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 Theme code Index    1H1H57b 5535
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 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(Upland South)
 Structure    AAB, AA'B
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Miles Krassen
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Appalachian Fiddle
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 41
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1973
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Yew Piney Mountain M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Quick" N:AEae tuning (fiddle) S:Burl Hammons (1908-1993, Pocahontas County, W.Va.) D:Augusta Heritage Recordings CS 017, "Old Time Music of D:Pocahontas County" F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/yew-piney-mountain-1 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:Amix eg|abag e3d|edcA dcAe|abag edcd|ea2b ageg| abag +slide+[e3e3]d|edcA dcAG|ABAG EDCD|EA2B A4:|| ABcd e2 ed|e2ed edcd|ed (e/d/c) ABcd| e2 ed e2 ed| edcA dcAG |ABAG EDCD|EA2 B A4||


X:1 T:Yew Piney Mountain M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 29, No. 3, Fall 1995 (p. 48) N:Transcribed by John Hartford from French Carpenter, who had N:it from John McElwaine N:Hartford said of the 3/8 substitute measure: "Original plays it like this N:but it jumps too much for me." Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A e/=g/|a/b/a/=g/ e=g|e/=g/e/d/ c/d/e|a/b/a/=g/ e/d/c/d/|e/g/a a2|a/b/a/=g/ e=g| e/=g/e/d/ c/A/A|e3- e/d/|"*"cA GE|A/B/A/G/ E/D/C/D/|E/C/E/G/ A2-||[M:2/8]A2:|| |:[M:2/4]A/B/c e2|e2 e/d/c|A/c/A/c/ ee|"**"d/c/d/c/ AG|A/B/c d2|e/d/c AG|A/B/A/G/ E/D/C/D/|E/C/E/G/ A2|| P:Substitution "*"[M:3/8]cA G||"**"d/e/d/c/ AG||