Annotation:Evening Shade

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X:1 T:Evening Shade M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Moderately Quick" S:Arthur Smith (1898-1971, Humphreys County, east Tennessee) D:Folkways FWe1007, "Milk 'Em in the Evening Blues" (1968) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/evening-shade Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G G2-GA|:"*"Bd- ded4|[M:2/4]BAGA |[M:C|]B2G4GF|ECEG [Ec]B[Ec](C|[D6D6])GA| Bd3 (d^cd2)|[M:2/4]BAGA|[M:C|] [G2B2]G4 [G2B2]|"**" cBAG FGAF| [D6A6] BA| B[d3g3] [d4g4]|[M:2/4]BAGA |[M:C|]B2G4GF|ECEG cAE2|+slide+[D6D6]B,C| DDFG A2Bc|d2 [Dd]A F2] FE|DEFG AcBA|+slide+[B,6G6] [B,G]E:| D2 {_B}=B2 AGEG|D+slide+B2A +slide+B2[B,2D2]-|[B,2D2]+slide+B2 AGED|Ec2E c2(B2| c)Bcd cAGc|Ec2E c2Bc|d2ge dcBA|B G4 D2-| D2 {_B}=B2 AGEG|D+slide+B2A +slide+B2[B,2D2]-|[B,2D2]+slide+B2 AGED|Ec2E c2(B2| c)Bcd cAGc|Ec2E c2Bc|dege dcBA|G4|| P:Substitutions |"*"[B,D]G[B,D]G (_B2=B2)-|BAGA|]"**"cBAG FGA2|[F6d6]BA||

EVENING SHADE. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Tennessee. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A slower tempo than the usual breakdown speed. On a home recording by Arthur Smith's son Ernest the tune is entitled "Evening Shade Falling," although on Smith's LP it is listed simply as "Evening Shade."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Fiddlin' Arthur Smith (Tenn.) [Milliner/Koken, Phillips].

Printed sources : - Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 189. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 48.

Recorded sources: - Folkways FTS-31007, The McGee Brothers and Arthur Smith - "Milk 'Em in the Evenin' Blues" (1968)

See also listing at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Arthur Smith's recording at Slippery Hill [2]

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