Annotation:Old Man's Dance (1)

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X:1 T:Old Man's Dance [1] M:C L:1/8 R:Slow Hornpipe S:Kerr - Merry Melodies, vol. 2, No. 410 (c. 1880's) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amin A2E2A2B2|c2 de f4|e>dc>e d>cB>d|c>BA>c B>^G E2| A2E2A2B2|c2 de f4|e>dc>e d>cB>d|c>AB>^G A4:| |:E2 e>d c>B A2|E2 e>d c>B A2|(g2 g>)f e>f g2|d>ed>c B>c d2| E2 e>d c>B A2|E2 e>d c>B A2|A2B2c2d2|1 e2 e/e/e e2d2:|2 e2c2 e4||

OLD MAN'S DANCE [1]. American, "Slow Hornpipe." A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Kerr includes the tune in a section of American tunes ("Negro Sand Jigs Plantation Dances and Walk Arounds"), mostly minstrel era pieces and dance tunes for the variety stage. Vic Gammon suggests the tune might be associated with "Old Man Metronome" French, a banjo playing pioneer of ragtime who later switched to piano^[1].

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), c. 1880’s; No. 410, p. 46.

Recorded sources: -Fellside Recordings FECD 276, Vic Gammon & Friends - "Early Scottish Ragtime" (2016).

See also listing at:
Hear/see the tune played at Minstrel Banjo [1]

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↑ Vic Gammon. Liner notes to Fellside FECD276, "Early Scottish Ragtime" (2016).

[1] Vic Gammon. Liner notes to Fellside FECD276, "Early Scottish Ragtime" (2016).

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