X:1
T:Jack of Diamonds [4]
N:From the playing of Little Otter, Braxton County, West Virginia, fiddler
N:Sam Hacker (1876-1952), recorded in 1947 in the field by folkorist
N:Louis Watson Chappell.
M:C|
L:1/8
D:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrfVsJtJDko&feature=emb_title
D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/jack-diamonds-0
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:Amix
A2-|A2ag abag|ea-ag abag|fdef gedB|ecef gedB|
ea-ag abag|ea-ag abag|fdef gfed|BA-AB A2:||
|:ED|EA- AG ABcd|egfe dcdf|ecAF E2EF| GABd AGED|
EA-AG ABcd|egfe dcdf|ecef gfed|cA-AB A2:|]
JACK OF DIAMONDS [4]. American, Reel. A Mixoldyian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Sourced to a 1947 field recording of the playing of Sam Hacker, collected in the field by folklorist Louis Watson Chappell in 1947 [recordings deposited in the Univ. of W.Va. archives]. Sam Hacker, c. 1940. West Virginia University [1]
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Sam Hacker (1876-1952[1], Flatwoods, Otter Creek region, Braxton County, West Virginia) [Milliner & Koken].
Printed sources : - Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 326.
See also listing at : Hear the tune played at the Old Town School of Folk Music [2].
Hear Sam Hacker's 1947 field recording at Slippery Hill [3]
