Little Brown Hand

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Theme code Index	1135 3211
Also known as	Brown Leaf Rag, Her Little Brown Hand, I Took Her by Her Little Brown Hand
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Arrthur Smith, Biography:Albert Hash
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode
Time signature	2/2
History	USA(Upland South), USA(Ozarks/Western Tenn)
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler
Book/Manuscript title
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS
Artist	Biography:Arthur Smith Trio
Title of recording	Her Little Brown Hand/Lonesome Day Today
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Bluebird 7547 (78 RPM)
Year recorded	1938
Media
Score (1)

Little Brown Hand: Annotations

X:1 T: Little Brown Hand N:From the playing of fiddler Albert Hash (1917-1982), recorded in 1976. Hash was N:born in Rugby, Va., and grew up in Grayson County, southwest Virginia He learned N:to play from Corbit Stamper, Jim Reedy, his uncle George Finley, and was influenced N:by G.B. Grayson. After Grayson was killed, Albert played with Henry Whitter, among N:others, including his Whitetop Mountain Band in the 1940's. In the 1970's he formed N:a reconstituted Whitetop Mounain Band with his brother-in-law Thornton Spencer N:and Spencer's wife, Emily. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:Play ABA'B N:The slurs to the high 'f' note to be played as slowish slides. D:Field Recorders Collective FRC411, "Albert Hash, vol. 1" (2009). D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/little-brown-hand-0 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G P:A (3DEF|GEGG Bd2A-|BGA2 G3B-|dBd(e =fefe)|d3e d2(3DEF| GEGG Bdde|dcBA GE G2|EFAd BG A2 |G8|| P:B JBd-de- dBAG|[EB]-[Ec]-[Ec]d- edcB|ABde- ff=f-e| d3e dBGA| Bd-de- dBAG|E-c-cd- edcB|Ad-dc BGA2|G6|| P:A' (3DEF|GFGA Bcdc|BGA2 G3B|dBde- fd e2|d3e dBAF| GDGG Bd2e|dcBA GDGD|EFAd BGFA|G6||

Little Brown Hand: Annotations