X:1
T:Black Mountain Breakdown
S:Os Scholes (1891-1984, Mountain View, Arkansas)
M:C|
L:1/8
N:AEac# tuning (fiddle)
R:Reel
Q:"Quick"
N:According to Martin Darrell, "This tune was brought to the area in
N:1865 by William A. Younger, returning home from his service to
N:Arkansas and the Confederacy."
F:
https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/black-mountain-breakdown
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:A
A,B,|C2 CC CB,[A,E]F|A2 AB cBA(B,|C2) CD CB,A,C|B,2 B,C B,CA,B,|
C2 CB, C2EF|A2AB cBAF|A2 AF E2FE|AFEC A,2:|
|:AB|ccfc eeAB|ccfc e2 cB|c2 fc efeB|cBAF E2[E2A2]|
ccfc e2 AB|cAfc e2 cB|c2 fc e2 eB|cBAF E2[E2A2]||
+slide+c2 cc c2 cB|cBAF E2[E2A2]|+slide+c2 cB cBA2|AFEC A,2[A,2E2]|
(Bc2)c cBAB|cBAG E2FA-|A2AF EAFE|AFEC A,2||
BLACK MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN. American, Reel. USA, Ozarks Region. A Major. AEac# tuning (fiddle). ABC. The tune is sourced to the playing of Mountain View, Arkansas, fiddler Oscar biography:Os Scholes (1891-1984), who maintained the tune was brought to the area in 1865 by William A. Younger, a returning Confederate army Civil War veteran.
