Merriweather

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 Theme code Index    3312 6L222
 Also known as    Meriwether, Weriwhether
 Composer/Core Source    
 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    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Stacy Phillips
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 1
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 151
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1994
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Meriwether S:W.L. "Jake" Phelps (born 1882, Todd County, Ky.) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel K:G BdBA GBAG|EGAB A3E|DEGA Bdef|gage dged| B2BA G2AG|EGAB A3E|DEGA B2d2-|dBAF G4:| |:egga gede|egga ge d2|ea- ab aged|egab a3 a| b2 ba ge d2|egga g2d2|efge dcBG|ABAF G4:|]


X:1 T:Meriweather T:Merriwether N:From the playing of fiddler Clyde Davenport (Wayne County, Ky.) N:Davenport (b. 1921) was born in Blue Hole Hollow, near Mt. Pisgah on the N:Cumberland Plateau in south-central Kentucky, not far from the border with N:Tennessee. N:From a 1981 field recording of Davenport by John Hartford M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"." D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/meriweather-0 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G |:[de]-[dg]-|[d2g2]([dg]a) gedg|edga gedg|e2a2 abag|egab aeg2| b-^a-bb ged[dg]|edge d2[d2g2]|edga gedB|[GA]-[G2B2][GA] [G2B2]:| |:[G_B]-[G=B]-|[G2B2][G2B2]BAGB|ABAG E-GD2|DEGA Bddd|[d2g2][d2g2]edBG| _B-=B-B2 BAGB|ABAG E-GD2|DEGA Bdd2|edBA [G2B2]:|


X:1 T:Merriweather M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel K:G "G"BdBA GBAG|"Am"EG A2A4|"G"DEGA Bdef|"C"gage "D"dged| "G"BdBA GBAG|"Am"EG A2A4|"G"DEGA B2d-|"D"dB A2"G"G4:| |:"G"g2 ga gede|g2 ga ge d2|"Am"ea-ab aged|"D"egab a2 ga| "G"b2 ba ge d2|"C"efge "G"d4|"C"efge "G"dcBG|"D"ABAF "G"G4:|