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Theme code Index	1H2H3bH2 5H2H1H1H
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	ABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Cecil Sharp
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Country Dance Tunes
Tune and/or Page number	p. 22
Year of publication/Date of MS	1909
Artist	Biography:Fennigs All Star String Band
Title of recording	Hammered Dulcimer (The)
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Front Hall 001
Year recorded	1973
Media
Score (1)

Black Nag (2) (The): Annotations

X:1 T:Black Nag [2], The L:1/8 M:6/8 S:Sharp - Country Dance Tunes (1909) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Dmin A|d>ed e>de|f>ef efg|a>gf e>de|(d3 d2)A| d>ed e>de|f>ef efg|a>gf e>de|(d3 d2)|| |:d|ecA ecA|ecA ecA|afd afd|afd afd| ecA ecA|ecA e2f/g/|a>gf e>de|(d3 d2):||

T:Black Nag [2] M: 6/8 L: 1/8 Q:320 F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/abc/jig/Black_Nag_1.abc K: Am |: E \ | "Am"A>BA "G"BAB | "Am"c>Bc "Em"Bcd | "Am"e>dc "G"BAB | "Am"A3- A2 : ||: A | "Em"B>GE BGE | BGE BGE | "Am"e>cA ecA | ecA ecA | "Em"B>GE BGE | BGE Bcd | "Am"e>dc "G"BAB | "Am"A3- A2 :|

Black Nag (2) (The): Annotations

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-'''BLACK NAG [2], THE'''. English, Jig and Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Minor (Barnes, Karpeles, Raven, Sharp, Spandaro): A Minor (Barber, Brody, Carlin). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB (Sharp): AABB (most versions). The tune was first published in 1657 by Playford (see "[[Black Nag (1) (The)]]"). The melody has gained some currency in modern times in American countra dance cirles where as a jig it is the vehicle for a set dance for three couples, as well retaining popularity with English country dance enthusiasts.
- ennigs All Star String Band (N.Y.) [Brody].
- Barber ('''Nick Barber's English Choice'''), 2002; No. 36, p. 19. Barnes ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1986. Brody ('''Fiddler's Fakebook'''), 1983; p. 48. Carlin ('''English Concertina'''), 1977; p. 19. S. Johnson ('''The Kitchen Musician No. 6: Jigs'''), 1982 (revised 1989, 2001); p. 6. Karpeles & Schofield ('''A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs'''), 1951; pp. 13 & 46. Raven ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; p. 24. Sharp ('''Country Dance Tunes'''), 1909; p. 22. Spandaro ('''10 Cents a Dance'''), 1980; p. 22.
-CDS 6 (Country Dance & Song Society), Merril & Barron--"By Popular Demand."
-Front Hall 015, Jack Walton and Roger Nicholson - "Bygone Days."
-Front Hall 010, Fennigs All Star String Band - "The Hammered Dulcimer Strikes Again."
-Front Hall 017, Michael and McCreesh - "Dance, Like a Wave of the Sea" (1978).
-North Star NS0031, "Dance Across the Sea: Dances and AIrs from the Celtic Highlands" (1990).
-Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://ibiblio.unc.edu/keefer/b08.htm#Blana]<br>