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Audio Recording Jawbones [Military Schottische]

Jawbones [Military Schottische]

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Title

  • Jawbones [Military Schottische]

Names

  • Jabbour, Alan (Transcriber)
  • Jabbour, Alan (Collector)
  • Jabbour, Karen Singer (Collector)
  • Reed, Henry, 1884-1968 (Performer)

Created / Published

  • Reed family home, Glen Lyn, Giles County, Virginia, July 17, 1967

Headings

  • -  Instrumental music
  • -  Fiddle tunes
  • -  Folk music--Appalachian Region
  • -  Strathspeys
  • -  Schottisches
  • -  Breakdowns
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Music
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  United States -- Virginia -- Giles County -- Glen Lyn

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Music
  • Field recordings

Notes

  • -  Meter: 4/4
  • -  Key: G
  • -  Strains: 2 (low-high, 4-4)
  • -  Phrase Structure: ABAC QRQS (abcd abef qrst qruv)
  • -  Compass: 14
  • -  Performed by Henry Reed, fiddle.
  • -  Title change: The title appeared in the fieldnotes as "Jaw Bones."
  • -  Rendition: 1-2r-1r-2r-1r-(spoken)-(1)-2-1r
  • -  Spoken: ALAN JABBOUR: What's the name of that?/HENRY REED: That's "Jawbones."/ALAN JABBOUR: "Jawbones."/HENRY REED: The Old Man Carr tickled me. He said, "Bill," said, "play the 'Old Jawbones.'" He had on a pair of them cowhide boots, you know, come up there. He
  • -  Recording chronology: 160
  • -  Related Tune(s): Jawbones [Jordan is a Hard Road to Travel]
  • -  Related Tune(s): Snyder's Clock
  • -  Related Tune(s): Heel-and-Toe Polka
  • -  Related Tune(s): Fashionable Schottisch
  • -  Related Tune(s): National Schottisch
  • -  Duration: 2 minutes, 51 seconds
  • -  Henry Reed used the name "Jawbones" for two different tunes on different occasions, perhaps because of melodic similarities between them. One is the tune usually known as "Jordan Is a Hard Road to Travel." The other is this tune, part of which appears to be a tune sometimes called "Military Schottische," cast as a breakdown. For other sets, see Ford, Traditional Music of America, p. 160 "Military Schottische"; Adam, Old Time Fiddlers' Favorite Barn Dance Tunes #21 "Snyder's Clock"; Lovett, "Good Morning" p. 145 "Heel and Toe Polka"; Winner's Collection of Music for the Violin, p. 18 "Fashionable Schottisch"; Howe, Leviathan Collection, p. 65 "National Schottisch."

Medium

  • Audio tape

Call Number/Physical Location

  • AFC 1969/008: AFS 13705B08

Source Collection

  • Alan Jabbour duplication project, part 2

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line

Please cite the source collection title, collection number, and repository, for example:

Alan Jabbour duplication project, part 1 (AFC 1967/007), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Alan Jabbour duplication project, part 2 (AFC 1969/008), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Fiddle tunes of the old frontier: the Henry Reed collection online presentation (AFC 1999/016), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Jabbour, Alan, Alan Jabbour, Karen Singer Jabbour, and Henry Reed. Jawbones Military Schottische. Reed family home, Glen Lyn, Giles County, Virginia, 1967. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afcreed000229/.

APA citation style:

Jabbour, A., Jabbour, A., Jabbour, K. S. & Reed, H. (1967) Jawbones Military Schottische. Reed family home, Glen Lyn, Giles County, Virginia. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afcreed000229/.

MLA citation style:

Jabbour, Alan, et al. Jawbones Military Schottische. Reed family home, Glen Lyn, Giles County, Virginia, 1967. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afcreed000229/>.