Annotation:Taylor's March (1)

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X: T:Taylor's March [1] S:From the Mt. Pleasant Tablatures, a southwest Pa. fife band ms. M:2/4 L:1/8 R:March B:Bayard - Dance to the Fiddle, March to the Fife (1981, No. 228E, p. 187) K:D A|d2 ce|dA FA|d2 cd|ef ge|d2 ce|dA FA|dd fe|d2z|| e|cA eA|cA e2|BG dG|BG d2|cA eA|cA e2|A/B/c/d/ ef|d2z|| A|dd df|dd df|ee eg|ee eg|dd df|dd df|eg ce|d2 z||

TAYLOR'S MARCH [1]. American, March (2/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. "Taylor's March [1]" was collected in southwestern Pennsylvania by Samuel Bayard in a number of versions and a variety of titles, including "Stick Beat", "Old Stick Beat", "Old Seven Spot," "Old Number Seven," "Frank Keeney," and "Davistown"^[1]. The tune was "universally known to the regional fifers," he wrote, "but seldom played by fiddlers." One old fifer (Hiram Horner) told Bayard that the tune was "not much in the way of music, but an excellent march tune."

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Mount Pleasant Tablatures (a fife MS from southwestern Pa., 1950's) [Bayard].

Printed sources : - Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 228E, pp. 187‑188.

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↑ The latter two titles refer to an influential player and a town in southwest Pennsylvania. The prior titles are descriptive of the march ("Stick beat", describing the drum accompaniment) or its position in the playing repertory ("Old Number Seven").

[1] The latter two titles refer to an influential player and a town in southwest Pennsylvania. The prior titles are descriptive of the march ("Stick beat", describing the drum accompaniment) or its position in the playing repertory ("Old Number Seven").

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