Annotation:Catharsis

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X:1 T:Catharsis M:C| L:1/8 Z:Transcribed by Tony Ludiker K:Gmin DFGF DFGF|DFGA BGA(F|DF)GF DFGF| DED(C B,C)A,B,|G,FGF DFGF|DFGA {Bc}B3c| dc((3B/c/B/A) B-AGF|1 DG((3G/A/G/F)G4:|2 DG((3G/A/G/F G)ABc|| |:dGGc GGBG|GAGG AGAc|dFFc FFBF| FAFF AGAc|dEEc EEBE|EAEE AGAc| dc((3B/c/B/A) B-AGF|1 DG((3G/A/G/F G)ABc:|2 DG((3G/A/G/F)G4||

CATHARSIS. American, Reel. G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Composed by Amy Cann, a fiddler and music teacher from Putney, Vermont, who told Susan Songer she wrote the tune in ten minutes one night instead of making a phone call "and saying something I'd later regret to someone I cared about very much." The tune is popular with New England contra dance musicians.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 46.

Recorded sources: - Black Socks BS 14, "Uncle Gizmo." Conerstone - "Maggie's Daughter." Rounder RO7023, Natalie MacMaster - "No Boundaries" (1996. Learned from a pub session in Edinburgh, Scotland). Popcorn Behavior - "Journeywork" (1997).

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