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'''RANDOM NOTES.''' AKA - "Random Jig." English, Jig (6/8 time). England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABC. The jig has been attributed (in the '''Northumbrian Pipers' Tune Book''') to the mid-19th century by Gateshead fiddler [[biography:James Hill]], renowned primarily for his hornpipe compositions. However, Graham Dixon suggested "Random" is a miss-hearing or corruption of "Rondeau," a French cotillion, or perhaps vice-versa. The identical tune, as "Rondeau," appears in the Collingwood manuscript (no date) in the Beamish Museum (Northumberland). Whatever its origins, however, it has long been associated with Northumbrian music and piping. | '''RANDOM NOTES.''' AKA - "Random Jig." English, Jig (6/8 time). England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABC. The jig has been attributed (in the '''Northumbrian Pipers' Tune Book''') to the mid-19th century by Gateshead fiddler [[biography:James Hill]], renowned primarily for his hornpipe compositions. However, Graham Dixon suggested "Random" is a miss-hearing or corruption of "Rondeau," a French cotillion, or perhaps vice-versa. The identical tune, as "Rondeau," appears in the Collingwood manuscript (no date) in the Beamish Museum (Northumberland). Whatever its origins, however, it has long been associated with Northumbrian music and piping. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Dixon ('''The Lads Like Beer'''), 1987; p. 48. | ''Printed sources'': Dixon ('''The Lads Like Beer'''), 1987; p. 48. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Front Hall FHR-08, Alistair Anderson - "Traditional Tunes" (1976). Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40473, Pauline Cato - "Northumbrian Rant" (1999. Various artists). Sarah Graves - "Black Boxes." </font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Front Hall FHR-08, Alistair Anderson - "Traditional Tunes" (1976). Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40473, Pauline Cato - "Northumbrian Rant" (1999. Various artists). Sarah Graves - "Black Boxes." </font> | ||
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RANDOM NOTES. AKA - "Random Jig." English, Jig (6/8 time). England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABC. The jig has been attributed (in the Northumbrian Pipers' Tune Book) to the mid-19th century by Gateshead fiddler biography:James Hill, renowned primarily for his hornpipe compositions. However, Graham Dixon suggested "Random" is a miss-hearing or corruption of "Rondeau," a French cotillion, or perhaps vice-versa. The identical tune, as "Rondeau," appears in the Collingwood manuscript (no date) in the Beamish Museum (Northumberland). Whatever its origins, however, it has long been associated with Northumbrian music and piping.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Dixon (The Lads Like Beer), 1987; p. 48.
Recorded sources: Front Hall FHR-08, Alistair Anderson - "Traditional Tunes" (1976). Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40473, Pauline Cato - "Northumbrian Rant" (1999. Various artists). Sarah Graves - "Black Boxes."