Annotation:Coal Creek

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X:1 T:Coal Creek S:Manon Campbell (Ky.), recorded 1978 by John Harrod M:C| L:1/8 N:AEae tuning (fiddle) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/coal-creek-0 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:Amix [M:2/4][A,2E2][E2A2]|[M:C|]cA e2e3e-|efgf e2c2|efe(=c ^c)BAc|BAFA [A,2E2][E2A2| e2ee3e-|efgf e2c2|efe(=c ^c)BAc|BAFA || [E2A2][E2A2] cBA2|c2e2 cBAF| [A,2E2][E2A2] cB A2|c2e2 cBAF| [A,2E2][E2A2] cBAB|c2e2 BAFA|[A,2E2][E2A2] cBAB|c2ec BAF2||

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."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Manon Campbell (Hallie, Letcher County, Ky.) [Titon], recorded by John Harrod in 1978.

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

Recorded sources: -

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