Annotation:Fiddle Hill Jig

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FIDDLE HILL JIG. American, Jig. G Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Composed by Ralph Page (1903-1985, New Hampshire), the "dean of the contra dance callers," and a seminal figure in New England traditional dance and music for 40 years (see www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/pagehome.htm). It first appears in Page's monthly periodical Northern Junket, vol. 9, No. 1, 1967.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 41, p. 35. Page (Northern Junket, vol. 9, No. 1), 1967; p. 35. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1964/1981; p. 35.

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