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Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Edden Hammons
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
ABB
Editor/Compiler
Book/Manuscript title
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS
Artist
Edden Hammons
Title of recording
The Edden Hammons Collection vol. 2
Record label/Catalogue nr.
West Virginia University SA-2
Year recorded
2000
Media
Score 1 )
X:1
T:Sugar in the Gourd [5]
M:C|
L:1/8
Q:"Quick"
R:Reel
N:AEae tuning (fiddle)
S:Edden Hammons (1875-1955, Pocahontas County, W.Va.)
D:The Edden Hammons Collection vol. 2
N:From a 1947 field recording
F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/sugar-gourd-1
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:A
+slide+[e3e3][ee]- [ee]fed|cABG A(EA)d|cABc dfed|cABG A2Ad|
cABG A2Ad|cABG A2Ad|cABc dfed|cABG [E2A2]d2|
cABG A2Ad|cABG A2Ad|cABc dfed|cABG [E2A2]Ad|cABG A2[A2e2]||
|:[A,4E4]=g4|f=gag edce|d2[df][df] efed|cABG A2 AA|
[A,3E3]e =gege|f=gag edce|"*"def^g afed|cABG A2A2:|
P:Substitutions
||[M:6/4]"*"def^g a2 (b/a/g)a2 ed|[M:C|]
