Brig (Da)

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Also known as	Brig (The)
Composer/Core Source	Biography:John Stickle
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Shetland/Orkney
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History	Scotland/Shetland/Orkney"Scotland/Shetland/Orkney" 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
Book/Manuscript title
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS
Artist	Biography:Boys of the Lough
Title of recording	Boys of the Lough (The)
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Shanachie 79002
Year recorded	1973
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BRIG, THE. AKA - "Da Brig." Shetland, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Unst, Shetland, cooper and fiddler John Stickle (1875-1957) after seeing a sailing ship, a briganteen (hence 'brig'), pass the island.

Recorded sources: Shanachie 79002, "The Boys of the Lough" (1973).

X:1
T:Da Brig
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:Jay Ungar, learned from Aly Bain
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
(ABc)|d3 A3|AFD D2z|d3 A2F|E2g (fef)|d3A3|AFD D2F|(E2F) G2A|B3:|
|:(ABc)|d2e f2d|c2e ecA|d2e f2d|g3 f2g|agf gfe|fed edc|d2A F2D|B3:||