Annotation:Starlight Stop Jig
X:1 T:Starlight Stop Jig M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Schottische B:A.S. Bowman – “J.W. Pepper Collection of Five Hundred Reels, Jigs, B:etc.” (Phila., 1908, No. 19, p. 6) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin Gc e2|z/g/^f/g/ a/g/e/c/|(A/d/)z (d/f/)z|e/d/c/e/ d{^f}g| Gc e2|z/g/^f/g/ a/g/=f/e/|d{^g}a z2|z/f/d/B/ cz:| |:ea (a^g)|eb (ba)|f/e/d/f/ e/d/c/B/|A/B/c/A/ BE| ea (a^g)|df (fe)|[Ed]zz[Ec]|B/c/d/e/ Az:|]
STARLIGHT. American, "Stop Jig" (2/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Starlight" is categorized as a "stop jig", a combination of two dance elements of late 19th solo dancing, often for the stage. A "straight jig" is a type of syncopated duple-time reel, akin to a schottische, used as a vehicle for solo dancing (often for the stage). It became a fashion for a time to build in 'stops' in dances where the movements ceased altogether for a short period of time and dancers hesitated or even stood frozen in place, before the music and dance commenced again a beat or two later.
