Annotation:Mountain Reel (1)

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MOUNTAIN REEL [1]. Old-Time, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A rather typical version of the widespread (and international) "Miss McLeod's Reel (1)" or "Hop High Ladies" tune family. Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers recorded the tune in 1926 as "Mountain Reel" (Posey Rorer on fiddle, Poole on banjo, Roy Harvey on guitar).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; p. 100.

Recorded sources: Columbia 15279-D (78 RPM), 1926, Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers). Caney Mountain Records CEP 208 (privately issued extended play LP), Lonnie Robertson (Mo.), c. 1965-66.

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Charlie Poole's 1926 recording on youtube.com [2]




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