Coal Creek

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Theme code Index	3555 57b53
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Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Mixolydian
Time signature	4/4
History	USA(Upland South)
Structure	AA'BB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Jeff Titon
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes
Tune and/or Page number	No. 25, p. 60
Year of publication/Date of MS	2001
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COAL CREEK. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. A Mixolydian. AEae tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. A different tune than "Coal Creek March." The tune was played by only one fiddler, Manon Campbell (1890-1987), who said it was the first tune he learned to play as a boy of ten or eleven, obtained from local sources (Titon, 2001). Campbell told Mark Wilson the tune at one time had words attached to it, although he could not remember them. Joel Shimberg points out this tune is a close relative of West Virginia fiddler Oscar Wright's "Shootin' Creek."

Source for notated version: Manon Campbell (Hallie, Letcher County, Ky., 1978) [Titon].

Printed source: Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 25, p. 60.

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