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'''SLOPE ROAD JIG.''' Canadian, Jig (6/8 time). B Flat Major ('A' part) & F Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. | '''SLOPE ROAD JIG.''' Canadian, Jig (6/8 time). B Flat Major ('A' part) & F Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. A quadrille-type jig (i.e. a key change between strains) from Gerry Robichaud’s (1933–) mentor, Tommy Doucet (1902–1992, b. Digby County, Nova Scotia and later moved to Boston area), and given the name of a road near Robichaud’s home in New Brunswick. This appears to be a setting of [[Alex MacDonnell’s Favorite]] by Dan R. MacDonald of Cape Breton. | ||
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<p><font face="sans-serif" size="3"> '''Additional notes''' </font></p> | <p><font face="sans-serif" size="3"> '''Additional notes''' </font></p> | ||
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<font color=red>''Source for notated version''</font>: | <font color=red>''Source for notated version''</font>: Tommy Doucet (Nova Scotia/Boston) via Gerry Robichaud (Saint Paul, New Brunswick/Boston) [Reiner & Anick]. | ||
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<font color=red>''Printed sources''</font> : | <font color=red>''Printed sources''</font> : Reiner & Anick ('''Old Time Fiddling Across America'''), 1989; p. 68. | ||
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<font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> | <font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> Voyager 310, Gerry Robichaud "Down East Fiddling” (1973). </font> | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:13, 25 March 2021
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SLOPE ROAD JIG. Canadian, Jig (6/8 time). B Flat Major ('A' part) & F Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. A quadrille-type jig (i.e. a key change between strains) from Gerry Robichaud’s (1933–) mentor, Tommy Doucet (1902–1992, b. Digby County, Nova Scotia and later moved to Boston area), and given the name of a road near Robichaud’s home in New Brunswick. This appears to be a setting of Alex MacDonnell’s Favorite by Dan R. MacDonald of Cape Breton.