Annotation:Ten Strike Quadrille Figure 4

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X:1 T:Ten Strike Quadrille Figure 4 M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Quadrille, Polka B:McCosh - Gems of the Ballroom (Dekalb, Ill., c. 1890, p. 6) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C cG/G/ c/G/c/e/|g/g/a/a/ g/e/c/e/|dg/g/ Bg/g/|cBAG| cG/G/ c/G/c/e/|g/g/a/a/ g/e/c/e/|dg/g/ B/c/d/B |cecz:| |:[Aa]>[Aa] [Aa][Aa]|A/^G/A/B/ c/B/A|[Bg]>[Bg] [Bg][Bg]|G/^F/G/A/ B/A/G| fA/A/ fA/A/|eG/G/ eG/G/|dG/G/ d>B|cecz:|



TEN STRIKE QUADRILLE FIGURE 4. AKA - "Ten Strike." American, Polka or Two Step (4/4 time). USA, Michigan. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A version of the tune is in aural tradition in the southwest U.S. as “Oklahoma Rooster (The)”. Michigan fiddler Les "Red" Raber found the tune as the 4th change of "Ten Strike Quadrille" in a c. 1890 publication by George B. McCosh, of Dekalb, Michigan. Raber also plays the 1st and 3rd changes on his recording “Come Dance with Me…Again”.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - fiddler Les Raber (1911-2000, Hastings, Michigan), who, Paul Tyler notes [1], learned the tune from a first edition of McCosh’s publication.

Printed sources : - Johnson (The Kitchen Musician's No. 7: Michigan Tunes), 1986-87; p. 13. McCosh (Gems of the Ballroom), c. 1890; p. 6 (Appears as 4th change of "Ten Strike Quadrille").






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