Topeka Polka

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Theme code Index	1L5L35L 4L6L42
Also known as
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Howdy Forrester
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Bluegrass, Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Polka
Key/Tonic of	B
Accidental	2 flats
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History
Structure	AABBAABBCC
Editor/Compiler
Book/Manuscript title
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS
Artist	Biography:Howdy Forrester
Title of recording	Howdy's Fiddle and Howdy Too
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Stoneway 127
Year recorded	1973
Media
Score (1)

Topeka Polka

X:1 T:Topeka Polka N:From the playing of Tennessee fiddler Howard "Big Howdy" Forrester N:(1922-1987) a popularizer and practiser of the "Texas" or "show fiddle" N:style. He was a long-time member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys. M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Fast" D:Stoneway 1080 (45 RPM), Howdy Forrester - "Topeka Polka" (1973) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/topeka-polka Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:Bb B,DFB dBFD|EFGB edcB|ABcf afgf |bfg2 B4| B,DFB dBFD|EFGB edcB|ABcf agfd|BABc B4:| |:ab|g6 ab|f6f2|ecAF EFCc|d6ab| g6 ab|f6 ff|ecAF EFdc|1B6:|2B2|| K:Eb |:G2A2=A2|B8|z2 E2GB2e-|ed-dd- d-c-cc-|cB-BA G2F2 |C6F2| GF=EF G2F2|B,4- B,CDE |1{G}F/E/FG F2E2|G,8|1z2:|2G2F2|E8||

Topeka Polka