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BEAR CREEK HOP. American, Reel (2/4 time). Texas, Breakdown. USA, Texas. A Major. Standard or AEae tunings (fiddle). AABB (Christeson): ABB' (Silberberg). The melody feature pizzicato E notes in both parts.

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Sources for notated versions: - Texas swing fiddler Junior Daugherty (Texas) [Christeson]; Dale Potter [Phillips]; Roger Cooper [Silberberg].

Printed sources : - R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; p. 7. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 20. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 7.

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