Cotton Eyed Joe (5)

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 Theme code Index    5533 5533
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Marcus Martin
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Mixolydian
 Time signature    2/2
 History    USA(Upland South)
 Structure    AB, AABB
 Editor/Compiler    
 Book/Manuscript title    
 Tune and/or Page number    
 Year of publication/Date of MS    
 Artist    Biography:Marcus Martin
 Title of recording    Cotton Eyed Joe
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Library of Congress AFS 04794 B04
 Year recorded    1941
 Media    
 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Cotton Eyed Joe [5] N:From the playing of Marcus Martin (1881- 1974, Swannanoa, western N.C.), N:from a 1941 field recording by Alan Lomax, Jerome Wiesener & Joseph Liss M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Fast" N:AEae tuning (fiddle). Drone liberally. D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/cotton-eyed-joe-4 D:Rounder CD 1518, Marcus Martin - "American Fiddle Tunes" (2000. Originally issued 1971) D:Library of Congress AFS 04794 B04 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:Amix ^d-e2-|efed{B} c3d|efe2 {B}c3d|efe(B cB)A2|EA2B A4| efeB- cc-d2|efeB- c3d|efe(B cB)A2|EA2B A4|| efef- gfgf|edef {f}g3f|efea- abag|ea2b a3a| efef- gagf|edef gg2f|edea- abag|ea2b a4|| P:Alternate 'A' [e4e4]{=c}^c3d|[ee][e3e3]{=c}^c3d|efe2 ]{=c}^cBAG|EA2B A3e-| efed cBcd|efe2{=c}^c3d|efe2 ]{=c}^cBAG|EA2B A3e|| P:Alernate 'B' efef- g2gf|ecef g3f|edea- abag|ea2b a2a| efef- gagf|edef gg2f|edea- abag|ea2b a4||