Higgins' Farewell
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| Theme code Index | 5311 5311 |
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| Composer/Core Source | Biography:Street Butler |
| 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(Central) |
| Structure | AABB |
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X:1
T:Higgins' Farewell
N:From the playing of Street Butler (1904-1977, Elkton, Todd County,
N:southwest Kentucky), recorded in the field by Bruce Greene, 1976.
N:Drone strings throughout.
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:ADae tuning (fiddle). Lots of droning, esp. in
N:the second part.
Q:"Quick"
D:Meriweather 1001, Street Butler - "I Kind of Believe it's a Gift" (1975)
D:https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/1177
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:D
z(d/c/|A2) FE [A,4D4]|A2 FE [A,4D4]|A2d2 cB A2|[E4A4][E4A4]|
[FA]-[G3A3] [G3A3]A-|c2e2[A4e4]|cBA2 B2c2|[M:3/2][D4d4][D4d4]:|
|:[D2A2][D2d2] |[M:C|]{e}[A3f3]f f2e2|d4 d2f2|{e}g2f2e2d2|[M:3/2]B3B B4 c2e2|
f-g3 g2a2|g4 g2e2|c2A2B2c2|[M:3/2]d4d4:|