X:1
T:Miller's Reel [2]
L:1/8
M:C|
S:Jay Ungar
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
G,A,B,D C2E2 | DEFD G2G2 | GABd gage | f2 d2d2 ef |
gfga gfef | edBd cBAG | FDEF DFAc| B2G2 G4 :|
|: ef | g2 ga gfed | BA B2 AGBd | e a2 b a4 | (3aba fa edef |
gfga baga | efed BdcB | AGFE (3DEF Ac | B2G2G2 :|]
MILLER'S REEL [2]. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Similar to "Miller's Reel (1)" but set in key of G Major. The key change was popularized by eastern Kentucky fiddler Biography:J.P. Fraley[1] (1924-2011), whose smooth bowing style and clean noting was much imitated by later 20th century "revival" fiddlers.
J.P. Fraley
Additional notes Source for notated version : - J.P. Fraley (Rush, eastern Ky.) via Jack Link (Seattle) [Devil's Box, Silberberg].
Printed sources : - Stephen F. Davis(The Devil's Box), vol. 16, No. 4, Dec. 1982; p. 20. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 98. Susan Songer with Clyde Curley (Portland Collection vol. 3), 2015; p. 133.
Recorded sources : - Bee Balm 302, "The Corndrinkers." Philo 1040, Jay Ungar- "Catskill Mountain Goose Chase" (1977. Learned from fiddler J.P. Fraley of Rush, Ky.). Rounder 0037, J.P. Fraley- "Wild Rose of the Mountain" (1973).
See also listing at : Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Hear the tune played by J.P. Fraley in 1982 on a field recording at the Digital Library of Appalachia [3]
See a video clip of Fraley playing the tune in a 1975 performance at Berea Sound Content [4]
Hear/see Betty & Billy Vornbrock play the tune on youtube.com [5]<br
