Annotation:Fire on the Mountain (7)

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 FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN [7]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. A Mixolydian. AEae tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The tune is unique to the repertoire of Magoffin County, Ky., fiddler John Salyer, who recorded it on a home recording in December, 1941. It is not related to other "Fire on the Mountain Tunes."  Source for notated version: John Salyer (Salyersville, Magoffin County, Ky.) [Milliner & Koken, Titon].  Printed sources: Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 198. Titon (Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 40, p. 72.  Recorded sources: Appalachian Center Berea College, "John Morgan Salyer: Home Recordings 1941-1942, vol. 2" (2003).

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