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 Theme code Index    557n7n 551H1H
 Also known as    Betsy Likens, Betty Liken
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Mixolydian
 Time signature    4/4
 History    USA(Upland South)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Alan Kaufman
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Beginning Old TIme Fiddle
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 95
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1977
 Artist    Biography:Highwoods String Band (The)
 Title of recording    No. 3 Special
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Rounder Records 0074
 Year recorded    
 Media    
 Score   ()   


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BETTY LIKENS. AKA- "Betsy Likens," "Betty Liken." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, W.Va. A Mixolydian/Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Most modern fiddlers source their version to Glen Lyn, Virginia, fiddler Henry Reed.

Sources for notated versions: Henry Reed (b. 1885, Monroe County, West Virginia) [Krassen]; Alan Jabbour with the Hollow Rock String Band [Phillips, Silberberg].

Printed sources: Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 39. Kaufman (Beginning Old Time Fiddle), 1977; p. 95. Krassen (Masters of Old Time Fiddling), 1983; p. 93. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), 1994; pg. 23. Silberberg (Fiddle Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 7.

Recorded sources: Kanawha 311, "Hollow Rock String Band." Rounder Records 0074, The Highwoods String Band- "No. 3 Special" (learned from Bert Levy & Durham/Chapel Hill N.C. musicians).

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