
Go Back and Fetch It
Recovering Early Black Music in the Americas for Fiddle and Banjo
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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
- Cover Page
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Musical Transcriptions and Banjo Tablatures
- Understanding This Music
- Playing This Music
- CHAPTER 1 Angola, Papa, and Koromanti
- CHAPTER 2 An African Song or Chant
- CHAPTER 3 A Black Soldierâs Song
- CHAPTER 4 Calemba and The Colymba
- CHAPTER 5 Pompey Ran Away
- CHAPTER 6 Black Dance
- CHAPTER 7 Congo
- CHAPTER 8 Aia bombaia bombé
- CHAPTER 9 Roaring River
- CHAPTER 10 TĂĄrawan sa de
- CHAPTER 11 Throw the Banjo Out of Tune
- CHAPTER 12 Poor Rosy
- CHAPTER 13 Snowdenâs Jig
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index