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"Granny" is an American reel in cut or 4/4 time and A Mixolydian. The parts are played AB.
"Granny" was collected by folklorist Alan Jabbour from Glen Lyn, Giles County, southwest Virginia, fiddler Henry Reed (1884-1968), whom Jabbour thought was unsure of the title, as if there were more words in it, but not remembered. Reed did recall he learned it from a "Mr. Drummond(s)", from Texas. Jabbour notes: "This tune can not be clearly traced, though it bears some very general resemblances to tunes like 'Fire on the Mountain' ...The second strain is short and has the character of a filler, eked out of the melodic material in the first strain".It was recorded by Henry Reed (1966) for the Library of Congress and The Hollow Rock String Band on The Hollow Rock String Band (1974). |