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 Theme code Index    1L3L12 5L11H3
 Also known as    Old Frisky Jim
 Composer/Core Source    Bob Walters
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    3 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/4
 History    USA(Central), USA(Ozarks/Western Tenn), USA(Southwest)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:R.P. Christeson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Old Time Fiddler's Repertory vol. 1
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 4
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1973
 Artist    Bob Walters
 Title of recording    Old Time Fiddler's Repertory
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    University of Missouri Press
 Year recorded    1976
 Media    
 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Frisky Jim N:From the playing of fiddler Bob Walters (1889-1960, N:Burt County, eastern Nebraska), recorded in 1949 by Bob Christeson. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:Univ. of Missouri Press, Bob Walters - "Old Time Fiddler's Repertory" (1976) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/frisky-jim-0 Z:Andrew Kuntz K:A |:A,G,|A,B,CA, C2E2|A2cA BAFD|E2FG ABce|afec AFEC| A,B,CA, C2E2|A2cA BAFD|E2FG ABce|afec A2:| (3efg|a2 ab afea|fecA BAFA|agab afea|B[Bb]-[Bb][Bb] [B2b2]e-f| a2 ab afea|fecA BAFD|E2FG ABce|afec A2:|


X:1 T:Frisky Jim M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel N:Transcribed by Frank Maloy from the playing of Uncle Dick Hutchison N:(1897-1986, Disney, Oklahoma). Hutchinson lived in the western Ozarks N:Mountains region of north-eastern Oklahoma. B:Stephen F. Davis - The Devil's Box, vol. 29, No. 4, Winter 1996 (p. 24). Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A "A"A,C/A,/ CE/F/|Ac/A/ B/A/F/A/|EF/G/ Af/g/|"E7"a/f/e/c/ "A"BA| "A"A,C/A,/ CE/F/|Ac/A/ B/A/F/A/|EF/G/ Af/g/|"E7"a/f/e/c/ "A"A2:| |:"A"aa/b/ af/g/|a/f/e/c/ B/A/F/A/|e/ab/ ag/f/|"E7"e/ba/ b2| "A"e/ab/ af/g/|a/f/e/c/ B/A/F/A/|EF/G/ Af/g/|"E7"a/f/e/c/ "A"A2:|]


X:1 T:Frisky Jim N:From the playing of fiddler playing of Lonnie Robertson (1908-1981, born N:in Longrun, Ozark County, south-central Mo.), recorded in 1939. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Very Fast" N:Kay consistently played his low 'C' sharp notes flat, sometimes almost a N:'C' natural. Whether by design or not, unknown. He had no trouble reaching N:the high 'b' notes. D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/theme-tune-frisky-jim Z:Andrew Kuntz K:A ^G,2-|A,2 CA, C2[^G2A2]-|[AA]BcA BAFD|E2FE A2fg|afec BAFD| E2 CA, C2[^G2A2]-|[AA]BcA BAFD|EDFD A2fg|afec/A/- A2:| |:((3efg)|a2ab aaca|fecA BcAg|a2ab aaca|fefa b2 ((3efg)| agab aece|fecA BAFD|E2 F-E A2fg|afec/A/- A2:|


X:1 T:Frisky Jim N:From the playing of fiddler Bob Kay (Stillwell, Oklahoma), recorded in the field by N:Jim Renner in 1977. Kay learned the tune from Uncle Dick Hutchinson M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:Kay consistently played his low 'C' sharp notes flat, sometimes almost a N:'C' natural. Whether by design or not, unknown. He had no trouble reaching N:the high 'b' notes. D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/frisky-jim-2 Z:Andrew Kuntz K:A A,2-|A,2 CA, C2EF|A2cA BAFD|A,A,CA, =C2C2|E2BB B2E-F| A,2=CA, C2EF|A2 cA BAFF|A2B-c e2 fg|afec A2:| ((3efg|a2)ab a2fg|afec B-cA2|e-a-aa- abag|fb-bb b2fg| a2 ab a2 fg|afec Bc A2|A-Bcd e2 fg|afec A2:|