Annotation:Sherburn's Breakdown

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X:1 T:Sherburn's Breakdown C:John Asby (1915-1979, Fauquier County, Va.) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:County 733, John Ashby & Free State Ramblers - "Fiddling by the Hearth" (1979) D:http://stringband.mossyroof.com/SherburnsBreakdown.mp3 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G DB,|G,2B,2D2G2|ABde d3(A|B)AGB AGE2|D3E D2 DB,| G,2B,2D2G2|ABde d4 |DEGA BdBG|A3B A2DB,| G,2B,2D2G2|ABde d3(A|B)AGB AGE2|D3E D2 DB,| G,2B,2D2G2|ABde d3(A|B)AGB AGF2|G3G G2|| ef|g2ga g2d2|eged BAG2|[G_B]-[G2=B2][GB] AGE2|D3E D2 ef| g2ga g2d2|eged BAG2|DEGA BdBG|A3B A2ef| g2ga g2d2|eged BAG2|[G_B]-[G2=B2][GB] AGE2|D3E D2 DB,| G,2B,2D2G2|ABde d3(A|B)AGB AGF2|G3G G2||

SHERBURN’S BREAKDOWN. American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune comes from the playing of Fauquier County, Virginia, fiddler John Ashby (1915-1979), a member of an old Virginia family whose roots date back to the 17th century in the state. There were several musicians in his immediate family; his father and grandfather as well as several uncles played music. Ashby's band, The Free State Ramblers, was formed in the 1930's and named for a political uprising in his region of Virginia. The title "Sherburn's Breakdown" honors Sherburn Farm, a historic landmark in Fauquier County and the someplace of John's branch of the Ashby family, deeded to his grandfather Nimrod Ashby around 1840.

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Recorded sources: -County 773, John Ashby (Va.) And the Free State Ramblers - “Fiddling by the Hearth.” Foghorn Stringband – “Rattlesnake Tidal Wave” (2003).

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