Annotation:Doctor Hecock's: Difference between revisions

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DOCTOR HECOCK'S. AKA - "Dr. Hekok." American, "Jig" (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCDE. The tune is referred to as a jig, a meaning derived from the English "jigg" meaning a solo dance (as in a 'morris jigg'). Minstrel musician and composer Dan Emmett spelled it "Dr. Hekok." The tune can be found in early banjo tutors.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: (James) Buckley (Buckley's New Banjo Method), 1860; p. 66.

Recorded sources:

Tune properties and standard notation

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-'''DOCTOR HECOCK'S'''. AKA - "Dr. Hekok." American, "Jig" (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. The tune is referred to as a ''jig'', a meaning derived from the English "jigg" meaning a solo dance (as in a 'morris jigg'). Minstrel musician and composer Dan Emmett spelled it "Dr. Hekok." The tune can be found in early banjo tutors.
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