Shoot Two Bits

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Theme code Index	1355H 3H2H1H2H
Also known as	Two Bits
Composer/Core Source	Bob Walters
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
Editor/Compiler	Biography:R.P. Christeson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Old Time Fiddler's Repertory vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	No. 85, p. 62
Year of publication/Date of MS	1973
Artist	Bob Walters
Title of recording	Drunken Wagoneer
Record label/Catalogue nr.	MSOTFA 106
Year recorded	1993
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Score (1)

Shoot Two Bits: Annotations

X:1 T:Two Bits N:From the playing of fiddler Bob Walters (1889-1960, Burt County, N:Nebraska), 1951, recorded by R.P. Christeson. N:Christeson remarked: "Walters credited Oscar Doty, a retiree in Missouri N:Valley, Iowa. Mr. Doty had a high-priced violin he had acquired from a N:member of the Omaha Symphony, and he played it in 1951 at the annual N:get-together for fiddlers sponsored by Mr. Frame Davis in Des Moines, Iowa." M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Christeson - Old TIme Fiddler's Repertory vol. 1 (1973, No. 85) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/two-bits Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D ABAG FDEF|GFGA B2d2|efed cABc|dcde fga2| ABAG FDEF|GFGA B2d2|efed cABc|1dfec d2d2:|2 dfec d2|| |:Bc|d2 fd A2ag|fdec defd|edcB Aeed|cABG AGFE| DFAc d2ag|fdec defd|edcB Aaag|1fdec d2:|2fdec d2d2||

X:1 T:Shoot Two Bits N:From Bob Walters (1889-1960, Burt County, Neb.) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Fast" D:MSOTFA 106, Bob Walters - "Drunken Weagoneer" (2015) D:https://missourifiddling.bandcamp.com/track/shoot-two-bits Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D P:Bob Walters' version: D2-|DEFG A2ag|faec dfed|cABc A2ed|cBAG FGFE| DEFG A2ag|faec dfed|cABc A2ag|faec d2:| |:FG|ABAG FDEF|GFGA BcdB|cded cABc|dcde fga2l| ABAG FDEF|GFGA BcdB|cded cABc|dfec d2:|] P:As taught by Charlie Walden: Ac|d2 fd A2 ag|faec dfed|[ce][A3e3][A2e2] ed|cABd AGFE| DEFG A2ag|faec dfed|[ce][A3e3][A2e2]ag|faec d2:| |:FG|"*"ABAF DFAF|GFGA BcdB|cded cABc|dcde fga2| ABAF DFAF|GFGA BcdB|cded cABc|dfec d2:| P:Substitution "*"ABAG FDEF||

Shoot Two Bits: Annotations