Uncle Dink

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Theme code Index	5L3L2L4L 5L123
Also known as
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Gene Goforth
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Mixolydian
Time signature	2/2
History	USA(Ozarks/Western Tenn)
Structure	AAAAB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Clare Milliner & Walt Koken
Book/Manuscript title	Book:The Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes
Tune and/or Page number	p. 681
Year of publication/Date of MS	2011
Artist	Biography:Gene Goforth
Title of recording	Emminence Breakdown
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Rounder 0388
Year recorded	1997
Media
Score (1)

Uncle Dink: Annotation

X:1 T:Uncle Dink N:From the playing of fiddler Gene Goforth (1921- 2002, Eminence, Mo.), from N:a recoding by Mark Wilson in 1997. N:The tune is named for Gene's father, Richard "Dink" Goforth, a fiddler. Dink left N:home when he was 15 yrs. old and "did a little hoboing" but who returned to Shannon N:County. Dink's father, Josh Goforth, was also a fiddler. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Fast" N:note that 'g' notes are natural except where indicated as sharped. Goforth N:played the 'G' note in cadence mostly sharp, but occasionally natural. D:Rounder CD 0388, Gene Goforth - Emminence Breakdown (1997) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/uncle-dink Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:Amix "*"EDCA, B,CDF|E-[AA][AA][Ac] [A2B2][A2c2]|EDCA, B,CDF|1,2,3E[AA][AA][AB] [A4A4]:| |4E[AA][AA][AB] [A4A4]-||[AA]A-c2 g4 |eged BB3| (c[e3e3])- [ee]fed | cAB^G [A4A4]-|[AA]A-c2 g3a| eced cdeg |a2^g2 a2 ed| cAB^G A4 | (c[e3e3]) g3 e |Aced BB3 |(c[e2e2])[ee]- [ee]fed|cAB^G A4|| P:Substitution "*"EDCA, B,CDD||

Uncle Dink: Annotation