Annotation:Poplar Top

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X:1 T:Poplar Top S:Dwight Lamb M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/poplar-top Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C (3G,A,B,|C2 CD EFGE|F2F2 AcBA|G>ABc dedB|cBAG FEDB,| C2 CD EFGE|FEFG AcBA|GABc dedB|[E3c3]c [E2c2]:|| |:cd|[e2e2]ed c2 cd|efge c2cc|BcdB G2GA|BcdB G2cd| [e2e2]ed c2 cd|efge c2cc|BcdB GABG|[E3c3]c [E2c2]:|

POPLAR TOP. American, Reel (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A fairly simple binary tune from the repertoire of Iowa fiddler Dwight Lamb. born in Moorhead, Iowa, on May 16, 1934, now resident of Onawa. He is an exponent of the Missouri Valley Style of playing, also called Northern Missouri Hornpipe Style., and plays “left-handed style” on a fiddle strung in the standard way. Lamb also plays the button accordion, and is known for his repertoire learned from his grandfather, a Danish immigrant.

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See also listing at:
See a NEA National Heritage Fellow film on Lamb featuring both fiddle and accordion playing [1]

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Hear Charlie Walden's home recording of Dwight Lamb playing the tune at Slippery Hill [2]

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