Annotation:Pedestal (The)

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X:1 T:Pedestal M:C L:1/8 R:Clog Dance Q:"Moderato" B:Harding's All-Round Collection (1905, No. 164) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C g>^g|:a>gf>e (3dce (3gec|B>Ae>d D>EF>^F|G>^FG>A B>db>a|1 (3ag^f (3gec G>e=f>^f:| |2 (3gag (3fed c2 !fermata!!Fine!:|e2||:a>gf>e d>cB>A|(3BdB e>d c>BA>E| |1 F>G (3AGF E>cA>F|E>BF>E c>BA>e:|2 F>G (3AGF (3EFG (3ABc|B>dc>B "D.C."A2||



PEDESTAL, THE. American, Canadian; Clog. C Major ('A' part) & A Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Messer): AA'BB' (Bégin, Hardings). See note for "annotation:Statue (The)" for more.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Bégin].

Printed sources : - Bégin (Fiddle Music from the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 53, p. 62. Hardings All Round Collection, 1905; No. 164, p. 52. Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 86. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 162, p. 110.

Recorded sources : - Bluebird B-7662-B (78 RPM), Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers (1938). Don Messer & His Islanders - "Goin' to the Barn Dance" (1961).

See also listing at :
Hear Don Messer's 1961 recording on youtube.com [1]
Hear Bill Boyd's 1938 recording at the Internet Archive [2]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [3]



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