Bill Smith's Hoedown

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 Theme code Index    1331H 661H6
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Bill Smith
 Region    Canada, United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    C
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    USA(Great Lakes/Northern Tier), USA(Western/Pacific), CANADA(Western Canada)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Joe Pancerzewski
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Pleasures of Home
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 21
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1988
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 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
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BILL SMITH'S HOEDOWN. American, Reel or Breakdown. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Bill Smith. Smith was a cattleman and rancher who moved from Cabri, Saskatchewan to Ryder, South Dakota, in 1913. According to Joe Pancerzewski, who played with him often, his fiddling was Canadian style. Bill played for dances with the Nelson brothers, and in Jimmy Hendrickson's hall.

Printed source: Pancerzewski (The Pleasures of Home), 1988; p. 21.

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