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Also known as
Callahan Reel , Last of the Callahans , Old Sport (2) , Callahan (1)
Composer/Core Source
Region
United States
Genre/Style
Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm
Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
2/2
History
USA(Upland South), USA(Ozarks/Western Tenn)
Structure
AABB, AA'BB'CC
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Marion Thede
Book/Manuscript title
Book:The Fiddle Book
Tune and/or Page number
p. 49
Year of publication/Date of MS
1967
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score
X:1
T:Last of Callahan
S:Luther Strong (1892-1962, Hazzard, Perry County, Ky.)
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:AEae tuning (fiddle)
D:Library of Congress AFS 01537 B01 (1937)
F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/last-callahan
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:A
[A2E2] Ac BAce|faec BAFA|EAAc BAce|faec A2A2|
EAAc BAce|faec BAFA|EAAB +slide+[c2e2]eg|ecBc A2-||
A3 e a2-|aece aecA |BAce b2e2 |aece aecA |BAcB AF2e|
aece aecA|BAcA b2e2|agae fgaf|ecAc BAF2|
E2A2 {B}c2eg|fecB A2||(3EFG|A2cB A2(3AGF|EGA(E FE)C2|
EAAc {B}c2eg|fecB A2(3EFG|A2cB A2
