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'''BIG CHIEF, THE'''. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, southeastern Pa. G Major ('A' part) & E Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Bayard (1981) says this title is a "floater," appearing also in unrelated 6/8 time tunes, and that the only tune he has found resembling this one is "The Essence of Tampa." A tune by this title, a variant of "The Champion [2]," was printed in a Midwest collection by Adam (1928/1931).
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''Source for notated version'': fiddler Willaim Shape (Greene County, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard].
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''Printed source:'' Bayard ('''Dance to the Fiddle'''), 1981; No. 101, p. 59.
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X:1
T:The Big Chief
N:Dance to the Fiddle March to the Fife, p59, S.Bayard
O:As played by Williiam A. Shape, 1930's.
Z:notation & arrangement Sarah Gowan 4/12/09
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:G
D2|"G"G2A2B2d2|"Em" e2ef edBd|"C" g2e2 d2 (3BcB|"Am" A2 AB "D7"AGED|
"G"G2A2B2d2|"Em" e2ef edBd| "C"g2e2 d2 (3BcB|"D"A2 AB "G"G2:|
|:A2| "Em"B4-Bdef| "Em"g2 (3fgf e2>d2|"B7" B2 Bc B2A2|G2F2 "Em"E2>A2|
"Em "B4-Bdef| "Em"g2 (3fgf e2z2| "B7"b2bb b2a2|1g2f2"Em"e2:|2"G"g2f2g2|]