Annotation:Slidin' Jenny

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X:1 T:Slidin' Jenny S:Luther Strong (Hazard, Ky.) M:C| L:1/8 N:One part tune. N:The 'F' natural notes in the first measure are played in between sharp and natural. N:Played as a 'swung' reel or fast hornpipe, which it very much resembles. D:Library of Congress AFS (1937) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/slidin-jenny Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D (3A,B,C|:D2[=F2A2]D2[F2A2]|"*"DD2cd2[DA]-|[EB]FGD (EF)GA|"**"Beef (e4| e)fgf e2 [ce]A|BcdB AGFD|"***"A,2 A,B, =CED(G| F2)D2 +slide+D2D2-:|| P:Substitutions |"*"D(cd)c d2[DA]||"**"Be3 e4||"***"A,2A,2 C=EDG|"or"A,B,(A,B,) =CEDG|

SLIDIN' JENNY. American, Reel (cut time). D Major/Modal. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The tune was recorded for the Library of Congress by Alan and Elizabeth Lomax in Hazard, Kentucky, in October, 1937, from the playing of fiddler biography:Luther Strong (1892-1963), originally from Breathitt County. The one-strain tune was played as a 'swung' reel, almost like a fast hornpipe (which it quite resembles), with modest melodic and rhythmic variation each repeat.

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Recorded sources: - Library of Congress AFS 01534 A02, Luther Strong (1937). Musical Traditions Records MTCD514/5, Luther Strong - "When Cecil Left the Mountains" (2017. Various artists).

See also listing at:
Hear Luther Strong's 1937 LOC recording at Slippery Hill [1]

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