Black Diamond Waltz

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Theme code Index	555 313H
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Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Waltz/Valse/Vals
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	3/4
History	USA(Mid Atlantic)
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Samuel Bayard
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Dance to the Fiddle March to the Fife
Tune and/or Page number	No. 643, p. 565
Year of publication/Date of MS	1981
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<abc float="left"> X:1 T:Black Diamond Waltz M:3/4 L:1/8 K:D FG|A3^G A2|F2D2 fe|d3c B2|A4 A2|c3B A2|G2F2E2| D2F2G2|A4 FG|A3^GA2|F2D2 fe|d3c B2|A4A2|c3B A2| G2F2E2|(D6|D4)||:f2|g3f g>f|g2A2d2|f3f f2|f2A2(d2| d2)cc c2|1 B2A2^G2|B2A2^G2|A4:|2 b2a2c2|d2f2e2|d4|| </abc>

BLACK DIAMOND WALTZ. American, Waltz. USA, southwestern Pa. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB. It is possible that the waltz was titled after the Lehigh Valley Railroad's flagship passenger train from New York to Buffalo called the Black Diamond. The Lehigh Valley Railroad's primary function was to serve the coal fields of northeastern Pennsylvania, but maintained this passenger line for many years, despite stiff competition.

Source for notated version: Harry Waugh (an elderly fiddler from Jefferson County, Pa., 1949) [Bayard].

Printed source: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 643, p. 565.

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