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'''WEST POINT JIG.''' AKA and see “[[Kent County Jig]].” Canadian, Jig. Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. Perlman (1996) believes this is probably a Cape Breton jig. | |f_annotation='''WEST POINT JIG.''' AKA and see “[[Kent County Jig]].” Canadian, Jig (6/8 time). Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. Perlman (1996) believes this is probably a Cape Breton jig, however, it was once popular throughout Prince Edward Island, especially as a vehicle for the quadrille. Like the "[[West Point Reel]]" it may have been named for the coastal Prince County village of West Point. South-eastern New Brunswick musicians call the tune "[[Kent County Jig]]," after the east-central county in that province. | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Johnny Joe & Foncey Chaisson (b. 1918 & 1929, Souris, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. | |||
|f_printed_sources=Perlman ('''The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island'''), 1996; p. 131. | |||
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|f_see_also_listing=Hear versions of the tune played by PEI fiddlers at Bowing Down Home [https://bowingdownhome.ca/islandora/object/bdh%3A1473]<br> | |||
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WEST POINT JIG. AKA and see “Kent County Jig.” Canadian, Jig (6/8 time). Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. Perlman (1996) believes this is probably a Cape Breton jig, however, it was once popular throughout Prince Edward Island, especially as a vehicle for the quadrille. Like the "West Point Reel" it may have been named for the coastal Prince County village of West Point. South-eastern New Brunswick musicians call the tune "Kent County Jig," after the east-central county in that province.
