Blue Mountain Rag

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Theme code Index	1L1L3L3L 5L133
Also known as
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Don Messer
Region	Canada
Genre/Style	Down-East/Maritime
Meter/Rhythm	Country Rag
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	CANADA(Maritimes/English)
Structure	AA'BB'
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Stacy Phillips
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number	p. 22
Year of publication/Date of MS	1995
Artist	Biography:Don Messer
Title of recording	Very Best of Don Messer (The)
Record label/Catalogue nr.	MCA Records MCA 2-4037
Year recorded	1973
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BLUE MOUNTAIN RAG. Canadian, Country Rag. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Composed by Maritime fiddler Don Messer (1909-1973).

Source for notated version:

Printed source: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 22.

Recorded source: MCA Records MCAD 4037, "The Very Best of Don Messer" (1994).

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