Go Back and Fetch It
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Go Back and Fetch It

Recovering Early Black Music in the Americas for Fiddle and Banjo

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Available until 21 Jan |Learn more

Go Back and Fetch It

Recovering Early Black Music in the Americas for Fiddle and Banjo

About this book

For the first time, this groundbreaking songbook collaboration by music writer Kristina R. Gaddy and Grammy Award winner Rhiannon Giddens makes nineteen examples of early Black Atlantic music accessible and playable for today’s musicians, music enthusiasts, and historians. Presenting music from 1687 through the 1860s in modern treble clef and banjo tablature, along with the rich stories behind each song, Gaddy and Giddens take readers on a journey from the Caribbean across the Americas.

Immensely readable for amateurs and professionals alike, Go Back and Fetch It explains the significance of early Black Atlantic music and how the patterns of tunings, melodic lines, and lyrics shed light on the impact that Black American music has had on nineteenth-century popular music, early country, old time, and bluegrass. Each tune pairs with an engaging essay on its historical background and how the tune transformed over time, as well as information about the collector. Deeply researched and carefully approached, this essential source restores the roots of Black music to the musical canon.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Illustrations
  8. Musical Transcriptions and Banjo Tablatures
  9. Understanding This Music
  10. Playing This Music
  11. CHAPTER 1 Angola, Papa, and Koromanti
  12. CHAPTER 2 An African Song or Chant
  13. CHAPTER 3 A Black Soldier’s Song
  14. CHAPTER 4 Calemba and The Colymba
  15. CHAPTER 5 Pompey Ran Away
  16. CHAPTER 6 Black Dance
  17. CHAPTER 7 Congo
  18. CHAPTER 8 Aia bombaia bombé
  19. CHAPTER 9 Roaring River
  20. CHAPTER 10 TĂĄrawan sa de
  21. CHAPTER 11 Throw the Banjo Out of Tune
  22. CHAPTER 12 Poor Rosy
  23. CHAPTER 13 Snowden’s Jig
  24. Acknowledgments
  25. Notes
  26. Bibliography
  27. Index