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Blackberry Blossom

Traditional

Style
Bluegrass
Tradition
Bluegrass, popularized by Fiddlin' Arthur Smith
Form
Reel
Key
G
Level
5
Played on
Fiddle

In the public domain. Source

Music

80bpm

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History

This is Fiddlin' Arthur Smith's tune, and it may be his own composition. It is a different piece from the older Kentucky "Blackberry Blossom" that fiddlers there played before the Civil War. A Smith family story says he played it unnamed over WSM in Nashville, the station asked listeners to name it, and a woman in Arkansas won with "Blackberry Blossom."

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