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 Theme code Index    3333 326L1
 Also known as    Buckin' Mule, Cumberland Gap on a Bucking Mule
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/4
 History    USA(Upland South), USA(Piedmont), USA(Southeast)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:David Parker Bennett
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:A Study in Fiddle Tunes from Western North Carolina
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 62
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1940
 Artist    Biography:J. Dedrick Harris
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Broadway A-1963 (78 RPM)
 Year recorded    1924
 Media    
 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Bucking Mule [1] S:J. Dedrick Harris (c. 1868- Asheville, N.C.) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:Fast N:Harris plays the first strain five or six times before moving N:on to the second strain. N:Harris was from Flag Pond, Tennessee, but lived around Asheville N:and Andrews, N.C., for part of his life. D:Broadway BWY A-1963, D.J. Harris (1924) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/bucking-mule Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G +slide+[G2B2][GB]A [G2B2]BA|BGAG EGGA|+slide+[G2B2][GB]A [G2B2]Bd|edBG AG2[G_B]-| [G2B2][GB]A [G2B2]BA|BGAG EGGA|+slide+[G2B2][GB]A [G2B2]Bd|edBG AG3|| g3g-g3a|gedc Bdd2|g4- gaba|gedB AG3| g3g- g2ba|bagd eg3|g2ed d2 BA|B2AG EG3| g3g- g2a|gedc Bd3|g4- gaba|gedB AG3| g6a2|bagd eg2a|g2 ed d2 BA|BGAG EG3||


X:1 T:Buckin' Mule [1] N:Transcribed by David P. Bennett from the playing of western N:N.C. fiddler Bill Hensley, 1939. M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:David Parker Bennett, "A Study in Fiddle Tunes B:from Western North Carolina". Dissertation, UNC, B:Chapel Hill; 1940, p. 62. B:https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1789&context=msu_theses_dissertations Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G BG B/G/A/G/|E/GG/ G[G/B/]E/|Gd e/d/B/G/|A/GA/ GB/A/| BB/A/ B/G/A/G/|E/GG/ GB/G/|BB/d/ e/d/B/G/|A<G g>a| Sg/e/g- g/d/e/d/|B/de/ g>a|bg- g/d/e/d/|B<G g>a| ba/b/- b/g/a/g/|e<d B>A|BA/B/- B/D/E/D/|E<G g>a| ge/g/- g/d/e/d/|B<d g>e|g/a/b/g/- g/d/e/d/|B<G g>a| ba/b/- b/g/a/g/|e<d B>A|BA/B/- B/D/A/G/|E<G B>A| BA/B/- B/G/A/G/|E/GB/- B/A/B/d/ e/d/B/G/|A/GB/- BA/B/-| BA/B/- B/G/A/G/|E/GB/- B/A/B/-|B/A/B/d/ e/d/B/G/|A/GB/- BA/B/-| BA/B/- B/G/A/G/|E/GB/- BA/B/-|B/A/B/d/ e/d/B/G/|A<G g>a!D.S.!||