Black Mountain Breakdown

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 Theme code Index    3L3L3L5L 1131
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 Composer/Core Source    Os Scholes
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    3 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    USA(Ozarks/Western Tenn)
 Structure    ABC
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X:1 T:Black Mountain Breakdown S:Os Scholes (1891-1984, Mountain View, Arkansas) M:C| L:1/8 N:AEac# tuning (fiddle) R:Reel Q:"Quick" N:According to Martin Darrell, "This tune was brought to the area in N:1865 by William A. Younger, returning home from his service to N:Arkansas and the Confederacy." F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/black-mountain-breakdown Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A A,B,|C2 CC CB,[A,E]F|A2 AB cBA(B,|C2) CD CB,A,C|B,2 B,C B,CA,B,| C2 CB, C2EF|A2AB cBAF|A2 AF E2FE|AFEC A,2:| |:AB|ccfc eeAB|ccfc e2 cB|c2 fc efeB|cBAF E2[E2A2]| ccfc e2 AB|cAfc e2 cB|c2 fc e2 eB|cBAF E2[E2A2]|| +slide+c2 cc c2 cB|cBAF E2[E2A2]|+slide+c2 cB cBA2|AFEC A,2[A,2E2]| (Bc2)c cBAB|cBAG E2FA-|A2AF EAFE|AFEC A,2||