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T:Cruel Willie
N:From the playing of fiddler Howard "Big Howdy" Forrester (1922-1987, Tenn.), a
N:long-time member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys.
M:C|
L:1/8
R:March
N:DDad tuning
N:Drone liberally
Q:"Moderate"
N:Play AABBCC
N:"+" = pizzicato note
D:Cub LP 8008, Howdy Forrester - "Fancy Fiddlin' Country Style" (1960)
D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/cruel-willie
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
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AB|d4 ((3efe) df|e+slide+d-d2- d-BAB|d3e dBAF|+slide+[A6A6] AB|
d3e dBAB|d2 Bd AFE-D|F3B AF (E/F/E)|1D6:|2D8||
|:E-F-F2- F3 ((3E/F/E/D)|[G2A2]-[A2A2]- [A2A2]D2|+slide+F3B AF (E/F/E)|1D6:|2 D8||
"+".d2"+".A2 zF E-D| [G2A2]-[A2A2]- [A2A2]D2|"+".d2"+".d2 zF((3E/F/E/)|1D8:|2 D6||
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T:Cruel Willie
N:From the playing of Max Collins (1916-2001, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma),
N: from a 1976 field recording by Gary Stanton and Tom Carter. A number of well-
N:regarded fiddlers were members of the family, including W.S., Willie, and
N:Max's older brother, Earl Collins.
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Quick march or slow reel
N:DDad tuning
N:Drone liberally
Q:"Moderately Quick"
N:Play AABBAACC
N:"+" = pizzicato note
D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/cruel-willie-1
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
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AB|+slide+d4 f-e d2| f-ed2- dB A2|c-d2 e d2BA|+slide+[A4A4]- [AA]A Bc|
d4 e/-d/-d2e|d2 (B/c/B) AF D2|+slide+[F2A2]FB AF E2|D6:|
|:D2 |+slide+F4- FE D2|[FA]-[A3A3]- [A2A2]D2|[F3A3]B AF (E/F/E)|D6:|
|:D2|"+"d2"+"A2z2 DE| [F2A2]-[A2A2]- [A4A4]|"+"d2"+"A2zF (E/F/E)|D6:|
