Annotation:Chorus Jig (3)

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CHORUS JIG [3]. Irish, Scottish, Canadian; Jig or Strathspey (in 6/8 time - this is another rhythmic variant illustrating the intentional and unintentional variation of folk melodies between triple and duple time). Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. D Mixolydian (Gow, Cranford, Kerr, MacDonald): D Mixolydian/Major (Aird, Kennedy, O'Farrell, Perlman): D Major (Goodman). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC (Kerr): AABB'C (Kennedy): ABCD (Johnson): AABBCCDD (Aird, Gow, Skye): AA'BB'CC'DD' (Cranford, Perlman): AABBCCDDEE (O'Farrell): AABB'CCDDEEFFGG (Goodman). Gow and Kerr list the tune as "Irish" and McGlashan says it is an "Irish country dance." Perlman (1996) suggests the contra-dance reel called "Chorus Jig" originated from this jig. See also the closely related Irish "Kilfenora Jig (1)."

‘’Source for notated version’’: Paul MacDonald (b. 1974, Charlottetown, Queens County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]; Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]; the mid-19th cent. music manuscript collection of uilleann piper and Church of Ireland cleric James Goodman [Shields].

‘’Printed source:’’ Aird (Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. II), 1785; No. 131, p. 48. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 520. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 191, p. 75. Gow (Complete Repository, Part 2), 1802; p. 35. Johnson (A Further Collection of Dances, Marches, Minuetts and Duetts of the Latter 18th Century), 1998; p. 7. Kennedy (Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 19, p. 7. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 4), c. 1880's; No. 190, pg. 22. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 58. McGlashan (Collection of Scots Measures), c. 1780; p. 30. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; p. 138. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 133. Shields (Tunes of the Munster Pipers), 1999; No. 144, pp. 60-61.