Carrolltown Breakdown
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Carrolltown Breakdown", also known as "Silver Lake" is an American reel in G Major.<br> The parts are played AB.<br> Bayard thought the tune (“highly popular in Pennsylvania”) to be a derivative of<br> "Buffalo Gals". The rhythm is somewhat irregular for dancing but traditional fiddlers<br> sometimes play unexpected holds when not accompanying dancing.<br> Although some fiddlers refer to this tune as "Silver Lake", the usual name for the tune in<br> Pennsylvania is "Carrolltown Breakdown" with the name "Silver Lake" usually referring to<br> another tune.<br> This tune was collected from James Taylor,a fiddler from West Virginia & Greene County,<br> Pennsylvania in the 1930's by Samuel Bayard. Mr. Taylor played it with a dotted rhythm like<br> a hornpipe.<br> It was printed in Bayard's Dance to the Fiddle (1981).<br>
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