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Theme code Index
3H1H3H1H 3H3H5H3H
Also known as
Pennsylvania Fifers (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region
United States
Genre/Style
Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm
March/Marche, Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
2/4
History
Structure
AB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Ira Ford
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Traditional Music in America
Tune and/or Page number
p. 96
Year of publication/Date of MS
1940
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
Jaybird: Annotations
X:1
T:Jaybird
L:1/8
M:2/4
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
S:Liz Slade
K:D
(e|f)[Ae]d(e|fe)de|fef(f|a4) ff|e(d c)B|A(B c)d|
ee f(f|g3) (e|f)Ad(e|fe)de|fe f(g|a)f f2|
e(d c)B|A(B c)d|e [d2f2] d|[d3f3]||(A|A) B2 (A|B)(A B)A|
AG FD|E2 EE|e3 (f|e2) dA|cA B(B|A3) A|A B2 (A|
B)(A B)A|AG F2|E2 EE|e3 f|e2 ae|fd d2|d3||
X:1
T:Pennsylvania Fifers, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:March
S:Clyde Lloyd (fifer from Indiana County, Pa., 1952)
B:Bayard - Dance to the Fiddle, March to the Fife (1981, No. 176C)
K:D
{D}E/F/|G(B B/)G/ (3B/A/G/|.F(A A/)F/ (3A/G/f/|E(e e)f|gA {B}A/G/E/F/|
.G(B B/)G/ (3B/A/G/|.F(A A) (3A/B/c/|d/c/d/A/ (3B/=c/B/ AG|FDD||
z/f/|.f.d .f.d|f/d/f/a/ a>f|e/c/A/c/ e/c/A/c/|e/c/e/c/ g>g|
.f.d .f.d|f/d/f/d/ a>d|d/c/d/A/ (3B/=c/B/ A/G/|FD D||
Jaybird: Annotations