Sugar Grove Blues

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Theme code Index	15L5L3L 5L323
Also known as
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Burl Hammons
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History	USA(Upland South)
Structure	AA'BB'
Editor/Compiler
Book/Manuscript title
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS
Artist	Biography:Burl Hammons
Title of recording	The Hammons Family: A Study of a West Virginia Family's Tradition
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Library of Congress AFS L65-L66
Year recorded	1973
Media
Score (1)

Sugar Grove Blues: Annotations

X:1 T:Sugar Grove Blues N:From the playing of fiddler Gerry Milnes, from a 1974 Brandywine N:Festival fiddle contest tape. The tune is from the repertory N:of Pocahontas County, W.Va., fiddler Burl Hammons (1908-1993). N:Similar (but not cognate) with "Grey Eagle" L:1/8 R:Reel N:AEae tuning (fiddle) Q:"Moderate" D:Library of Congress AFS L65-L66, "Hammons Family: A Study of a West D:Virginia Family's Traditions" (1973) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/sugar-grove-blues Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A ((3AcB|:A2)[EA]F ED-CD|E2 cA BAcB|A2[EA]F ED-CD|1EFAB A2cB:|2EFAB A2|| [Ae]-[Be]-|:[ce]+slide+[e3e3] [e4e4]|efec B-A[Ae]B|[ce]+slide+[e3e3] [e4e4]|efec- B2 AB| (c[e3e3]) +slide+ [e2e2] ((3efg|a)fec- B A3|([Be]-[c3e3] B)AFD|1 EFAB A2AB:|2EFAA {B}A2||

Sugar Grove Blues: Annotations