Annotation:Moonlight

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X:1 T:Moonlight N:From the playing of Bruce Greene, 1993 M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/moonlight-0 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D [de]-|[d2f2] fe d2dc|Bcde d2B2|A2 AB AGFD|E2EF EDD2| [de]-[d2f2]g fedc|Bcde d2B2|A2 AB AGFE|DF E2 D4:| D2 DE FGAc|d2cd AcAc|d2 dA BAFD|E2 EF ED D2| D2 DE FGAc|d2 cd AcAc|d2 d2 BAFD|EFE2 D4|| D4[F4A4]|[G3B3]A [G2B2][G2B2]|[D2A2][DA][DB] [D2A2]FD|[E2A2][EA]F [EA]D3| D4[F4A4]|[G3B3]A [G2B2][G2B2]|[D2A2][DA][DB] [D2A2] FE|DFE2 D3||

MOONLIGHT. American, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. Source Wallace Thompson maintained the tune was Scottish in origin that his grandmother used to hum and sing ('there were words but I can't remember them now') and who said it was old tune in her time. The tune is often played in the key of 'D', after Bruce Greene's version.

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See also listing at:
Hear Wallace Thompson's 1988 field recording by Bruce Greene at Berea Sound Archives [1]
See also the standard notation transcription at Taterjoes.com [2]

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