Annotation:Fiddler's Blues (1)

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X:1 T:Fiddler's Blues [1] M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Moderately Quick" S:Arthur Smith (1898-1971, Humphreys County, east Tennessee) D:County 546, "Fiddlin' Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners vol. 1" (1978) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/fiddlers-blues-0 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:Bb f|(efe2) d/f/d Bd|fdef +slide+dB3|(3f/e/f/e- e2 d/f/d Bc|{c}dBFE DB,3| f2 ef d/f/d Bd|fdef +slide+dB3|(b2"bluesy slide"c2d2)B>(c|d)BFE DB,3|| (A,|B,)B,DE FB2(c2|d)BcB (3dfd B>B,|B,B,DE FB2F|^GBFE DB,3| B,B,DE FB2(c2|d)BcB (3dfd B>B,|B,B,DE F(AB)F|^GBFE DB,3||

FIDDLER'S BLUES [1]. American, Country Blues (cut time). USA, Tennessee. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Composed by Fiddlin' Arthur Smith (1898-1971), born in Humphreys County, Tennessee.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Arthur Smith (Tenn.) [Phillips].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 49.

Recorded sources: -County 546-547/County CD CO 3526, "Fiddlin' Arthur Smith and His Dixieliners."

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

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