Blueberry Jig

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Theme code Index	1H1 1H5H 4H7 47b
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Composer/Core Source	Biography:Andy Dejarlis
Region	Canada
Genre/Style	Metis
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History	Canada/Western Canada"Canada/Western Canada" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Stacy Phillips
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number	p. 359
Year of publication/Date of MS	1995
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BLUEBERRY JIG. Canadian, American; Jig. D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This tune, one of the 175 or so compositions by Métis fiddler Andy Dejarlis (1914-1975), features 'double tonic' tonality. Dejarlis was called by Don Messer "one of the greatest exponents of old-time music in Canada."

Source for notated version: Stuart Williams [Phillips].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 359. Silberberg (93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn't Learn at Tractor Tavern), 2004; p. 7.

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