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Characteristique March Two Step

Composer:Wood    Suppliers: Ditty Box Enterprises
Editor:Geoff Grainger  Sextet:Descant/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
Publisher:Ditty Box Enterprises  Publication:DBE 755
MP3:Listen. Artist: Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble Audio file information  

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Look and ListenLength: approx. 4 mins.
Sumthin Doin celebrates the all American dice game of shooting craps as can be seen from the cover of the original sheet music which is dominated by a huge hand throwing a walking stick i.e. seven spots with a pair of dice. The march itself is a bright, tinkling affair in the "classic" form of AABBACCDD with a 4-bar introduction whereby the AB- and CD-strains are written in the recorder player's favourite flatted keys of Eb- and Ab-major respectively. This is a lovely ensemble piece where all voices have their say.
Sumthin Doin was published by Automusic Perforating Co., New York, USA.
A tempo of 80 crotchets/min. is suggested.

"Sumthin Doin (1904)" has been recorded by:
CD tracks/info Nora Hulse on "60 Years of Ragtime Piano"