Kick Up the Devil on a Holiday

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 Theme code Index    7b551H 7b521
 Also known as    Kickin' Up the Devil on a Holiday, Kick Up Dee Debbel on a Holiday
 Composer/Core Source    Thomas F. Briggs
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Minstrel, Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/4
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 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Thomas F. Briggs
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Briggs' Banjo Instructor
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 23
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1855
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Kick Up the Devil on a Holiday M:2/4 L:1/8 B:Thomas F. Briggs - Briggs' Banjo Instructor (1855, Boston, Oliver Ditson Co., p. 23) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A/d/|=cB/d/ AG|AA dA/d/|=cB/d/ AG|ED DA/d/| =cB/d/ AG|AA dA/d/|=c/A/B/G/ AG|ED Dz|| DA/d/ EG|A2 z B/d/|(=c/A/)c/d/ cc/d/|(=c/A/)c/d/ cc/d/| DA/d/ EG|AA d A/d/|(=cA) B/G/ AG|ED Dz!fermata!||


X:1 T:Kickin' up the Devil on the Holiday N:From the playing of fiddler James Bryan (Alabama) M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Fast" R:Reel D:Rounder James Bryan & Carl Jones - Old-Time Music on the Air, vol. 2 (1995) D:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwPbdqoXPG8 D:James Bryan & Carl Jones - Two Pictures (2006). D:https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/3396 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D d|=c2 (3BcB A2G2|J[A2A2][A2A2]d2 Ad|=c-ABd A2 GD|((3EFE D2) D3d-| =c2 Bd A2 G2|ADA2 d2Ad|=c-ABG (A/B/A) GD|((3EFE D2)D2|| |:((3A,B,C)|D3G E2G2|J[A6A6]dA|=c-Acd c2cA|=c-Acd c2cd| A3dE2G2|J[A2A2][A2A2]d2 Ad|=c-ABG A2GD|1((3EFE D2) D2:|2((3EFE D2) D3||