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'''JIG DUTCHMAN'S CORNER'''. American, Schottische. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. Blackface minstrel Dan Emmett composed this tune, called "Dutchman's Corner | '''JIG DUTCHMAN'S CORNER'''. American, Schottische. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. Blackface minstrel Dan Emmett composed this tune, called "Dutchman's Corner" (the word 'jig' in the title refers to a solo stage dance, for which this was the vehicle). It appears in James Buckley's banjo tutor of 1860 [http://www.scribd.com/doc/72618368/Buckley-1860], albeit without composer attribution. | ||
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Revision as of 18:10, 17 February 2012
Tune properties and standard notation
JIG DUTCHMAN'S CORNER. American, Schottische. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. Blackface minstrel Dan Emmett composed this tune, called "Dutchman's Corner" (the word 'jig' in the title refers to a solo stage dance, for which this was the vehicle). It appears in James Buckley's banjo tutor of 1860 [1], albeit without composer attribution.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Buckley (Buckley's New Banjo Method), 1860, p. 66. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 53.
Recorded sources: