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Theme code Index
1H1H1H5 1H1H65
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Mack Blalock
Region
United States
Genre/Style
Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm
Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
G
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
2/2
History
USA(Deep South)
Structure
AAB
Editor/Compiler
Book/Manuscript title
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS
Artist
Biography:James Bryan
Title of recording
Lookout Blues
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Rounder 0175
Year recorded
1983
Media
Score (1 )
X:1
T:Mack's Breakdown
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
Q:"Moderately Quick"
N:From Mentone, Alabama, fiddler Mack Blalock (1914-1987)
D:Rounder 0175, James Bryan - "Lookout Blues" (1983)
D:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpPsKVh8lu8
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:G
ef|:Sg2ga gede|g2 (g/a/g) e2d2|eg2a gedg|edBd A2G2|
eg2a gede|g2g2 e2d2|gaba gedg|edBd A2G2:|
_B-=B-B2- B2B2|G2[G2B2][G2B2][G2B2]|EDEF G2G2|[M:3/2]BAGE DEGB AG3|
_B-=B-B2 B3(_B|=B2)[G2B2]EDEF |G2 GA BAGE| DEGB A G3|
[G_B]-[G=B][G2B2] +slide+[G3B3][GA]|[G2B2][G2B2] EDEF |G2 GA BAGE| DEGB A G3S||