Rolling Reel

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 Theme code Index    5L131 5L131
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 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(Southeast)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Stephen F. Davis
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:The Devil's Box vol. 29 No. 3
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 25
 Year of publication/Date of MS    Fall 1995
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T: Rolling Reel, The N:Transcribed by Frank Maloy from the playing of his Uncle N:Joseph Henry Pendleton (south Georgia). Maloy said this N:was one of his uncle's "warm-up piece", often played when N:he first picked up his fiddle. N:The title could have been "Rollin'" or "Rowland", wrote Maloy. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vo. 29, No. 3, Fall 1995 (p. 26) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G GE|:"G"DEGA BAGE|DEGA B2 GE|DEGA BAGB|"D7"AGFE DCB,A,| "G"G,A,B,C DEDB,|"C"CDEF GAGE|"D7"DEFE DCB,A,|"G"G,2 [G,D][G,D] [G2D2]:| Bc|:"G"dedc BcBA|GABA G2 Bc|dedc BcdB|"D7"cBAG FGAB| "G"dedc BcdB|"C"cdef gage|"D7"defe dcBA|"G"G2[GB][GB] [G2B2]:|]