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 Theme code Index    1336 5236
 Also known as    Gokey Creek
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Tom Fuller
 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(Southwest)
 Structure    AABB
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 Year of publication/Date of MS    
 Artist    Biography:Tom Fuller
 Title of recording    Tom Fuller:Traditional Fiddling from Oklahoma and Texas
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Field Recorders Collective FRC714
 Year recorded    2015
 Media    
 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Gawkey Creek N:From the playing of Tom Fuller (1890-1979, Ok.), recorded in the field by N:Brad Leftwich in 1973. N:Fuller, born and raised in Indian Territory, pre-statehood, was a farmer, N:cowboy and oilfield worker in southern Oklahoma and west Texas. His fiddling N:predates the popular "contest" style of fiddling, according to Brad Leftwich, N:and "represents an earlier time...when a fiddler's main role was to play for dancing N:and to entertain family and neighbors." N:Gawkey (Gokey) Creek is a tributary of the Washita River, west of Ft. Cobb, in N:southwestern Oklahoma. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:Field Recorders Collective FRC714, "Tom Fuller:Traditional Fiddling from Oklahoma and Texas" (2015) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/gawkey-creek Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A [A2e2]-|[A2e2]cc c2 ff|e[ce]-[Be][Be] [c2e2]ff|e[ce]-[Be][Be] [ce]eff|e[Be]-[ce][Be]- [c2e2] [A2e2]-| [A2e2]([Af]]e) [A2a2][Aa]f|1[M:3/2]ecB-A +slide+[A3A3][AA]- [A2A2]:|2[M:3/2]ecB-c +slide+[A3A3][AA] [A2A2]:| |:c2-|AEFF EB,-CC|EDA2+slide+[c2e2][c2e2]|EEFF E2(=C^C)|ED+slide+[A2A2][A2A2]:|