Big Sandy River

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Theme code Index	1H344# 5533
Also known as
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Kenny Baker & Bill Monroe
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Bluegrass
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	USA(Central)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:David Brody
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Fidder's Fakebook (The)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 40
Year of publication/Date of MS	1983
Artist	Biography:Kenny Baker
Title of recording	Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe
Record label/Catalogue nr.	County 761
Year recorded	1976
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BIG SANDY RIVER. Bluegrass, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Kenny Baker and Bill Monroe (1963). The Big Sandy River is a tributary of the Ohio, and forms part of the boundary between the states of West Virginia and Kentucky along its entire length. The name derives from the numerous sand bars found in the river.

Source for notated version: Stuart Williams (Seattle) [Silberberg].

Printed sources: Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 40. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 9.

Recorded sources: County 761, "Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe." Vetco 506, Fiddlin' Van Kidwell - "Midnight Ride." Voyager 316-S, Vivian Williams and Barbara Lamb - "Twin Sisters."

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