Big Horned Cattle

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Theme code Index	1L125 1L125L
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History	USA(Central)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:R.P. Christeson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Old Time Fiddler's Repertory vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number	No. 28, p. 20
Year of publication/Date of MS	1984
Artist	Biography:Dwight Lamb
Title of recording	Hell Agin the Barn Door
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Rounder 0529
Year recorded	2005
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BIG-HORNED CATTLE. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. On Charlie Walden's list of '100 essential Missouri fiddle tunes'. Missouri fiddler Cyril Stinnett learned the tune from his father, who was from the southern part of the state, around Ford.

Source for notated version: Cyril Stinnett, "from tradition rather than from the recording industry" (Missouri) [Christeson].

Printed source: R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 2), 1984; No. 28, p. 20.

Recorded source: Rounder 0529, Dwight Lamb - "Hell Agin the Barn Door" (2005).

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