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| Accuracy | Spot checked |
| Depth | Basic |
| Readability | Acceptable |
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| Theme code Index
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3H3H3H3H 2H3H61H
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| Also known as
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| Composer/Core Source
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"Uncle Pen", Pendleton Vandiver
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| Region
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United States
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| Genre/Style
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Bluegrass
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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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Dorian
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| Time signature
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2/2
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| History
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USA(Central)
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| Structure
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ABCDC, ABCDDC
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| Editor/Compiler
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David Brody
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| Book/Manuscript title
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The Fiddler's Fakebook
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| Tune and/or Page number
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p. 187
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| Year of publication/Date of MS
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1983
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| Score (1)
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X:1
T:Methodist Preacher
N:Learned by Bill Monroe from his "Uncle Pen", Pendleton Vandiver
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:Transcribed by John Hartford, who remarked: "A Methodist preacher
N:was considered bad luck on a riverboat."
B:Stephen F. Davis - Devils Box, vol. 31, No. 1, Spring 1997 (p. 36)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
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b4|a/b/a/g/ e<g|b/g/a/g/ e/f/g/a/|g/e/d/B/ A/G/:|
ge/f/ ge/f/|ge/f/ g(3D/E/F/|Gg- gg/a/|g/e/d/B/ A<G|
+slide+B2 d>B|d/e/d/B/ A/G/E/G/|+slide+B2d2|g/e/d/B/ A<G|
+slide+B2 d>B|d/e/d/B/ A/G/E/G/|G,/B,/D/G/ E/G/B/d/|g/e/d/B/ AG||
|:D/F/G/B/ AB|D/F/G/B/ A/G/E/G/|D/F/G/A/ B/d/g/b/|g/e/d/B/ AG:|]
