Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on August 1st 2008 by Harrisonix.
This tune has been added to 12 tunebooks.
Also known as Arthur Berry.
X: 1
T: Yellow Barber
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
A,G,A,B, DEDB,|A,B,DF EDB,G,|A,CEF E2EF|GEEG FDED|
FA2BA2A=c|BAGB AFAg|(3fgf ec dBAG|1FDEF D2DB,:|2FDEF D2dB||
ABdc dedc|Acde fded|cdef edcd|edef gfeg|
(3fgf ec dBAd|BAFB ABde|fafe dBAG|1FDEF D2 AB:|2FDEF D2DB,||
Yellow Barber
I thought this popular American Old Time tune should be on the Session database. There are many variations in the way it is played. The version I have submitted is a hybrid. The 'A' music is a transcription from the playing of Kate Lissauer. The 'B' section is as played by Jere Canote and Bo Bradham because I like the way it sounds with a liberal application of Georgia bowing.
I hope people will add their versions.
# Posted on August 1st 2008 by Harrisonix
Popular?
Cant say that Ive ever heard it. What oldtime tradition is this tune from?
# Posted on August 6th 2008 by The Merry Highlander
Yellow Barber
I had heard this before, the midi just wasn't ringing the bells til I listened to this recording:
http://www.aca-dla.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/Berea&CISOPTR=2077&REC=1
From the digital appalachia collection.
There is a lot of information about the tune here:
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/YEL_YM.htm
It seems it is not a common or popular tune at all in oldtime fiddle music, but was mainly known around the KY, WV, OH area.
It's not one that really tickles my fancy, but I admit that it is a nice tune.
# Posted on August 7th 2008 by The Merry Highlander