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Also known as
Mississippi Sawyer (1)
Composer/Core Source
John Salyer
Region
United States
Genre/Style
Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm
Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
2/2
History
USA(Upland South)
Structure
AABB
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Score 1 )
Fish on a Snag
https://ttadev.org/wiki/File:Fish_on_a_Snag.mp3 Fish on a Snag
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I:linebreak $
T:Fish on a Snag
T:Mississippi Sawyer [1]
N:From the playing of John Morgan Salyer (1882-1952, Salyersville, Magoffin County, eastern Ky.)
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
D:Berea Sound Archives https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/4253
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:D
fg|a2 (b/a/g) a2 (b/a/g)|a2a2 baff|g2 (a/g/f) g2 (a/g/f)|g2g2 agfe$
|[M:3/2]fgfe defg (a/b/a) ag |[M:C|] fdfd ecec| d2d2d2:|
|:Ac|d2[d2f2][d2f2] A2 |defg a2a2|Ac[ce][ce] ecec|Acef g2 fe|
d2[d2f2][d2f2] A2|defg (a/b/a) ag|fdfd ecec|d2d2d2:|
