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'''NOVA SCOTIA (JIG), THE.''' AKA and see "[[Pride of | '''NOVA SCOTIA (JIG), THE.''' AKA and see "[[Pride of Slieve Aughty]]." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The tune was in the repertoire of Donegal fiddler James Byrne's father, John, although James did not know where he learned it. Small/Breathnach prints the jig with the title "[[Pride of Slieve Aughty]]" in '''CRÉ V''', obtained from Galway accordion player Joe Burke, however, the note with the tune says that it can be found in '''An Ceol, vol. 8''', a fiddle instruction book from Cairdeas na bhFidléirí, in County Donegal. | ||
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NOVA SCOTIA (JIG), THE. AKA and see "Pride of Slieve Aughty." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The tune was in the repertoire of Donegal fiddler James Byrne's father, John, although James did not know where he learned it. Small/Breathnach prints the jig with the title "Pride of Slieve Aughty" in CRÉ V, obtained from Galway accordion player Joe Burke, however, the note with the tune says that it can be found in An Ceol, vol. 8, a fiddle instruction book from Cairdeas na bhFidléirí, in County Donegal.
Source for notated version: New York fiddler Larry Redican (d. 1975) [O'Malley]; fiddler Frank 'The Blacksmith' O'Reilly, fiddler [Breathnach/Small].
Printed sources: O'Malley (Luke O'Malley's Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No. 108, p. 54.
Recorded sources: DMTC001CD, Derek McGinley & Tara Connaghan - "The Far Side of the Glen" (2011. Learned from their mentor and teacher James Byrne). Green Linnet, Myron Bretholz, Jack Coen, Billy McComiskey, Jerry O'Sullivan - "The Rights of Man: Concert for Joe Doherty" (1991. Various artists).