Annotation:Fiddler's Reel

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 FIDDLER'S REEL. Old-Time, Fiddle Tune. USA; North Carolina. D Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. Known as a Surry County, North Carolina, regional tune (it was in the repertoire of Benton Flippen, for example), the title also appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 195,  Recorded sources: Alcazar Dance Series ALC 202, Sandy Bradley - "Potluck and Dance Tonite!" (1979). Global Village C 302, Plywood St. Band - "New York City's 1st Annual String Band Contest - 1984." Yodel-ay-hee Records 014, The New Dixie Entertainers - "Maybelle Rag" (tune credited to Arthur Smith via Bruce Molsky).

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