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JOHN BROWN'S MARCH [1]. Old-Time, March (2/4, 4/4 or cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Songer, Welling): AA'AA'BB (Phillips).
Additional notes
Sources for notated versions: - Pete Sutherland (VT) [Phillips]; Alan Jabbour via Alan Garren [Songer]; Harlan Coble (Guilford County, North Carolina Piedmont) [Milliner & Koken].
Printed sources : - Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 341. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 70. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 112. Welling (Welling's Hartford Tune Book), 1976; p. 2.
Recorded sources: -PearlMae Music 004-2, Jim Taylor - "The Civil War Collection" (1996. Learned from banjoist Sheila Adams, who had the tune from Tommy Jarrel and Scott Ansley).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
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