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'''SUGAR TREE STOMP.''' American, Reel (cut time). USA, Tenn. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Named for the tiny community of Sugar Tree, Tenn., southwest of Dickson City, Dickson County, "Sugar Tree Stomp" was composed by Arthur Smith and recorded by the Arthur Smith Trio in 1936. Bluegrass fiddler Kenny Baker says (on notes to County 736): "Sugar Tree Stomp, that's from Arthur Smith. Now I'll tell you what, you know, Arthur was one of the world's greatest fiddlers, in my mind, but I didn't play it like Arthur played it. I heard a little different way of going about playing it, not that I thought I could rearrange it and make the tune better; it's just what I heard and I wanted to record it that way.” | '''SUGAR TREE STOMP.''' American, Reel (cut time). USA, Tenn. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Named for the tiny community of Sugar Tree, Tenn., southwest of Dickson City, Dickson County, "Sugar Tree Stomp" was composed by Arthur Smith and recorded by the Arthur Smith Trio in 1936. Bluegrass fiddler Kenny Baker says (on notes to County 736): "Sugar Tree Stomp, that's from Arthur Smith. Now I'll tell you what, you know, Arthur was one of the world's greatest fiddlers, in my mind, but I didn't play it like Arthur played it. I heard a little different way of going about playing it, not that I thought I could rearrange it and make the tune better; it's just what I heard and I wanted to record it that way.” | ||
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A 'stomp' was a general term for an up-tempo dance tune with a prominent (usually duple) beat, and did not denote anything in particular. There are a number of tunes with the name 'stomp' in them, but the term is rather vaguely applied. | |||
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Revision as of 01:01, 15 December 2019
SUGAR TREE STOMP. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Tenn. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Named for the tiny community of Sugar Tree, Tenn., southwest of Dickson City, Dickson County, "Sugar Tree Stomp" was composed by Arthur Smith and recorded by the Arthur Smith Trio in 1936. Bluegrass fiddler Kenny Baker says (on notes to County 736): "Sugar Tree Stomp, that's from Arthur Smith. Now I'll tell you what, you know, Arthur was one of the world's greatest fiddlers, in my mind, but I didn't play it like Arthur played it. I heard a little different way of going about playing it, not that I thought I could rearrange it and make the tune better; it's just what I heard and I wanted to record it that way.”
A 'stomp' was a general term for an up-tempo dance tune with a prominent (usually duple) beat, and did not denote anything in particular. There are a number of tunes with the name 'stomp' in them, but the term is rather vaguely applied.