{"id":139,"date":"2008-05-14T18:00:54","date_gmt":"2008-05-14T18:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldtownschool.org\/connect\/fiddleclub\/2008\/05\/14\/ten-strike-strikes-again\/"},"modified":"2014-05-09T09:35:42","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T14:35:42","slug":"ten-strike-strikes-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drdosido.net\/fiddleclub\/2008\/05\/ten-strike-strikes-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Strike strikes again!"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Chirps Smith<\/span> visited the Fiddle Club of the World, he played a tune called “Ten Strike” that, well, struck a chord. A Club member requested that the tune be posted to this blog. It already has, on the report of the April 20th meeting<\/a>. It’s still worth taking a closer look at “Ten Strike.” (Here it is again.)<\/p>\n

Ten Strike by Chirps Smith<\/span><\/a>
\n<\/p>\n

Chirps learned the tune from the playing of Les Raber (1911-2000)<\/a>, a lifelong resident of Michigan. We both heard Les play the tune on numerous occasions. On this example, I am seconding on guitar and Paul Gifford<\/span> is on hammered dulcimer. It’s February 1998, and we’re getting Les prepared to perform that summer at the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes<\/a> in Port Townsend, Washington. The scene is the cozy living room of Les and Rosemary’s farmhouse outside of Hastings in rural Barry County.<\/p>\n

Ten Strike by Les Raber<\/span><\/a>
\n<\/p>\n

Properly speaking, the tune is for the 4th figure or change of the Ten Strike quadrille, as printed in Gems of the Ballroom<\/strong><\/span>, compiled circa 1890 by Geo. B. McCosh<\/strong><\/span> of Dekalb, Illinois. Les also played the tunes for both the 1st and 3rd changes. (In fact you can hear both on this CD: Come Dance With Me . . . Again<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

\"Ten<\/a>
\n(click to enlarge)<\/p>\n

When I first met Les in 1981, Paul Gifford had, at my behest, brought him along from Michigan to Battle Ground to perform at the Indiana Fiddlers Gathering<\/a>. Les had just acquired a copy of the first violin edition of Gems of the Ballroom, had polished up his music-reading skills, and was working his way through book while sitting under the shade of a tall oak that had witnessed the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811, a full century before his birth.<\/p>\n

Here’s how, over ten years ago, I wrote down what Les played.<\/p>\n

\"Notation<\/a><\/p>\n

There is some debate whether Geo. B. McCosh’s “Ten Strike, No. 4” is the source for “Oklahoma Rooster,” a tune associated with old-time fiddler Uncle Dick Hutchison<\/span>. You can judge for yourself.
\n
\nOklahoma Rooster<\/span><\/a>
\n<\/p>\n

Paul Tyler, convener
\nMay 14, 2008<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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