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(Without retuning from open-G, one could play along with this & get the main idea, although not the "atmosphere", by capoing at the 3rd fret & leaving the 5th string at G.) Apparently Troxell learned the song from Retta Spradlin, although making it (remarkably) his own; see under gDGBE . Whit Mead, Backside of Buncombe (Tab, Bubba Hutch, BNL, Jan 1992. This is taken from a nifty B-flat fiddle tune made up by Chirps Smith; it can be heard on "The Volo Bogtrotters: Backside of Buncombe"). gA#FA#D "French Waltz" B-flat tuningEquivalent tuning is aCGCE ("Open-C", raised 5th string).Clyde Troxell, French Waltz, ("The Troxell Brothers: Troxsong"; also"Trad. Music from the Cumberland Plateau, vol 1"). "Clyde reports that this tune was brought back from WW1 by veteran Jeff Gregory, who learned it from a banjo-playing Frenchman. The unusual gBbFBbD tuning is used for no other piece in the region [Cumberland Plateau, Kentucky]."The chord progression (I think) is B-flat/E-flat/F (= G/C/D). (1) 1st string at 3rd fret, 2nd at 4th fret, 3rd at 5th fret; (2) Barre at 5th fret; (3) Barre at 7th fret; (4) 1st at 8th fret, 2nd at 7th, 3rd at 9th. 5th string used for melody notes.Also, Bob Fulcher, French Waltz, in aCGCE ("Old Five String"). fA#FCD (Bob Carlin) B-flat tuningI.e. fBbFCD. Bob Carlin, Bob Carlin's Dream/ Briar Picker Brown; Tippy Get Your Haircut ("Where Did You Get That Hat?"). Bob Carlin, with James Bryan, Geese Honking (Wild Goose Chase) ("Banging & Sawing"). (Clyde Davenport, their source, fiddles "Wild Goose Chase" in B-flat on "Gettin' Up the Stairs".) Try: Mole in the Ground... g#CFA#D# A B-flat tuningI.e. abCFBbEb. I have a note that Bob Carlin has mentioned this tuning, with the principal chords being B-flat7/ Cm7/ E-flat. But no examples. aAEAE A-minor modal tuningShorty Ralph Reynolds, Want to
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