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Theme code Index
3H1H1H5 3H1H55
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
United States
Genre/Style
Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm
Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
A
Accidental
3 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
4/4
History
USA/Upland South"USA/Upland South" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
CROCKETT'S FAVORITE. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Galax, Va. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Identified as a Wade Ward (1892–1971) tune "reprocessed by Dennis Tang." Fiddler Crockett Ward was banjo player Wade's older brother (some 20 years his senior), and a member of the Galax, Virginia, area band The Bogtrotters.
Printed source: Spandaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1980; p. 34.