Annotation:Apple Blossom (2)

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X:1 T:Apple Blossom [2] N:From the playing of Isham Monday (1879-1964, Monroe N:County, south-central Ky., recorded by D.K. Wilgus in 1959 M:C| L:1/8 N:ADae tuning (fiddle), drone throughout. R:Reel D:https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/460 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D faaa a2ba|fedd edB2|fb2b b2a2|fedd ed3| fa3 a2ba|fedd edBc|d2cB A2FE|DFED B,DD2:| |:A,2B,2 D3E|FEDE FEDA,|A,2B,2D3E|FED2 DB,A,2| A,2B,2 D3E|FEDE FEDB|d2 cBA2FE|DFED B,D3:|


APPLE BLOSSOM [2]. American, Reel (cut or 2/4 time). D Major. ADae tuning (fiddle). AB (Titon/Bowles): AABB (Phillips, Titon/Monday). The tune was not widely known outside the northern Tennessee/south-central Kentucky area known as the Cumberland Plateau. Bruce Greene finds the tune was sometimes sung with banjo accompaniment as "Fished in the Pond" or "Never Catched a Nibble." S

Additional notes

Sources for notated versions: - African-American fiddler John Lusk (Ky.) [Phillips]; Isham Monday (Tomkinsville, Monroe County, Ky., 1959) [Titon]; Jim Bowles (Rock Bridge, Monroe County, Kentucky, 1959) [Titon].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 17. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; Nos. 2-A & 2B, p. 33.

Recorded sources: -Carryon Records 007, The Renegades - "I Need to Find." Marimac 9060, Jim Bowles (b. 1903) - "Railroading Through the Rocky Mountains" (Learned from local musicians). Rounder CD 0238, John Lusk Band - "Altamont -Black String Band Music From the Library of Congress." Yodel-Ay-Hee 011, Bruce Molsky.

\See also listing at:
Hear John Lusk's 1949 field recording at Slippery Hill [1]


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