Coleford Jig (The)

COLEFORD JIG, THE. English, Hornpipe or reel (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Despite the word 'jig' in the title (which refers to solo dancing rather than the 6/8 time tune form), the tune (perhaps a hornpipe) is a duple-time vehicle, perhaps used for step dancing in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, mining town of Coleford, not far from the border with Wales. Some similarities to "Honeysuckle (2) (The)/Honeysuckle Hornpipe", a tune that Phillip Heath-Coleman [1] believes is "a close relation...the first halves of the 2nd strains are almost identical," while several bars of the first strain also are similar.

Source for notated version: fiddler Stephen Baldwin (1873-1955, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire), recorded in 1954 by Russell Wortley [Callaghan].

Printed sources: Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; p. 32. Burgess & Menteith (The Coleford Jig), 2004.

Recorded source: Musical Traditions MTCD334, Stephen Baldwin - "Here's One You'll Like, I Think" (2005).

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X:1
T:Coleford Jig, The
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
K:D
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cAFD E2 E2|DFAd cdec|d2d2d2::Acef gfge|defg a2 (3fga|
g2 eg f2df|edcB AGFE|F2 FF DFAc|dAFD E2E2|DFAd cdec|d2d2d2z2:||

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