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X:1 T:Reel [38] T:Breakdown (untitled) N:From the playing of Bob Walters (1889-1960, Burt N:County, east Nebraska) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Fast" D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/breakdown-30 D:Univ. of Missouri - "Old Time Fiddlers' Repertory" (1976) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A F|E2F2A3A|FABA A2FA|E2EF A2B2|cecA BA2F| E2F2A2A| FABF A3F |E3FA2A2|cecA BA3|| f3f e2fe|cecA F3(=f|^f3)f e2ae|c2B2[F4A4]| +slide+f3f e2 fe|ceBG AF3|+slide+f3f e2 ae|c2B2[E4A4]|]



REEL [38]. American, Reel (cut or 2/4 time). A Major: G Major (Christeson). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB, AABB. R.P. Christeson recorded the tune in 1957 from the playing of Bob Walters (1889-1960, Burt County, east Nebraska), who recalled hearing it played by his grandfather around the year 1900, though he had no name for it.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Christeson (Old Time Fiddler's Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; No. 162, p. 114.

Recorded sources: - University of Missouri, Bob Walters - "Old Time Fiddler's Repertory, vol. 1" (1976).



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