Annotation:Ville Platte Two-Step

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VILLE PLATTE TWO-STEP. Cajun, Waltz or Two-Step (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB(Vocal)AABB(Vocal)A(Vocal)B(Vocal)A(Vocal)BA. The song was recorded by Cajun fiddler Dennis McGee about 1930. It is really a waltz, although sped up it suffices nicely as a two-step for dancing.

Kirk and Dennis McGee

Source for notated version: Dennis McGee (La.) [Francois].

Printed sources: Francois (Yé Yaille, Chère!), 1990; pp. 312-313.

Recorded sources: Morningstar Records MS-45002, Dennis McGee.




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