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| Accuracy | Spot checked |
| Depth | Basic |
| Readability | Acceptable |
| If I had a Nickel Click on the tune title to see or modify If I had a Nickel's annotations. If the link is red you can create them using the form provided.Browse Properties <br/>Browse/:If I had a Nickel
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| Theme code Index
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1355 5555
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| Also known as
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Gippy Get Your Hair Cut, Tippy Get Your Hair Cut
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| Composer/Core Source
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Melvin Wine
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| Region
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United States
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| Genre/Style
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Old-Time
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| Meter/Rhythm
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Reel (single/double)
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| Key/Tonic of
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G
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| Accidental
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1 sharp
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| Mode
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Ionian (Major)
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| Time signature
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2/2
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| History
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USA(Upland South)
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| Structure
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AABB
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| Score (1)
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X:1
T:If I had a Nickel
T:Gippy Get Your Hair Cut
N:From the playing of fiddler Melvin Wine (1909-2003, Braxton County,
N:central West Virginia) on a Berea College performance video.
N:Wine plays with a pronounced backbeat.
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
Q:"Fast"
D:https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/7676
Z:Andrew Kuntz
K:G
(3DEF |GABc d2 dB |d2dB d2 dd|GABc d2 Bc|dBAB G2A2|
GABc d2Bc|d2.[d2e2] dBA2|GGAG E-GDD|GGA[G,G]- [G,2G2]:|
|:(_B2|=B)GAG EGDG|JEGDG JEGD2|GB-AG EGDE|GBA[G,G]- [G,2G2]:|
P:A'
{DEF}G-|GABc d2Bc|dde2 d2B-A|GABc ddBc|ddBA [G,2G2]D2|
GABc ddBc|dded dcB-A|GB-AG EG DG|GBA[G,G]- [G,2G2]:|
