[Breakdown in A/Frosty Morning] [music transcription]

Meter: 4/4
Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed.
Key: A
Related Tune(s): Frosty Morning
Title change: The title appears on the transcription as "Unnamed Frag." It is transcribed after "Sweet Sunny South" and "House Carpenter," near the bottom of the page.
Strains: 3 (medley of two pieces)
Rendition: low strain of "Breakdown in A," then low and high strain of "Frosty Morning"
Phrase Structure: ABCD (abcd a'efg)--ABAC QRST (abcd abef qrst uvef)
Compass: 9 + 15
Handwritten: Continues w. "Frosty Morning." Acc. by Watha on guitar.
This performance combines a strain of an unnamed breakdown in A with "Frosty Morning," which is performed elsewhere in this collection. Henry Reed said that this tune came from East Virginia. Alan Jabbour began playing the initial low strain heard here with the high strain of Henry Reed's tune "Betsy," so that combination of strains by now has a life of its own in the old-time music revival. What Henry Reed actually would have used as a high strain is not knowable.