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GREEN MOUNTAIN [3], THE. American, Reel (whole or cut time). USA, south-central Kentucky. A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AABB. Titon (2001) calls this a "stately local tune" unrelated to other "Green Mountain..." titles. However, a title appears in a list of traditional Ozarks Mountains fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954, which may or may not be musically related.
Additional notes
Source for notated version: - Isham Monday (Tompkinsville, Monroe County, south-central Ky., 1959) [Titon]. Monroe County is located south-east of Bowling Green, Ky., and northeast of Nashville, Tenn., and is situated in the Pennyroyal Plateau region of the state. It is a prohibition or 'dry' county.
Printed sources : - Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 56, p. 67.
Recorded sources: -Meriweather 1001-2, Isham Monday (et al) - "I Kind of Believe it's a Gift: Field Recordings of Traditional Music from southcentral Kentucky" (1986).
See also listing at:
Hear Isham Monday's Nov., 1959, field recording by D.K. Wilgus at Berea Sound Archives [1]
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