Lower Edge of Breathitt (The)

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 Theme code Index    5555 327L5L
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Audley Cable
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    USA(Upland South)
 Structure    
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Clare Milliner & Walt Koken
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:The Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 407
 Year of publication/Date of MS    2011
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Lower Edge of Breathitt N:From the playing of Audley Cable (1909-1993, born Wolfe County, Ky., lived N:much of his life in Michigan) recorded in the field in 1985 by Bruce Greene, in Fla., N:where he had retired. N:In 1930 Cable lived with Ky. fiddler Darley Fulks in Muskegon, Michigan, where they N:worked in the oil fields (Cable was a tooldresser), but when they played together N:Fulks played the fiddle and Cable the guitar (interview tape by his neice, John Harrod N:collection Berea College JH-CT-080-A 28:00). N:Mr. Cadle practiced what Chris Goertzen calls "dwell notes" i.e. extra beats on the N:rest notes of the phrase. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/lower-edge-breathitt D:https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/1153 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G G2B2{Bc}|:Sd2d2 dedc|[M:3/2]BGA2 F-D3- D2B(B/c/|[M:C|]d2)d2 dedc|1[M:3/2]BGA2 G6 Bc:|2BGA2 G6|| GE|[M:C|]DEA2 G2G2|[M:3/2]BGAG FD3- D2 D2-|[M:C|]D2GAG2 cG |[M:3/2]BG A2 G6 GE| [M:C|]DEA2 G2cA|[M:3/2]BGAG FD3- D2Bc|[M:C|]d2d2 dedc|[M:3/2]BG A2 G6 BcS||