Annotation:Grey Eagle (4)

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X:1 T:Grey Eagle [4] S:Cyril Stinnett (1912-1986, Braymer, Caldwell County, northwest Missouri) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:MSOTFA CS 103, Cyril Stinnett - "Grey Eagle in C" (1992) F:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx-dx9AHRdk F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/grey-eagle-5 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C c2 ec dcA^F|G2ED CEGA|cdec dcAc|Gceg eage| cdec dcA^F|G2 ED CEGA|cdef gfef|gage fged:| [E2c2]eg- gcec|gcac gceg|gc'2e gcef|gage fged| cdef gcac|gcac gceg|gc'2e gcef|gage fged||

GREY EAGLE [4]. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Missouri, North Carolina. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. A variation of "Grey Eagle (3)." It is on Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden's list of '100 essential Missouri fiddle tunes'. Compare Stinnett's version with that of North Carolina fiddler Manco Sneed (1885-1975) (see "Grey Eagle (6)"), from a 1964 home recording.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Cyril Stinnett (1912-1986, Boone County, Mo.) [Phillips].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 106.

Recorded sources: -

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
See a transcription of Stinnett's recording by Austin Rogers [2] [3]

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