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T:Rock Valley 2nd Change
N:From the playing of George Wade and his Corn Huskers.
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D:Victor 216569b (78 RPM), George Wade and his Corn Huskers (c. 1930's)
D:https://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/16444.mp3
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
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(3G,A,B,|C2 E GFE|D2E F2A|GAG GBd|cBc AGE|
C2 E GFE|D2E F2A|GAG GBd|c2c c2:|
|:g|gag gag|e2c cBA|Gcc {d}cBc|ed^c d2 g|
gag gag|e2c cBA|G2c B2d|[E3c3]-[E2c2]:|
ROCK VALLEY. Canadian (originally), American; Jig. USA, New England. Canada, Ontario, Prince Edward Island. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Jarman, Miller & Perron): AA'BB' (Begin, Phillips). Composed by John Burt (Canada) [Jarman].
Additional notes
Source for notated version: - Clem Myers [Phillips]; Sidney Baglole (b. 1912, Southwest Lot 16, West Prince County, Prince Edward Island; now resident of Freetown) [Perlman]; Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa).
Printed sources : - Bégin (Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 4, p. 18. Jarman (The Cornhuskers Book of Square Dance Tunes), 1944; p. 14. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 26. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 146. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Music, vol. 2), 1995; p. 377.
Recorded sources: - Fretless 103, "Clem Myers: Northeast Regional Old Time Fiddle Champion 1967 & 1970. Fretless 119, Rodney and Randy Miller - "Castles in the Air." Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40126, Rodney Miller – “Choose Your Partners: Contra Dance & Square Dance Music of New Hampshire” (1999). Voyager Records VRCD 312, Grant Lamb - "Manitoba Fiddler."
See also listing at:
Hear Andy DeJarlis's recording on youtube.com [1]
Hear Grant Lamb's recording at Slippery Hill [2]
See Charlie Walden's standard notation transcription [3]
