Shaking Down the Acorns
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Shaking Down the Acorns", also known as "Shaking Off the Acorns" is an<br> American reel in cut, 2/4 or 4/4 time and A Mixolydian. The parts are played AB, AABB or AA'BB. <br> A version of the tune was from Pocahontas County, West Virginia, fiddler Burl Hammons (-1993)<br> who used ADae tuning and said his tune came from his uncle Nige Cogar, who lived near the<br> Hammons family when Burl was young.<br> It was also in the repertoire<br> of Burl's uncle Edden Hammons (1876-1955) who called the piece "Shaking off the Acorns" and who also<br> played it in ADae tuning. He was recorded playing the tune by folklorist Louis Watson Chappell in<br> 1947.<br> The banjo tablature is by John Letscher.<br> It was printed in<br> The Devil's Box vol. 31, No. 4, Winter 1997,<br> Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1 (1994) and<br> Songer's Portland Collection vol. 3 (2015).<br> It was recorded by<br> Ruthie Dornfeld on Duets Abroad (2010),<br> Ånon Egeland, Arto Järvelä & Bruce Molsky on Rauland Rambles (2016),<br> Edden Hammons on West Virginia University's The Edden Hammons Collection vol. 1 (1999) and<br> Adam Hurt on Fine Times At Our House (2012).<br>
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