X:1
T:Favorite Polka (3)
S:Fiddler Hugh A. MacDonald (1889-1976, Antigonish, Nova Scotia)
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Polka
B:Corfield - "Tunes from New Brunswick" (2024, p. 42)
D:Celtic 018-A (78 RPM), Hugh A. MacDonald (1935. 1st tune of "Favourite Polka" set.)
F:https://citizenfreak.com/titles/289221-macdonald-hugh-a-favourite-polka-starlight-waltz
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz from MacDonald's recording
K:G
|:{Bc}.d.g .B.d|G/A/B/c/ dc/B/|Ad Ac/c/|B/c/B/A/ G/A/B/c/|
.d.g .B.d|G/A/B/c/ d/d/c/B/|Ad ef|1g2 g2:|2g2 g=f||
K:C
e2 G-G/c/-|c/B/c/d/ ec|A<c fa|g2 ee/c/|(g/^f/g) a>g|=fB B2-|
Bd fb| a2 g2|e/g/g "slide"(g/a/c')|b2- ba|.f/.e/.f .f.a|gf eG |
AB (c/B/c/)a/| ge c/B/c/d/|e/e/e/f/ ed|1c2c2-"slide":|2 c2 cB/c/||
FAVORITE POLKA [3]. AKA - "Favourite Polka No. 1". Canadian, Polka (2/4 time). Canada, Nova Scotia. G Major ('A' part) and C Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. "Favorite Polka [3]" was recorded as the first of two untitled polkas in a set by Antigonish, Nova Scotia, fiddler Hugh A. MacDonald in 1935, for the then-new Celtic Records label. According to Hugh's grand-daughter, fiddler Kendra McGillvray:
He was a very popular dance player and his specialty was polkas. There are five figuresto the Antigonish square set and polkas were played for two of the five figures. It issaid, that for every dance he played a new polka and so he had a very large repertoire.Because of this, he was nicknamed 'The Polka King'. Cape Breton fiddler, Winston ScottyFitzgerald used to say that when you go to Antigonish you've got to play lots of polkas,probably because they were so used to dancing to Hugh A's polkas.[1]
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Corfield (Tunes from New Brunswick), 2024; p. 42.
Recorded sources : - Celtic 018-A (78 RPM), Hugh A. MacDonald (1935. 1st tune in "Favourite Polka" set).
See also listing at : Read more about MacDonald at Kendra MGillvray's site [1]<br>
