Annotation:Major Mackie's Jig

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MAJOR MACKIE'S JIG. AKA - "Major Mackey's Jig." Scottish, English, Canadian, American; Jig. D Major (Messer, Page, Sweet): A Major (Kerr): G Major (S. Johnson). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A popular jig in many English speaking regions, including England and Scotland, Canada (popularized by Don Messer and played throughout the Maritime provinces), and New England. The earliest publication appears in the Scottish Kerr collection (c. 1880's). See also the Sliabh Luachra slide variant called "Labyrinth (2) (The)" or "Pádraig O'Keeffe's Slide (8)."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: S. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 6: Jigs), 1982 (revised 1989, 2001); p. 3. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 266, p. 28 (appears as "Major Mackie"). Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 77. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 135, p. 88. Page (Northern Junket), vol. 9, No. 2, Feb. 1968; p. 22. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1965/1981; p. 24.

Recorded sources: Veteran VT139CD, Mark Bazeley & Jason Rice - "Moor Music."

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