Annotation:Little Bobby

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LITTLE BOBBY. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Kentucky. G Major: D Major (Titon). ADae or Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. The reel is a member of the "Boatsman (2)" family of tunes, particularly evident in the second strain.

Source for notated version: biography:John Salyer [1] (1882-1952), Salyersville, Magoffin County, Ky., 1941) [Titon].

Printed sources: Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 91, p. 120.

Recorded sources: Berea College Appalachian Center ACC03, John M. Salyer - "Home Recordings, 1941-42, vol.1" (1993).

See also listing at:
Hear John Salyer's 1940-41 home recording of "Little Bobby" at Slippery Hill [2], Berea Sound Archives [3] and the Digital Library of Appalachia [4]