Arkansas Turnback

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Theme code Index	5553 5531
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Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	USA(Ozarks/Western Tenn)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Drew Beisswenger & Gordon McCann
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ozarks Fiddle Music
Tune and/or Page number	p. 36
Year of publication/Date of MS	2008
Artist	Art Galbraith
Title of recording	Dixie Blossoms
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Rounder Records 0133
Year recorded	1981
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ARKANSAS TURNBACK. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Galbraith’s source, Willy Bilyeu, indicated the title was his, although he thought the tune was some “old hornpipe” (Beisswenger & McCann, 2008).

Source for notated version: Art Galbraith (1909-1993, near Springfield, Missouri), learned around 1955 from Willy Bilyeu (Ozark, Missouri) [Phillips].

Printed sources: Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 36. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 18.

Recorded sources: Rounder Records 0133, Art Galbraith – “Dixie Blossoms” (1981).

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