Uncle Dink

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 Theme code Index    5L3L2L4L 5L123
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Gene Goforth
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Mixolydian
 Time signature    2/2
 History    USA(Ozarks/Western Tenn)
 Structure    AAAAB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Clare Milliner & Walt Koken
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:The Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 681
 Year of publication/Date of MS    2011
 Artist    Biography:Gene Goforth
 Title of recording    Emminence Breakdown
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Rounder 0388
 Year recorded    1997
 Media    
 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Uncle Dink N:From the playing of fiddler Gene Goforth (1921- 2002, Eminence, Mo.), from N:a recoding by Mark Wilson in 1997. N:The tune is named for Gene's father, Richard "Dink" Goforth, a fiddler. Dink left N:home when he was 15 yrs. old and "did a little hoboing" but who returned to Shannon N:County. Dink's father, Josh Goforth, was also a fiddler. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Fast" N:note that 'g' notes are natural except where indicated as sharped. Goforth N:played the 'G' note in cadence mostly sharp, but occasionally natural. D:Rounder CD 0388, Gene Goforth - Emminence Breakdown (1997) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/uncle-dink Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:Amix "*"EDCA, B,CDF|E-[AA][AA][Ac] [A2B2][A2c2]|EDCA, B,CDF|1,2,3E[AA][AA][AB] [A4A4]:| |4[M:3/2]E[AA][AA][AB] [A4A4]-[AA]A-c2||[M:C|]g4 eged|BB3 (c[e3e3])-|[ee]fed cAB^G| [A4A4]-[AA]A-c2|g3a eced | cdeg a2^g2|a2 ed cAB^G|A4 (c[e3e3])| g3 e Aced |BB3 (c[e2e2])[ee]- |[ee]fed cAB^G|A8|| P:Substitution "*"EDCA, B,CDD||