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| Accuracy | Spot checked |
| Depth | Basic |
| Readability | Acceptable |
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| Theme code Index
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5L133 126L6L
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| Also known as
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| Composer/Core Source
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Bill Trumbo, George Lee Hawkins
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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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| Editor/Compiler
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Jeff Titon
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| Book/Manuscript title
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Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes
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| Tune and/or Page number
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No. 134, p. 161
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| Year of publication/Date of MS
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2001
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| Title of recording
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| Score (1)
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X:1
T:Rats gone to Rest
N:From the playing of fiddler George Lee Hawkins
N:(1904-1991, Bath County, northeastern Ky.), recorded
N:in the field by Mark Wilson, March, 1974. Hawkins learned
N:the tune from a black sharecropper, Bill Trumbo, a mentor.
N:Hawkins introduced the tune: "Rat's gone to Rest...with D-Con!."
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L:1/8
Q:"Fast"
D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/rats-gone-rest
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:G
B-d2d- dABd|edBA G2A2|ce2e- efgf|edBA G2A2|
Bd2e dABd|edBA G2AA|ce2e- efgf|edBA G2G2||
DEGA BdBA|GBAG E2E2|DEGA BdBA|GBAG [G2B2][G2B2]|
DEGA BdBA|GBAG E2E2|DEGA BdBA|GBAG [G,4G4]||
