West Texas Breakdown

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 Theme code Index    3H5H3H5H 5H3H5H5#H
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Bill Shores
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Blues
 Key/Tonic of    C
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    USA(Piedmont)
 Structure    AABBC
 Editor/Compiler    
 Book/Manuscript title    
 Tune and/or Page number    
 Year of publication/Date of MS    
 Artist    Biography:Bill Shores & Melvin Dupree
 Title of recording    Wedding Bells / West Texas Breakdown
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Columbia 15506-D (78 RPM)
 Year recorded    1929
 Media    
 Score   (1)   



X:1 T: West Texas Breakdown N:From fiddler Bill Shores, along with guitarist Melvin Dupree. Dupree and N:Shores were north Georgia musicians and sometime members of the N:Skillet Lickers circle of performers. M:C| L:1/8 R:Country Blues D:Columbia 15506-D (78 RPM), Shores & Dupree (1929) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/west-texas-breakdown Z:Andrew Kuntz K:C ^d2-|e2g2e2g2-|g2e2g2^g2-|a2c'2a2c'2-|c'2a2^d2e2| c8-|c6a2-|b2d'2b2d'2-|d'2b2d'3-b-|a2c'2a2c'2-| c'2 g2^d2e2|c4 d2e2|g2e2^d2-e2|c8-|c6:| K:F G2|A2c2A2c2-|c2A2c2^c2|d2f2d2f2-|f2d2^G2A2| F8-|F6d2-|e2g2e2g2-|g2e2g2^c2|d2f2d2f2-| f2c2^G2A2|F4 G2A2|c2A2 ^G2A2|F8-|F6|| K:C g2-|g2.G2.c2.e2|.a2.G2.c2.e2|g2.G2.c2.e2|.a2.G2.c2.e2|| g4a4|b6g2-|a2c'2a2f2|d2c2-c2 g2-|a2c'2a2f2| d2c2-c2d2|e2g2e2c2|A2G2- G2c2|e2g2e2c2| A2G2-G2g2-|g2f2d2B2 |A2 G2-G2g2-|g2f2d2B2| A2G2-G2c'2-|c'2e'2b2c'2|a2b2g2d2|c8|c6||