Annotation:Chinquapin Hunting (1)

Back to Chinquapin Hunting (1)

X:1 T: Cinquipin Hunting [1] N:From the playing of Knott County, east Kentucky fiddler Hiram Stamper (1893-1992). N:2nd time through the tune). M:C| L:1/8 N:AEae tuning (fiddle) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/chinquipin-hunting Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A [de]-[e3e3][B4e4]|[de]-[e3e3][A4e4]|Bcd2 dcB2|[E4A4][A,4E4]| +slide+[e4e4]d-B3|[e4e4][e3e3]f|a2[A2e2]d2B2|[E4A4]A3-A=GFE|| K:D D3F E2+slide+[A2A2]|[A2A2][A2A2] AGFE| D3 F E2 [D2F2]-|[D2F2] [DE]-[DF]- [DF](EFE)| D3D E2+slide+[A2A2]-|[A2A2]A2- AGFE |D3[DF] E2[D2F2]-|[D2F2][DE]-[DF]- [DF](EFE) | D2F2 [E2A2] +slide+[A2A2]-|[A2A2] A2- AGFE |D3[DF] E2[D2F2]- |[D2F2][DE]-[DF]- [DF](EFE)| D4F [E2A2] +slide+[A2A2]-|[A2A2]A2- AGFE|[M:3/4]D3[DF] E2|[M:C|][D4F4] [C4E4]||

CHINQUAPIN HUNTING [1]. AKA - "Chinquapin," "Chinqui Pin Hunting." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Virginia, Kentucky. A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AA'BB' (Silberberg): AA'BCC (Phillips). A different tune than the similarly titled "Chinky Pin" or "Chinquapin." Jeff Titon (2001) says that Kentucky fiddler Hiram Stamper's tune appears to be unique, and that Stamper himself felt the tune was at least as old as the American Civil War. Stamper's version has similarities to "Huldy in the Sinkhole", as played by Birch Patrick (Saylersville, Magoffin County, Ky.).

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Chad Crumm with the Chicken Chokers (Mass.) [Phillips]; Hiram Stamper (Hindman, Knott County, Ky., 1977) [Titon].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 49. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 22 (appears as "Chinquapin"). Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 23, p. 58.

Recorded sources: - Field Recorders Collective FRC 302, "Norman Edmonds and the Old Timers, vol. 2" (2004).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1].
Hear Norman Edmonds' recording at Slippery Hill [2] and at the Field Recorders Collective site [3].
See banjo tab for Norman Edmonds' version at Taterjoes.com [4]

Back to Chinquapin Hunting (1)