Ways of the World
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Ways of the World" is an old time and Bluegrass breakdown in D Major.<br> The parts are played AABB.<br> The tune was first recorded in 1937 by Alan and Elizabeth Lomax<br> from the playing of Dalesbury, Ky., fiddler Luther Strong.<br> Tom Carter and Blanton Owen (1976) identify it as a popular<br> Patrick County, Va., fiddle tune belonging to an early repertoire<br> established before the "band" style, or<br> fiddle/clawhammer banjo combination, became popular.<br> The banjo tablature is by John Letscher. His notes<br> Mostly from Mac Benford with help from the Gettysburg Jam.<br> It was printed in Brody's Fiddler’s Fakebook (1983),<br> Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1 (1994) and<br> Lamancusa's The Gettysburg Collection of Old-Time Fiddle Tunes (2021).<br> It was recorded by The Red Hots on The Red Hots,<br> John McCutcheon on Barefoot Boy with Boots On (1981),<br> Luther Strong (1937),<br> Allan Block and Ralph Lee Smith on Allan Block and Ralph Lee Smith (1971),<br> Jay Ungar and Lyn Hardy on Songs, Ballads and Fiddle Tunes (1975),<br> The West Orrtanna String Band on The West Orrtanna String Band (1977) and<br> Highwoods String Band on Fire on the Mountain (1973).<br>
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