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T:Rio Grande
N:From the playing of Tom Fuller (1890-1979, Ok.), recorded in the field by
N:Brad Leftwich in 1973.
N:Fuller, born and raised in Indian Territory, pre-statehood, was a farmer,
N:cowboy and oilfield worker in southern Oklahoma and west Texas. His fiddling
N:predates the popular "contest" style of fiddling, according to Brad Leftwich,
N:and "represents an earlier time...when a fiddler's main role was to play for dancing
N:and to entertain family and neighbors."
M:C|
L:1/8
Q"Quick"
R:Reel
D:Field Recorder Collective FRC714, "Tom Fuller:Traditional Fiddling from Oklahoma and Texas" (2015)
D:
https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/rio-grande
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:C
(3G,A,B,||SCDCC E2G-(G/F/4E/4|D2)EE D-EE2|C2C2 E2GG,|A,2A,-C A,2 (3G,A,B,|
C2 DD E2 G-G/(F/4E/4|D2)EE GA-cd|+slide+[e4e4]-[ee][de] [e2e2]|[c2e2]G2E2C2-|
CDCC E2G2|D2EE DEEE|C2C2 E2GG,|A,2A,-C A,2 (3G,A,B,|
CCDD E2 G2|D2EE GA-cd|+slide+[e4e4] +slide+([e4e4]|c2)GGE2C2||
|:[M:C|]+slide+[e6e6][ee][ee]|[M:3/2]c2e2c2G2E2G2|+slide+[e3e3]d cc G2 E2C2:|
[M:C|][B2g2]([Bg]-[Ba]-[B2g2])d2|[A3a3]b ([Aa]ge)d|[B2g2][B2g2] [Bg]edd|ea-ab a2g2|
+slide+[e6e6][ee][ee]|[M:3/2]c2eec2G2E2G2|[M:7/8]+slide+[e2e2][e2e2]cc G2E2C3-DS||
RIO GRANDE. American, Reel (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBC. This moderately-paced reel is sourced to Oklahoma/West Texas fiddler Tom Fuller (1890-1979), whose style predated the modern contest-influenced Texas fiddling. The second strain is 'crooked', or irregularly metered.
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Brad Leftwich [Phillips].
Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 199.
Recorded sources : - County 790, Leftwich & Higginbotham - "No One to Bring Home Tonight" (1984). Field Recorder's Collective FRC 714, "Tom Fuller: Traditional Fiddling from Oklahoma and Texas" (2015).
See also listing at :
Hear Tom Fuller's 1973 field recording at the Field Recorder's Collective [1] and at Slippery Hill [2]
Hear Leftwich and Higginbothamon's 1984 recording on youtube.com [3]
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