Annotation:Flander's Dream

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X:1 T:Flander's Dream S:John Morgan Salyer (1882-1952, Salyersville, Magoffin County, Ky.) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:ADae tuning (fiddle) Q:"Fast" D:Home recordings, 1941 F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/flanders-dream Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A B3c BAFE|[D2F2][D2F2] FEFA |B2Bc BAFE|DEED [B,2D2][B,2D2]|[M:2/4][CD][B,D][A,2D2]| [M:C|]B3c BAFE|[D2F2][D2F2]FEFA|B2 Bc BAFE|([A,D]E)([A,E]D) [B,2D2][B,2D2]|[M:2/4]CB,A,2| [M:C|]B3c BAFE|[D2F2][D2F2]FEFA|B2 Bc BAFE|([A,D]E)([A,E]D) [B,D]A,B,C|[M:2/4]CB,A,2|| +slide+[d4e4]+slide+[d4f4]|fedB A4|d4[d4f4]|[D2A2]Bc d2[D2A2]| [D2d2]de [d3f3][df]-|[df]e f/e/d B[DA]- [D2A2]|a3f abaf|d2 fd [D2A2]Bc| dffd [D2A2]Bc|[d2f2][d2f2]e-f-|f2 f/e/d B[DA]- [D2A2]|[D4d4] {e}[d3f3]d|[D2A2]Bc d2[D2A2]| [d2f2][d2f2]e-f-|f2 f/e/d B[DA]- [D2A2]|a3f abaf|d2 fd [D2A2]Bc| dffd [D2A2]Bc|d2[d2f2] FA[FA]-[EA]|[D3A3] [A,E] [B,D][A,D][B,D]C|[M:2/4][B,2D2][B,2D2]||

FLANDER'S DREAM. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Kentucky. A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). ABB. The tune is sometimes confused with another Kentucky tune called "Flannery's Dream" because of the similarity in titles, however, the melodies themselves have little in common.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - a 1941 home recording of Salyersville, Magoffin County, (southeastern) Kentucky, fiddler biography:John Salyer (1882-1952) [Titon].

Printed sources : - Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 43, p. 75.

Recorded sources: -Berea College Appalachian Center AC003, "John M. Salyer: Home Recordings 1941-1942" (1993).

See also listing at:
Hear John Salyer's 1941-42 home recording at Berea Sound Archives [1]

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