Annotation:Railroad Piece
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RAILROAD PIECE. AKA - "Railroad (1) (The)." American, Reel. USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Samuel Bayard noted that informant John Tustin started the piece slowly, then gradually quickened the tempo.
Source for notated version: The Hoge brothers (fiddlers from Greene County, Pa., 1944) and John Tustin (Greene County, Pa., 1944) [Bayard].
Printed sources: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 155A-B, p. 91.
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