Breakin' Up Christmas

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Theme code Index	5533 2233
Also known as	Old Breaking Up Christmas
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	USA(Upland South)
Structure	AABB, AA'BBBBBBBB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:David Brody
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Fiddler's Fakebook (The)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 55
Year of publication/Date of MS	1983
Artist	Biography:Tommy Jarrell Fred Cockerham & Oscar Jenkins
Title of recording	Stay All Night
Record label/Catalogue nr.	County 713
Year recorded	1973
Media
Score (1)

Breakin' Up Christmas: Annotations

X:1 T:Breaking Up Christmas N:From the playing of fiddler Tommy Jarrell N:(1901-1985, Mt. Airy, Surry County, western North Carolina) M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Quick" R:Reel N:AEae tuning (fiddle) N:Play AA'BBBBBBBB, with slight variations (particularly rhythmic) to the 'B' part each time. D:County 741, Jarrell, Cockerham & Jenkins - "Stay All Night" (1973) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/breaking-christmas Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A +slide+[e2e2]-|[ee]fed c-dee|ef-ec A2 +slide+[e2e22]-|[ee]fed cAcA|B-AB-c A2+slide+[e2e2]-| [ee]fed c-dee|1ef-ec A2 ^g2-|aeae =g2fg |ecB-c A2:| |2e(fe)cA2a2-|a2a2-c'3f|ec-BA A2|| |:[A,2E2]-|[A,E][FA]-[A2A2] [A3A3] A|AcBA FE[FA]A|EF[A2A2] [A3A3]A|AcBA A2:|| P:2nd strain variations: |:[A,2E2]-|[A,E][FA]-[AA]A [A2A2] AA|AcBA FEAF|EFA[AA]- [A2A2]cB|Ac-BA A2:| |:[A,2E2]-|[A,E][FA][AA][AA] [AA]BcB|AcBA FEFF|EFAA ABcB|Ac-BA A2:|

X:1 T:Breaking up Christmas N:From the playing of fiddler Benton Flippen with The Smokey Mountain N:Boys, Brandywine event, Unitarian Fellowship Hall, Feb., 2004 L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Fast" N:AEae tuning (fiddle) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/breaking-christmas-0 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A e2-|efed cAcd|efec A2e2-|efec ABcA|BABc A2e2-| efed cAcd|efec A2+slide+a2-|"*"a2 a=g g-efa|ec-Bc A2:| |:[A,2E2]-|[A,E]F-FG A2A2-|AcBA [FA]F[FA]F|[A,E]F-FG A2AA|cB-BB A2 [A,2E2]-| [A,E]F-FG A2A2-|AcBA [FA]F[FA]F| [A,E]F-FG A2AA|"**"cB-BB A2:| P:Substitutions "*"a2-|a=gea g-ecd||"**"c^Bcc A2:||

X:1 T:Breaking up Christmas N:From the playing of fiddler Erynn Marshall M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hWmqabUDw0 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A (cd|e)fe(d cA)(cd|e)fec- A2(cd|e)fed- c2 cA|cABc A2 (cd| e)fe(d cA)(cd|e)fec- A2a2-|abaf =gefd|e[ce][Be][ce] [A2e2]:| E-F-|FEFG +slide+[A2A2][A2A2]|+slide+[c3c3][Be]- [ce][Be]AA|FEFG A2 cA|cAB-c A2(F2| F)EFG [A2A2] AB|cAcA c-BA2|FEFG [A2A2] cA|BABc A2[E2A2]-| [E2A2][F2A2] [A2A2]+slide+[c2e2]-|[c2e2][c2e2]- [ce][Be]AA|FEFG A2 cA| cA(Bc) A2[F2A2]-| [FA]EFG [A2A2][c2e2]|+slide+c2e2+slide+c2e2|FEFG A2 cA |cA(Bc) [A2A2]||

X:1 T:Breakin' Up Christmas M:C| L:1/8 S:Pete Sutherland Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A |:efed c2 cc|BABA c2 cc|efed c2 cc|BcBA F2 FF| efed c2 cc|BABA c2 cc|e2 fe afed|cABc A2 AA:| E2 FE A2 AA|BABA c2 cc|E2 FD A2 AA|BcBA F2 FF| E2 FE A2 AA|BABA c2 cc|e2 fe afed|cABc A2:||

Breakin' Up Christmas: Annotations