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FINGERING WITH YOUR FINGERS. Old-Time, Breakdown. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. The 'B' part tonality approximately follows a circle of 5ths. The tune was recorded in 1935 in New Orleans.

Source for notated version: Lonnie Chatmon with the Mississippi Sheiks [Phillips].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 49.

Recorded sources: Bluebird B5949 (78 RPM), Mississippi Sheiks (1935)




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