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Also known as
Composer/Core Source
John Sharp
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(Central)
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Book/Manuscript title
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
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Score ( )
X:1
T:Black Eyed Suzanna
S:John Sharp (1894-1964, Sharp Place, Jamestown, northern Tennessee)
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:AEae tuning (fiddle)
N:From a 1949 field recording by Sgt. Alvin York
F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/black-eyed-suzanna
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:A
A3(B|cB)A2 A2 A(B|cB)A2A2AB|c2 [c2e2]efe2|d4B4|
GGFG E2F-G-|GFE2 E4|BBBB c2cB-|B2A2:|2A4A4||
|:e2e2 ef=gf|e2d2c2c2-|c2cc d2c2|c2B2B4|
e2e2 ef=gf |e2d2c2c2 |A2A2 ABcA|1B2A6:|2B2 A2||