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Tune properties and standard notation


ACROSS THE RIVER. Old‑Time, Quadrille (6/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Bayard (1944) prints a tune (#26) collected around Dunbar, Western Pa., which is similar to the 'A' part.

Print sources: Bayard's (1981) No. 512, pg. 464, untitled tune also resembles "Across the River" in Ford. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 49.

Samuel Bayard (Hill Country Tunes, 1944) prints a tune (#26) collected around Dunbar, western Pennsylvania, which is similar to the 'A' part of "Across the River." An untitled tune in a later publication by Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle, 1981, No. 512, pg. 464), collected in the 1930's, also "slightly resembles" "Across the River" as printed in Ira Ford's collection. Bayard thought that both tunes were made up of strains "familiar everywhere", and condidered they may have been played by fifers due to the lilt and cadence.


Tune properties and standard notation