Annotation:One-Step de Choupique: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
---- | ---- | ||
<p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | <p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | ||
'''ONE-STEP DE CHOUPIQUE''' (Choupique One-Step). AKA – “One-Step de Chupie.” Cajun, One-Step (4/4 time). USA, Louisiana. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). BB(Vocal)A(Vocal)ABA(Vocal)AA(Vocal)BA. Raymond Francois (1990) identifies Choupique as a community situated six miles north of Eunice, Louisiana, where fiddler Dennis McGee was raised. The name derives from a Choctaw Indian word which refers to the Bowfin fish, also called 'cypress trout', 'grentle' or 'mudfish,' that can be found in the streams of the region. | '''ONE-STEP DE CHOUPIQUE''' (Choupique One-Step). AKA – “One-Step de Chupie.” One Step de Chupic Cajun, One-Step (4/4 time). USA, Louisiana. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). BB(Vocal)A(Vocal)ABA(Vocal)AA(Vocal)BA. Raymond Francois (1990) identifies Choupique as a community situated six miles north of Eunice, Louisiana, where fiddler Dennis McGee was raised. The name derives from a Choctaw Indian word which refers to the Bowfin fish, also called 'cypress trout', 'grentle' or 'mudfish,' that can be found in the streams of the region. The song was recorded in New Orleans in 1929 by fiddler Dennis McGee, seconded on fiddle by Ernest Fruge, for the Vocalion label. | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
| Line 18: | Line 18: | ||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
<p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | <p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | ||
''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Morning Star 45002, "The Early Recordings of Dennis McGee (La.) 1929-1930.</font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Morning Star 45002, "The Early Recordings of Dennis McGee (La.) 1929-1930. Vocalion Vo 15851 (78 RPM), Dennis McGee & Ernest Fruge (1929). </font> | ||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
Revision as of 16:55, 13 January 2015
Back to One-Step de Choupique
ONE-STEP DE CHOUPIQUE (Choupique One-Step). AKA – “One-Step de Chupie.” One Step de Chupic Cajun, One-Step (4/4 time). USA, Louisiana. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). BB(Vocal)A(Vocal)ABA(Vocal)AA(Vocal)BA. Raymond Francois (1990) identifies Choupique as a community situated six miles north of Eunice, Louisiana, where fiddler Dennis McGee was raised. The name derives from a Choctaw Indian word which refers to the Bowfin fish, also called 'cypress trout', 'grentle' or 'mudfish,' that can be found in the streams of the region. The song was recorded in New Orleans in 1929 by fiddler Dennis McGee, seconded on fiddle by Ernest Fruge, for the Vocalion label.
Source for notated version: fiddler Dennis McGee (La.) [Francois].
Printed sources: Francois (Yé Yaille Chere), 1990; pp. 83-84.
Recorded sources: Morning Star 45002, "The Early Recordings of Dennis McGee (La.) 1929-1930. Vocalion Vo 15851 (78 RPM), Dennis McGee & Ernest Fruge (1929).