Annotation:Dutch Hop

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X:1 T:Dutch Hop M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Quick" R:Polka S:Lon Jordan (c. 1876-?, Farmington, Arkansas) N:From a 1941 field recording by Vance Randolph F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/dutch-hop Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D [D2A2]-|[D2A2][Af][Af] [A2f2]ee|e2d2F2A2|ccB2[E3A3]A|e2d2 F2A2| [D2A2][Af][Af] [A2f2]ee|e2d2F2A2|c2B2 [E3A3]A|1e2 d4:|2 e2d2d4|| K:G B4G4|D2G2(Bd3)|d4F3 B|A2G2FF G2| B4G4|D2G2(Bd3)|d4F3 B|1A2G2FF G2:|2A2G4||

DUTCH HOP. Old-Time, Two-Step or Polka. USA, Arkansas. D Major ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Source Lon Jordan, a dance and contest fiddler with a regional reputation, recorded the tune for researcher Vance Randolph in 1941. Drew Beisswenger (2008) points out that the Dutch Hop was a polka music form that was popular in the mid-20th century (e.g. in Colorado after World War II), although he could not connect this specific tune to the form. The term 'Dutch Hop' refers to the music of the Volga Deutsch, or Germans who lived in settlements in Russia around the Volga. Large numbers of the population emigrated to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and reestablished themselves in the Great Plains states and provinces of the United States and Canada.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Lon Jordon (early 20th century, Farmington, Arkansas) [Beisswenger & McCann]. Jordan was born around the year 1876.

Printed sources : - Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 86.

Recorded sources: - Library of Congress AFS 05315 B02, Lon Jordan (1941).

See also listing at:
Hear Lon Jordan's 1941 recording at Slippery Hill [1]

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