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'''DOWN THE RIVER [2]''' (Sios an Abainn). Irish (originally), Canadian; Double Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. G Major (O'Neill): G Mixolydian (Cranford). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (O'Neill): AA'BB (Cranford). The tune was played by influential Cape Breton fiddler Angus Chisholm, which popularized the jig with musicians on the island, albeit altered to the mixolydian mode. | '''DOWN THE RIVER [2]''' (Sios an Abainn). Irish (originally), Canadian; Double Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. G Major (O'Neill): G Mixolydian (Cranford). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (O'Neill): AA'BB (Cranford). The tune was played by influential Cape Breton fiddler Angus Chisholm, which popularized the jig with musicians on the island, albeit altered to the mixolydian mode (so-called 'double tonic'). | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Boot Records, Jerry Holland - "Master Cape Breton Fiddler" (1982). Celestial Entertainment CECS001, Brenda Stubbert (Cape Breton, N.S.) - "In Jig Time!" (1995).</font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Boot Records, Jerry Holland - "Master Cape Breton Fiddler" (1982). Celestial Entertainment CECS001, Brenda Stubbert (Cape Breton, N.S.) - "In Jig Time!" (1995).</font> | ||
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Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t610.html]<br> | |||
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Revision as of 23:55, 12 February 2011
Tune properties and standard notation
DOWN THE RIVER [2] (Sios an Abainn). Irish (originally), Canadian; Double Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. G Major (O'Neill): G Mixolydian (Cranford). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (O'Neill): AA'BB (Cranford). The tune was played by influential Cape Breton fiddler Angus Chisholm, which popularized the jig with musicians on the island, albeit altered to the mixolydian mode (so-called 'double tonic').
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Cranford (Jerry Holland's), 1995; No. 262, p. 76. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 336, p. 70.
Recorded sources: Boot Records, Jerry Holland - "Master Cape Breton Fiddler" (1982). Celestial Entertainment CECS001, Brenda Stubbert (Cape Breton, N.S.) - "In Jig Time!" (1995).
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings [1]