Cold Frosty Morning (3)

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 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    USA(Deep South)
 Structure    AABBBA
 Editor/Compiler    
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 Tune and/or Page number    
 Year of publication/Date of MS    
 Artist    Biography:Stephen B. Tucker
 Title of recording    Great Big Yam Potatoes: Anglo-American Fiddle Music from Mississippi
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Mississippi Department of Archives and History AH-002
 Year recorded    1985
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COLD FROSTY MORNING [3]. Old-Time, Quadrille (6/8 time). D Major. ADae tuning (fiddle). AABBBA. The source for the tune, Stephen B. Tucker of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, began playing the fiddle in the late 1860's and was recorded for the Library of Congress in 1939 by Herbert Halpert. The 6/8 jig rhythm is relatively rare in Southern old-time playing.

Recorded source: Mississippi Department of Archives and History AH-002, Stephen B. Tucker - "Great Big Yam Potatoes: Anglo-American Fiddle Music from Mississippi" (1985).


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