" and, according to Tom Carter and Blanton Owen (1976), is peculiar to the Franklin/Floyd County area of southwestern Va.. However, several West Virginia versions were recorded (e.g. Ernie Carpenter, Melvin Wine). See also the untitled 19th century reel ("[[Reel (17)]]") in the Hamblen family manuscripts, and Texas fiddler Lewis Thomasson's "[[Grandfather's Tune (2)]]," both cognate versions of "Twin Sisters (3)." | ||
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Paul Mitchell identifies "[[Mountain Hornpipe (4)]]," in the repertory of latter 20th century fiddler Erskine Morris of Douglastown, Gaspé, Québec, to be a cognate (and quite close) version of "[[Jenny Baker]]"/"Twin Sisters (3)." | |||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Source for notated version: Peter Boveng [Silberberg]. | |f_source_for_notated_version=Source for notated version: Peter Boveng [Silberberg]. | ||
|f_printed_sources=<span>Silberberg ('''Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern'''), 2002; p. 160. Susan Songer & Clyde Curley ('''Portland Collection vol. 2'''), 2005; p. 216.</span> | |f_printed_sources=<span>Silberberg ('''Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern'''), 2002; p. 160. Susan Songer & Clyde Curley ('''Portland Collection vol. 2'''), 2005; p. 216.</span> | ||
Revision as of 04:25, 18 August 2023
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Twin Sisters (3). AKA and see "Grandfather's Tune (2)," “Jennie Baker,” "Mountain Hornpipe (4)," "Old Ark's a-Moving (The)," "Reel (17)," "Two Sisters (1) (The)." American, Reel (cut time). USA: southwestern Va., West Virginia. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Twin Sisters" is a floating title that is appended to a variety of tunes, perhaps in association with dance figures. The melody is a variant of the hornpipe "Boys of Bluehill (The)" and, according to Tom Carter and Blanton Owen (1976), is peculiar to the Franklin/Floyd County area of southwestern Va.. However, several West Virginia versions were recorded (e.g. Ernie Carpenter, Melvin Wine). See also the untitled 19th century reel ("Reel (17)") in the Hamblen family manuscripts, and Texas fiddler Lewis Thomasson's "Grandfather's Tune (2)," both cognate versions of "Twin Sisters (3)."
Paul Mitchell identifies "Mountain Hornpipe (4)," in the repertory of latter 20th century fiddler Erskine Morris of Douglastown, Gaspé, Québec, to be a cognate (and quite close) version of "Jenny Baker"/"Twin Sisters (3)."
