Cotton Picker's Rag

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 Theme code Index    5L3L5L6L 7bL6L5L5L
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 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Rag
 Key/Tonic of    B
 Accidental    2 flats
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    USA(Ozarks/Western Tenn)
 Structure    AA'BB'
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Stacy Phillips
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 2
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 33
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1995
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COTTON PICKER'S RAG. Old-Time, Country Rag. USA, Missouri. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Possibly composed by Missouri fiddler Ben Tinnon (1891-1975), leader of the band Grinnell Giggers. Charles Wolfe explains that the name of the band was taken from the practice of fishing (with 'gigs', or three-pronged forks) for a 'trash-fish' called grinnell. These fish could be found in the backwater pools left from the annual flooding of the Mississippi in the Missouri/Arkansas border region.

Source for notated version: Ben Tinnon with the Grinnell Giggers (Mo.) [Phillips].

Printed source: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 33.


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