Kanawha March
Notation:
Standard Notation
ABC Notation
Mandolin Tablature
Violin Tablature
traditional
PDF Files:
--- choose file type ---
Standard Notation
Mandolin Tablature
Violin Tablature
Tune Sheet
American
Play
MIDI
No audio
available
Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Kanawha March" is an American march in cut time and D Major (Phillips),<br> G Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part) (Silberberg) or D Major ('A' part) &<br> G Major ('B' part) (Lamancusa). The parts are played one part<br> (Phillips), AB (Silberberg) or A1 A2 B A2 (Lamancusa).<br> This is a local West Virginia tune recorded for the Brunswick label by Kanawha County<br> fiddler Clark Kessinger (1896-1975) in the late 1920's. Although the tune does not move<br> above the A above the treble staff, some of the double stops require the fiddle player to<br> shift up to third position,<br> The tune is unusual in several ways. There are measures of 3/2 and passages of half<br> notes and whole notes that are different from most traditional fiddle tunes.<br> It was printed in Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2 (1995),<br> Silberberg's Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern (2002) and<br> Lamancusa's The Gettysburg Collection of Old-Time Fiddle Tunes (2021),<br> It was recorded on Brunswick 238 (78 RPM) by the Kessinger Brothers (1928).<br>
Click
here
for a full page view.