Sourwood Mountain (1)

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 Theme code Index    5L155 5655
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 Composer/Core Source    Edden Hammons, John Salyer
 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(Upland South)
 Structure    ABB, AABBB
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X:1 T:Sourwood Mountain [1] M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Quick" R:Reel N:AEae tuning (fiddle) S:Edden Hammons (1875-1955, Pocahontas County, W.Va.) D:The Edden Hammons Collection vol. 2 N:From a 1947 field recording F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/sourwood-mountain Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A [A,2E2](A/B/ce2)ee -|egfg e2(c+slide+[ee])-|[e2e2][e2e]- [ee]gfc|ecBG A2A2| [A,2E2](A/B/ce2)ee -|egfg e2(c2|+slide+[e2e2])[e2e]- [ee]gfc|ecBc A2A2|| +slide+c2 Bc A2A2-|AcBA FEFG|[A3A3]A- ABc2|ecBc A2AB| c2 Bc A2A2-|AcBA FEFG|[A3A3]A- ABcc|edBG A2AA| +slide+c2 B2c2B2|AcBA FEFG|[A3A3]A- ABcc|edBc A2A2||


X:1 T:Sourwood Mountain [1] N:From the playing of John Morgan Salyer (1882-1952, Salyersville, Magoffin County, eastern Ky.) N:recorded at home 1941/42 by his sons on a disc player M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Fast" N:AEae tuning (fiddle) D:Berea Sound Archives https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/4245 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A AcAc e2 ea|fefa e2c2|e3f ecAB|cABG A2A2| AcAc e2 ea|fefa e2c2|e3f ecAB|cABG A2:| AB|c2 c<A E2cB|AcBA F2E2|A3 B A2AB|cABG A2AB| c2 c<A E2cB|AcBA F2E2| A3B ABcc|e<cBG A2:|]


X:1 T:Sourwood Mountain [1] N:From the playing of fiddler Melvin Wine (1909-2003, Copen, Braxton County, N:central West Virginia) on a Berea College performance video. N:Wine plays with a pronounced backbeat, often with double stops. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Very Quick" D:https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/7365 Z:Andrew Kuntz K:A [d2e2]-|[e2e2][ee]f [ee]cAA||Sfafd [A2e2]c2|[de]-[ee]-[ee][ee] [e2e2][ee]f|ecBA J[A2A2][GA]-[AA]-| [AA]B-cd [e2e2][e2e2]|fafd [A2e2]c2|[de]-[ee]-[ee][ee] [e2e2][ee]f|ecBA J[A2A2]|| AB|c2 [ce]B A2AA|AcBE- FA[Ae]A|F-AAA A-Bcc|1ec-BA A2:|2e-c-BA [A2e2]-||[Ae]B-cd e2J[e2e2]S|