Purchasing information Notice for leaders/bass players
Length: approx. 3¾ mins.
Golden Spider is a lively and spirited two step. Its form is AABBACCBB with a 4-bar introduction whereby the AABBA- and CCBB-strains are written in the major keys of C and F respectively. The melodic lines are shared by the descant, treble and 1st tenor voices and each voice has so bar-counting to do. The rhythm section on the other hand is fully occupied in providing a steady bass thump with the odd walking passage. Whilst sixteenths and triplets abound, this is a relatively easy piece the syncopation being on the light side. This is more of a march than a rag. The cover of the original sheet music shows a contented spider at the centre of its web contemplating a repast of two fresh house flies who have flown into his larder.
Golden Spider was published by
Vandersloot Music Pub. Co., Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA.
A tempo of 80 crotchets/min. is suggested.
