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Theme code Index
3333 1311
Also known as
Pretty Polly Ann
Composer/Core Source
Biography:John Ashby
Region
United States
Genre/Style
Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm
Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
A
Accidental
3 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
2/2
History
USA(Piedmont)
Structure
Editor/Compiler
Book/Manuscript title
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS
Artist
Biography:John Ashby & the Free State Ramblers
Title of recording
Fiddling by the Hearth
Record label/Catalogue nr.
County 774
Year recorded
1979
Media
Score 1 )
X:1
T:Betty Ann
N:From the playing of John Ashby (1915-1979, Fauquier County, Va.)
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:AEac# tuning (fiddle)
N:As usual with AEac# tunes, drones are frequent
D:County 774, John Ashby & the Free State Ramblers -
D:"Fiddling by the Hearth" (1979).
D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/betty-ann
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:A
+slide+c3d c2 cB|ABc2 A3B|c2Ac BAFE|FG A2 [A,4E4]|
+slide+c3d c2 cB|ABc2 c3c|A2cA BAFE|[M:3/2]FEFG A6||
AF|[M:C|]EFAF A2AB|cBAG F2E2|CB,EG A4|cBAG F2E2|
[M:3/2]FG A4 A2 BA- A2|[M:C|]c6 cd|cBA2 FGA2|B3A- A4||
ce2f e2e2-|ecef e2e2-|e2ef edBA|BAFA [A,4E4]|
ce2f e2e2-|ecef e2e2-|e2ef edBA|[M:3/2]BAFG A8||
|:[M:C|][A,8E8]-|[A,2E2]AB c3B|cB A2 [A,4E4]-|[A,2E2]"+"c2"+"[E2A2] [A,2E2]|[M:3/2]FEFG A8:|]
