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'''MURRAY RIVER JIG.''' Canadian, Jig. A Mixolydian ('A' part) & A Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Composed by Ontario fiddler and composer (of some 400 tunes) Graham Townsend (1942-1998), named for a Kings County, Prince Edward Island | '''MURRAY RIVER JIG.''' Canadian, Jig. A Mixolydian ('A' part) & A Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Composed by Ontario fiddler and composer (of some 400 tunes) Graham Townsend (1942-1998), named for a town in Kings County, central Prince Edward Island just east of Belfast. Townsend won the Canadian national fiddling championship at age 21, and made a career of radio and TV appearances, festival bookings and concert tours. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 141. | ''Printed sources'': Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 141. Canadian Fiddle Music, p. 139. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>CAT-WMR004, Wendy MacIssac - "The 'Reel' Thing" (1994).</font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Graham Townsend - "Thirty Canadian Fiddle Tunes." CAT-WMR004, Wendy MacIssac - "The 'Reel' Thing" (1994).</font> | ||
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Hear a clip of Townsend's recording [http://www.victoriafiddlesociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Murray-River-Jig-Graham-Townsend.mp3]<br> | |||
See a PDF transcription [http://calfolk.ca/tunes1/murray-river-jig.pdf]<br> | |||
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MURRAY RIVER JIG. Canadian, Jig. A Mixolydian ('A' part) & A Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Composed by Ontario fiddler and composer (of some 400 tunes) Graham Townsend (1942-1998), named for a town in Kings County, central Prince Edward Island just east of Belfast. Townsend won the Canadian national fiddling championship at age 21, and made a career of radio and TV appearances, festival bookings and concert tours.
Source for notated version: Gus Longaphie (b. 1914, Little Harbor, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island; now resident of Souris) [Perlman].
Printed sources: Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 141. Canadian Fiddle Music, p. 139.
Recorded sources: Graham Townsend - "Thirty Canadian Fiddle Tunes." CAT-WMR004, Wendy MacIssac - "The 'Reel' Thing" (1994).
See also listing at:
Hear a clip of Townsend's recording [1]
See a PDF transcription [2]