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TOTW 09/14/2012 Speckled Apron

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Well, I had hopes to do something else. A few years ago I attended a great workshop by Garry Harrison in which he went through 18 tunes, and I really wanted to provide the tune "John Dye" as a TOTW. But darned if I could work out a worthwhile version of it today.

So, I decided to do another tune from that workshop, a simpler tune called Speckled Apron.

The tune comes from a fascinating collection of tunes transcribed by A. Porter Hamblen (I think in the early 1950s?) from the playing of his father, Williamson Hamblen (1846-1920), and grandfather David Russell Hamblen (1809-1893).

There is more information about this collection, and one CD by Christian Wig which includes many of the tunes. I've got to buy a copy of that!

http://www.chriswig.com/cds/cs.html

And there is also further information, including how to get a copy from the Library of Congress at:  singingwood.com

In searching around I didn't find any other versions beyond the three I include here. The tune itself is a pretty simple one which I play out of A-modal tuning (aEADE). I'm attaching my version, a sample from the Christian Wig CD, and the version from the Garry Harrison workshop.

I wish I had more to offer, but it's a nice little tune.


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