Annotation:Fire on the Mountain (7)

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X:1 T:Fire in the Mountain [7] N:From the playing of John Morgan Salyer (1882-1952, Salyersville, Magoffin County, eastern Ky.) N:recorded at home 1941/42 by his sons on a disc player M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Very Fast" N:AEae tuning (fiddle) D:Berea Sound Archives https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/4241 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A efed cdeg|feBc d2d2|fdfd [c2e2]cA|[E2A2][E2A2][A,2E2][A,2E2]| efed cdeg|feBc d2d2|fgaA d2dd|1[E2A2][E2A2][A,2E2][A,2E2]:|2[E2A2][E2A2]|| K:Amix A,C[A,E]C|:[D2F2][DF][DE] [D3F3]E|FGFE [D2F2][D2F2]|GFED E2FG|[A2A2][A2A2][A,E]C[A,E]C| [D2F2][DF][DE] [D3F3]E|FGFE [D2F2][D2F2]|1GFED E2FG|[A2A2][A2A2][A,E]C[A,E]C:|2 GFED E2e2-||

FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN [7]. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Kentucky. A Mixolydian. AEae tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The tune is unique to the repertoire of Magoffin County, Ky., fiddler John Salyer, who recorded it on a home recording in December, 1941. It is not related to other "Fire on the Mountain Tunes."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - John Salyer (Salyersville, Magoffin County, Ky.) [Milliner & Koken, Titon].

Printed sources : - Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 198. Titon (Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 40, p. 72.

Recorded sources: -Appalachian Center Berea College, "John Morgan Salyer: Home Recordings 1941-1942, vol. 2" (2003).

See also listing at:
Hear Salyer's library of Congress recording at Berea Sound Archives [1]

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