Annotation:Rio Grande

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X:1 T:Rio Grande N:From the playing of Tom Fuller (1890-1979, Ok.), recorded in the field by N:Brad Leftwich in 1973. N:Fuller, born and raised in Indian Territory, pre-statehood, was a farmer, N:cowboy and oilfield worker in southern Oklahoma and west Texas. His fiddling N:predates the popular "contest" style of fiddling, according to Brad Leftwich, N:and "represents an earlier time...when a fiddler's main role was to play for dancing N:and to entertain family and neighbors." M:C| L:1/8 Q"Quick" R:Reel D:Field Recorder Collective FRC714, "Tom Fuller:Traditional Fiddling from Oklahoma and Texas" (2015) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/rio-grande Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C (3G,A,B,||SCDCC E2G-(G/F/4E/4|D2)EE D-EE2|C2C2 E2GG,|A,2A,-C A,2 (3G,A,B,| C2 DD E2 G-G/(F/4E/4|D2)EE GA-cd|+slide+[e4e4]-[ee][de] [e2e2]|[c2e2]G2E2C2-| CDCC E2G2|D2EE DEEE|C2C2 E2GG,|A,2A,-C A,2 (3G,A,B,| CCDD E2 G2|D2EE GA-cd|+slide+[e4e4] +slide+([e4e4]|c2)GGE2C2|| |:[M:C|]+slide+[e6e6][ee][ee]|[M:3/2]c2e2c2G2E2G2|+slide+[e3e3]d cc G2 E2C2:| [M:C|][B2g2]([Bg]-[Ba]-[B2g2])d2|[A3a3]b ([Aa]ge)d|[B2g2][B2g2] [Bg]edd|ea-ab a2g2| +slide+[e6e6][ee][ee]|[M:3/2]c2eec2G2E2G2|[M:7/8]+slide+[e2e2][e2e2]cc G2E2C3-DS||

RIO GRANDE. Old-Time, Breakdown. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBC. This moderately-paced reel is sourced to Texas fiddler Tom Fuller.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Brad Leftwich [Phillips].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 199.

Recorded sources: - County 790, Leftwich & Higginbotham - "No One to Bring Home Tonight" (1984). Field Recorder's Collective FRC 714, "Tom Fuller: Traditional Fiddling from Oklahoma and Texas" (2015).

See also listing at:
Hear Tom Fuller's field recording at the Field Recorder's Collective [1]