Old Bunch of Keys
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Old Bunch of Keys", also known as "Bunch of Keys" is an old-time breakdown in<br> A Mixolydian. It is played in AEae, ADae, or Standard fiddle tunings. The parts are played<br> AB (O.T.H.) or AABB (Brody).<br> It was learned by Mt. Airy, N.C. fiddler Tommy Jarrell "Up on the mountain (near<br> Fancy Gap, Va.) from my daddy-in-law (Charlie Barnett Lowe), an' John Rector, an'<br> Fred Hawkes, an' some of 'em... Well, we'd go on the high part twice, y'know, but<br> we played the low part a long time 'fore we'd go to the high part."<br> This is not related to the Irish "Bunch of Keys" but<br> "Brushy Fork of John's Creek" is a related melody.<br> The banjo tablature is by John Letscher. His comment:<br> Mostly from Bob Carlin on the "Banging and Sawing" CD.<br> It was printed in Brody's Fiddler's Fakebook (1983),<br> Banjo Picker's Fakebook (1985) and<br> Guitar Picker's Fakebook (1984),<br> Kaufman's Beginning Old Time Fiddle (1977),<br> Leftwich's Round Peak Style Clawhammer Banjo (1999)<br> Perlman's Clawhammer Style Banjo (1983).<br> It was recorded by Brad Leftwich, Bruce Molsky et al on Mountairy USA (2001),<br> Cockerham, Jarrell and Jenkins on Down to the Cider Mill (1968),<br> Tommy Jarrell on Music of North Carolina (1978),<br> Pickin' Around the Cookstove on Pickin' Around the Cookstove (1975),<br> Bob Carlin on Banging and Sawing (1996) and<br> Uncle Earl on She Waits for Night (2005).<br>
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