Annotation:Major (3) (The)

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MAJOR [3], THE. AKA and see "Mooncoin Jig." Irish, English; Jig. A Major (O'Farrell): G Major (Geoghegan). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD (Kennedy, O'Farrell): AABBCCDDEEFFGG (Geoghegan). The melody first appears under this title in Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances, vol. 2, published in London by John Johnson in 1742. "The Major" also was entered into the 1762 music copybook of Cumbrian musician Joseph Barnes. "Major (1) (The)" is a Northumbrian variant of the same tune.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Geoghegan (Compleat Tutor for the Pastoral or New Bagpipe), c. 1745-46; p. 25. Kennedy (Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 111, p. 28. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion), c. 1805; p. 24.

Recorded sources:

See also listings at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]



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