Glory in the Meeting House
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Glory in the Meeting House", also known as "Glory to the Meeting House" is an old-time,<br> Breakdown from the Mt. Airy area of North Carolina and Kentucky in D Mixolydian<br> (Carlin/Sing Out), E Major/Mixolydian (Phillips) or E Mixolydian/Dorian (Titon/Strong).<br> It is played in standard, EDae (Stamper, Strong) or ADad tunings.<br> The parts are played AABB'BB'C (Carlin/Sing Out), AA'BB'AA'B"B"' (Phillips),<br> ABABACB'ABABA (Titon/Strong).<br> Jeff Titon (2001) gives its provenance as the Kentucky River basin.<br> The melody was in the repertoires of Kentucky fiddlers Luther Strong and W.H. (Bill)<br> Stepp. It was also collected from fiddlers Bev Baker (Luther Strong's father-in-law)<br> and Boyd Asher, from the same region. The EDae tuning appears to have been generally<br> applied to the tune in the region.<br> The piece is heard played either in the major or mixolydian mode<br> and Titon says that Strong's version has a dorian character. His version has been so<br> influential, that dorian versions among modern fiddlers are prominent. Kentucky fiddler<br> Hiram Stamper recorded a 'crooked' version in the key of D minor, with three parts, and<br> other regional fiddlers also had 'crooked' versions-in fact, Strong's version is the<br> only older one to be 'foursquare'. These older versions started with one of the high<br> parts first.<br> The banjo tab, based on Luther Strong's playing (although in E minor), is by Mac Benford.<br> It was printed in Benford's Kentucky Favorites (1998),<br> Sing Out! ("Teach In: Clawhammer Banjo," Bob Carlin),<br> Fiddler Magazine, vol. 14, No. 4, (2007),<br> Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes (1995) and<br> Titon's Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes (2001).<br> It was recorded by Luther Strong (orig. rec. 1937),<br> The Harmony Sisters on Second Helping,<br> Kevin Burke on Open House (1992),<br> Dan Gellert & Shoofly on Forked Deer (1986),<br> The Hurricane Ridgerunners on The Young Fogies,<br> Gerry Milnes & Lorriane Lee Hammond on Hell Up Coal Holler (1999),<br> Luther Strong on Music of Kentucky,<br> Critton Hollow Stringband on Sweet Home (1983),<br> The New Dixie Entertainers on Maybelle Rag and<br> Evans, Bright, Blake and Blake on Songs That Are Mostly Older Than Us (2016).<br>
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