Annotation:Gallop to Georgia

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 GALLOP TO GEORGIA. Old-Time, Breakdown. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). Recorded by Carroll County, Mississippi, fiddle/guitar duo Willie Narmour (b. 1889) and Shell Smith (b. 1895). Allin Cottrell points out that fast accurate playing in the key of C is one of the hallmarks of Narmour's fiddling.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources:  Recorded sources: Musical Traditions MT 104, Narmour and Smith - "Where the Southern Crosses the Dog: Mississippi Fiddle Music 1928-35" (1995). New Timey, Harry Bolick & Friends - "Carroll County, Mississippi" (2004).

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