Annotation:Baltimore Glide

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X:1 T:Baltimore Glide M:2/4 L:1/8 K:G B/c/|(d2 d)B/c/|(d2 d)B/c/|dB GE|E2 D2|d2 e2| (f2 f/)e/f/g/|fe d^c|1 (d2 d):|2 (d2 d2)|| M:3/4 L:1/8 D4 E2|G (B3B2)|A4 G2|E (G3G2)|B4 c2|d(B3 B2)|A4B2|A6| D4 E2|G (B3B2)|A4 G2|E (G3G2)|B4 c2|d(B3 B2)|A4 D2|G6||

BALTIMORE GLIDE. Old-Time. USA. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA (2/4 time), B (3/4 time). Apparently the Baltimore Glide is a hybrid dance tune involving both polka and waltz steps.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Charles Pettis (Anselmo, Custer County, Nebraska), recorded in 1955 [Christeson].

Printed sources : - R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; p. 160.

Recorded sources: -

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