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T: Snowflake Breakdown
C: Wally Traugott
S: Bernie Waugh
R: Reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: D
|:(3ABc|\
"D"d2fa fedf|"G"edBA "D"dBAF|"A"A,2CE A2AB|cBAc ~BABc|
"D"d2fa fedf|"G"edBA "D"dBAF|"A"Acef (3gfe cA|"D"d2[df][df]d2:|
|:(3ABc|\
"D"d2fd efdf|"A"a^g=gf edcA|"Bb"_B2Bd =fBdf|"(Gm)"_bg=fb gfdc|
"D"d2fd efdf|"F#m"a^g=gf "G"edcB|"A"Acef (3gfe cA|"D"d2[df][df]d2:|
SNOWFLAKE REEL. AKA - "Snowflake Breakdown." Canadian, American, Bluegrass; Breakdown and Reel (irregular measures in both parts). USA; New England, northern New York, Missouri. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddld). AABB (Phillips): AABB' (Bohrer/Kibler). Composed by Canadian fiddler Wally Traugott (sometimes Trougott), this Canadian reel has had some currency with American fiddlers, particularly along the Canadian border and in the Mid-West (Missouri). The B Flat chord in the accompaniment to the ‘B’ part often is the bane of unwary guitarists! Little is known about Trougott although he may have been at one time a fiddler for Capitol Records in Los Angeles, later removing to Las Vegas.
Additional notes
Source for notated version: - learned by fiddler Vic Kibler (Hamilton County, N.Y.) from a recording by Wally Trougatt [Bohrer/Kibler].
Printed sources : - Bohrer (Vic Kibler), 1992; No. 16, p. 16. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; p. 261. Hinds/Hébert (Grumbling Old Woman), 1981; p. 19 (appears as "Snowflake Breakdown"). Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 226. Welling (Welling’s Hartford Tunebook), 1976; p. 16.
Recorded sources: -Kicking Mule 209, Andy Cahan - "Melodic Clawhammer Banjo.” Adelphi 2004, Delaware Water Gap "String Band Music.” Arc FH2 (K-Tel), Anonymous Fiddler - "25 Old Tyme Fiddle Hits." Arc 565, Carl Elliott - "Down East Dancing." Banff RBS 1123, Jerry Robicahaud - "16 Great Fiddle Tunes by 16 Great Fiddlers.” County 772, Bobby Hicks - "Texas Crapshooter.” F&W Records 6, Fireside String Band - "Square Dance Tunes for a Yankee Caller.” GRT 210, Ward Allen - "Maple Leaf Hoedown.” MCA 162, Tommy Jackson - "Square Dances Without Calls.” Nashville 2015, Wally Traugott - "Fiddlin' Country Style." Rounder 0060, Brother Oswald and Charlie Collins - "Oz and Charlie.” Rounder 0216, John McCutcheon - "Step by Step" (1986. Appears as "Snowflake Breakdown").
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