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X:1 T:Smith's Breakdown N:Transcribed by Frank Maloy, based on the version by Fiddlin' N:Arthur Smith M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 26, No. 3, Fall 1992; p. 38 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G "G"G,/B,/D/F/ GA/c/|B/G/A/c/ B/A/G/E/|D/B,/D/F/ GA/c/|B/G/A/G/ "D7"E/G/D/C/| "G"B,/C/D/F/ GA/c/|B/G/A/c/ B/A/G/E/|D/B,/D/F/ G/B/d/c/|"D7"B/G/A/F/ "G"G[GB]| "G"D/B,/D/F/ GA/c/|B/G/A/c/ B/A/G/E/|D/B,/D/F/ GA/c/|B/G/A/G/ "D7"E/G/D/C/| "G"B,/C/D/F/ GA/c/|B/G/A/c/ B/A/G/E/|D/B,/D/F/ G/B/d/c/|"D7"B/G/A/F/ "G"G[GB]|| "G"gg/a/ g/e/d/g/|e/d/B/G/ A/G/E/G/|gg/a/ g/e/d/g/|e/d/[dg] "D7"[d2g2]| "G"gg/a/ g/e/d/g/|e/d/B/G/ A/GA/|B/G/A/G/ E/G/D/C/|"D7"B,/C/D/F/ "G"G[GB]| "G"gg/a/ g/e/d/g/|e/d/B/G/ A/G/E/G/|gg/a/ g/e/d/g/|e/d/[dg] "D7"[d2g2]| "G"b/a/g/b/ a/g/e/f/|g/e/d/B/ A/GA/|B/G/A/G/ E/G/D/C/|"D7"B,/C/D/F/ "G"G[GB]||



SMITH'S BREAKDOWN. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Tennessee. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Smith's Breakdown" was composed by Tennessee's wikipedia:Fiddlin'_Arthur_Smith (1898-1971) and recorded in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1937, by the Arthur Smith Trio, consisting of Smith along with brothers Alton and Rabon accompanying on guitars.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - S

Printed sources : - Stephen F. Davis (The Devil's Box), p. 71.

Recorded sources : - Bluebird 6711 B (78 RPM), Arthur Smith Trio (1937). , with Alton and Rabon Delmore) b/w Indian Creek. Charlotte N.C.

See also listing at :
Hear the Arthur Smith Trio's 1937 recording at youtube.com [1] (13th track at 35:33)
Hear the reel played by contemporary fiddler Megan Lynch Chowning at youtube.com [2]



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