Stephen Seifert's book 'The Early Years' has it, and heaps of other good stuff, as well as a CD to go with it, or you can download... http://www.stephenseifert.com/download-store/the-early-years
Looking For Tab: Elk River Blues
Loved hearing the original fiddler play it...He looks like a nice fellow too!
Here is my version, I don't have it tabbed out: Elk River Blues . I kind of based this on this recording by the author:
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As you know a lot of songs are built on the same or closely related melodies. Little Sparrow is very close to ERB. The tab to LS might be easier to find. LS was one of the first songs I learned and when I heard ERB it instantly came out of the dulcimer. I play it Daa... Familiarise one song makes learning similar songs easy... Robert...
I did a quick demo a while back, but can't find the post using the search. Probably in amongst the coments somewhere.
Here it is again. The fret order looks a bit scarey, so if you can try and learn it by ear from the sound clip you may find it easier.
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updated by @john-p: 09/01/15 07:25:58AM
Check out this discussion at Everything Dulcimer . You will find links to audio versions, video versions, and also tablature both for noter/drone play and for chorded play.
Jan is sorta kinda probably correct, or not.
The West Virginia fiddler Ernie Carpenter wrote the song (in the 1950s, I think) and you would expect it to be under copyright. However, I have not found any evidence that the song is copyrighted, and everyone (not just dulcimer players) seems to both credit Carpenter for its composition and also post music and tablature freely.
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Dusty T., Northern California
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Someone posted the fret numbers here several weeks ago, either here or one the old site. I haven't been able to locate the posts yet but I am sure that they are here somewhere. A search of "Elk River Blues" didn't show any results. Some one will probably find it or post it tomorrow when everyone has had a chance to see the request.
I think this is under copyright still.
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Jan Potts, Lexington, KY
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