Charleston No. 1

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 Theme code Index    3H513 51H6H5H
 Also known as    Charleston One
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    C
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/4
 History    USA(Deep South)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:R.P. Christeson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Old Time Fiddlers Repertory vol. 2
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 46, p. 33
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1984
 Artist    Biography:Narmour & Smith
 Title of recording    Charleston No. 1
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    OKeh Records 45317 (78 RPM)
 Year recorded    1929
 Media    
 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Charleston No. 1 C:Willie Narmour M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:OKeh Records 45317 (78 RPM), W.T. Narmour & S.W. Smith (1929) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/charleston-1 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C cd|ecGE CDEF|GAcA a2g2|c'age aged|edcA c2c2| ecGE CDEF|GAcA a2g2|c'age aged|edcA c2c2|| +slide+[e4e4][e4e4]|[M:2/4][e2e2]a2|[M:C|] gedc AGED |EA2B A2G2 |ECDC A,C3| +slide+[C_E]-[C3=E3] C4|+slide+[C_E]-[C3=E3] DCA,B,|C2c2 AGED|ECDC A,C3| +slide+[C_E]-[C3=E3]C4|+slide+[C_E]-[C3=E3] DCA,B,|C2c2 AGED|[M:6/4]ECDC A,C3 C2||


X:1 T:Charleston One N:From the playing of Rockcastle County, east-central Kentucky, fiddler N:Walter McNew (1912-1998), recorded by Bruce Greene, summer 1989. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Moderately Quick" D:https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/988 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C cd|edcA GECD|GAce a2g2| c'age g2 {af}g2| edcA c2cd| edcA GECD|GAce a2g2|c'age age^d-|e=dcA c2c2|| +slide+[e4e4] +slide+[e4e4]|egge dcAG|E[GA]-[AA][AB] [A3A3]D|ECDC A,C2(_E| =E4) C4|(E_E=E)(E D)CA,C|A,2c2 AGEC|(D[C3E3]) [CE]G,A,C| (_E2=E2) Cz (_E2|=E)(_E=E)(E D)CA,C|A,2c2 AGEC|(D[C3E3]) [C2E2]|]