Annotation:Great Eastern Jig

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GREAT EASTERN JIG. American, Schottische or Clog. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The word 'jig' in the title refers to a solo step-dance, as performed on the minstrel or variety stage in the 19th century.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Buckley (Buckley's New Banjo Method), 1860; p. 71. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 56.

Recorded sources:




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