Hello! Ask me (almost) anything about traditional music.
Annotation:Ace of Spades
X:1 T:Ace of Spades N:From the playing of Green Couny, Kentucky, fiddler Wallace N:Thompson, recorded by Bruce Greene in 1988. Thompson N:identified it as a "Texas-style tune." M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Quick" D:https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/1067 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A (3efg|:aegb afeg|fedf ecAA|BAGF EDCB,|A,B,CC EGAA| aegb afeg|fedf ecAA|BAGF EFGG|1Acc((3e/f/g/ a2)e2:|2Acc((3e/f/g/ a2)|| ed|:[E4c4]-[Ec](ABA)|[F2A2]-[F2d2]-[Fd](ABA)|GABc defg|1,2,3afab afed:|4 fafb a2e2|| K:E |:gbgg edeA|BcBA GFE2|FEFE AED2|EDEF GEBd| efgf efec|BcBA GFE2|FEFE AED2|EDEF E2Be:|]
ACE OF SPADES. AKA and see "Billy Wilson (1)." American, Schottische. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A schottische that has some melodic similarties to the well-known old-time and bluegrass melody "Billy Wilson (1)" or "Little Billy Wilson," although perhaps not enough prima facie evidence to label it a cognate or variant relationship. Although perhaps not the meaning of the title, an 'ace of spades' referred to a widow in early 19th century slang [Grose, Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1811].
