Annotation:Boating Up Sandy (5)
X:1 T:Boatin' up Sandy [5] S:Melvin Wine (1909-2003, Braxton County, W.Va.) M:C| L:1/8 F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/boatin-sandy-3 D:Augusta Heritage Recordings AHR 013, Melvin Wine - "Old-Time D:Fiddling of Braxton County: Volume 2" (1992) N:GDad tuning Z:Transribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D |:+slide+[d2d2]-|[M:2/4][d2d2]de|[M:C|]f2d2edBA|BddB AFAe|f2d2e2c2|[d3d3]-d-[d2d2] de| f2d2edBA|BddD- DFAA|BdBG DFAF|[G3B3][GB][G2B2]:|| K:G A|BdBG DFAA|GABG D2AA|BdBG DFAF|[G3B3][GB][G3B3]A| BdBG DFAA|GABG D2dd|BdBG DFAF|[G3B3][GB][G3B3]||
BOATING UP SANDY [5]. American, Reel (cut time). D Major ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). DGad tuning (fiddle). AAB. This "Boating up Sandy" was in the repertoire of Copen, Braxton County, West Virginia, fiddler Melvin Wine (1909-2003). The first strain begins solidly in the key of 'D', and continues until the last two bars, where it cadences in the key of 'G'. The second strain is in G major throughout. Contrast the tune with "Boating Up Sandy (3)" from contemporary fiddler Wilson Douglas (1922-1999), of Rush Fork, Clay County, West Virginia, whose reel is in A mixolydian throughout. The tunes are not cognate, but they are similar in structure.
