Belfast Jig (1)

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Theme code Index	1H5H75 1H5H43
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Composer/Core Source
Region	Canada
Genre/Style	Down-East/Maritime, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History	CANADA(Maritimes/English)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Ken Perlman
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island (The)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 134
Year of publication/Date of MS	1996
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BELFAST JIG [1]. Canadian, Jig. Canada, PEI. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The name Belfast means 'crossing place by a sandbank'. The tune was one of the first sides recorded by 'Down-East' style Canadian fiddler Don Messer with his group the Islanders, for Apex Records in 1942. Ken Perlman believes the tune may have been named for Belfast, a district of Prince Edward Island, not far from where his source (Elliot Wright) was born and raised.

Source for notated version: Elliot Wright (b. 1935, Flat River, Queens County, Prince Edward Island; now resident of North River) [Perlman].

Printed sources: Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 134. Sannella, Balance and Swing (CDSS). Songer (Portland Collection, vol. 2), 2005; p. 18.