Annotation:Matinée (2)
X:1 T:Matinée [2] M:2/4 L:1/8 B:Harding's All Round Collection, No. 197 (1905) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Emin E(D/E/) B,/D/G/D/|E(D/E/) B,/D/G/D/|(F/E/).G,/.A,/ B,/C/D/E/|(F/E/).E/.C/ FE| F(E/F/) (C/E/)A/E/|F(E/F/) (C/E/)A/E/|1 F(^E/F/) c/F/B/F/|A/D/G/D/ E/D/B,/D/:|2 D/c/A/G/ F/A/E/D/|GBGz|| |:A(G/A/) .E/.A/.D/.A/|^C.^c.B.A|B(A/B/) F/B/E/B/|D.f.e.d|1 ^cB/c/ (B/.c/G/)z/|BA/B/ (A/.B/)F/z/| A/EF/ GE|D^CB,A,:||2 d^c/d/ e/d/c/B/|A/Fd/ (B/A/)F/z/|A/^c/G/c/ F/c/E/c/|D[GA][Fd]z||
MATINÉE [2]. American, "Buck Dance" (2/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The title suggests the tune was employed as the vehicle for a latter 19th century solo stage dance. The buck dance was originally called the "buck and wing" and referred to a specific step or steps performed by solo dancers. It was associated with the South, particularly the Piedmont region of North Carolina, and is thought to have African-American origins from slavery times. Today the definition has broadened, so that buck dancing, flat-footing and clogging are similar, if not interchangeable, dance forms.
