Thanks for the detail!

Here is a PDF of the dots:
https://www.oldtimefiddletunes.net/tunes/LastOfHarris.pdf

John Salyer is always a rich resource.  Your take on Last of Harris has a unique rhythm and upbeat feel, Andy.  Mine, on the other hand, leans towards a fond farewell with some wistfulness for Harris having gone.  Your suggestion of using the relative minor was used, quite literally, as you'll see in my Em chording in two positions.  The tune's association with the fiddler J.D. Harris is a good guess, as described in your last link, and apparently he wasn't one of those poor souls who were hung.

Nice pick, and I had almost forgotten about it.  I used to play it when a fiddler with the surname Harris showed up at our jam, but she stopped attending, so...

And I had forgotten that I wrote a tab for this in "Old G" tuning, a tuning I no longer use.  At about the time that I did the tab I strung together four other tunes with Last of Harris ("Ladies in the Ballroom", "Sandy River Belles", "Shoes and Stockings", and "Lost Girl").  All of these have been TOTWs now, except for "Ladies in the Ballroom."

Here's "Old G-athon."

But if you want to cut to the chase, I pulled out Last of Harris from that medley, which is here.

Stefan Curl has a gorgeous *.mp3 of Last of Harris on the hangout.

I'm not too sure about his tuning, but I think it is gEADE ("Cumberland Gap" tuning), which is the tuning I would use.  That is my go-to for G.  If you've been playing out of gDGBD for a long time, you might want to give alternate tunings a try.  I've attached a tab that is in gEADE instead of "Old-G"

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Originally posted by ndlxs

Thanks for the detail!

Here is a PDF of the dots:
https://www.oldtimefiddletunes.net/tunes/LastOfHarris.pdf

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Thanks Andy!

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Originally posted by JanetB

John Salyer is always a rich resource.  Your take on Last of Harris has a unique rhythm and upbeat feel, Andy.  Mine, on the other hand, leans towards a fond farewell with some wistfulness for Harris having gone.  Your suggestion of using the relative minor was used, quite literally, as you'll see in my Em chording in two positions.  The tune's association with the fiddler J.D. Harris is a good guess, as described in your last link, and apparently he wasn't one of those poor souls who were hung.

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I like your take on ths Janet, thanks for sharing. That E min feel you give it does exactly what you intended. 

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Originally posted by LyleK

Nice pick, and I had almost forgotten about it.  I used to play it when a fiddler with the surname Harris showed up at our jam, but she stopped attending, so...

And I had forgotten that I wrote a tab for this in "Old G" tuning, a tuning I no longer use.  At about the time that I did the tab I strung together four other tunes with Last of Harris ("Ladies in the Ballroom", "Sandy River Belles", "Shoes and Stockings", and "Lost Girl").  All of these have been TOTWs now, except for "Ladies in the Ballroom."

Here's "Old G-athon."

But if you want to cut to the chase, I pulled out Last of Harris from that medley, which is here.

Stefan Curl has a gorgeous *.mp3 of Last of Harris on the hangout.

I'm not too sure about his tuning, but I think it is gEADE ("Cumberland Gap" tuning), which is the tuning I would use.  That is my go-to for G.  If you've been playing out of gDGBD for a long time, you might want to give alternate tunings a try.  I've attached a tab that is in gEADE instead of "Old-G"

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Thanks for the reply Lyle. I really like your version - I'm definitely going to give that a go.

I always play Josie O in gEADE, it just flows so much better. (Often get interested comments in sessions about why I'm returning and putting the capo on.....) 

Stefan's version is lovely too. Thanks for the reply!

One last plug for gEADE in place of the standard gDGBD tuning.  The former tuning places you only a few string re-tunings away from popular fiddle keys:

1. A "modal" - 5th string up from g to a
2. A - 5th string up from g to a, and 2nd string down from D to C#
3. D - 5th string from g up to a, and 4th string down from E to D

In gEADE tuning you do lose that 4th string D that can be important in G tunes, but there are workarounds.  See the beginning of the 3rd measure in the tab I attached, where I substituted a full G chord for the low D.  But gEADE gives you access to more compact left hand fingering and some nice "tricks" from aDADE tuning given that the first three string are tuned the same.

I hear ya' about the "why do you have a capo on for G" question!

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Originally posted by LyleK

One last plug for gEADE in place of the standard gDGBD tuning.  The former tuning places you only a few string re-tunings away from popular fiddle keys:

1. A "modal" - 5th string up from g to a
2. A - 5th string up from g to a, and 2nd string down from D to C#
3. D - 5th string from g up to a, and 4th string down from E to D

In gEADE tuning you do lose that 4th string D that can be important in G tunes, but there are workarounds.  See the beginning of the 3rd measure in the tab I attached, where I substituted a full G chord for the low D.  But gEADE gives you access to more compact left hand fingering and some nice "tricks" from aDADE tuning given that the first three string are tuned the same.

I hear ya' about the "why do you have a capo on for G" question!

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Thanks Lyle. You're preaching to the converted with me. I hope others have a try too. I try to persuade people by saying the chord shapes feel so familiar to anyone with even a little bit of guitar playing in their background.

You miss that low D in Josie O of course, but everything else is so much sweeter. 

I still haven't tried your Last of Harris tab. Playing in Edinburgh tonight, so won't get to it until Thursday I think.

Thanks again!