Annotation:Blueberry Jig
X:2 T:Blueberry Jig M:6/8 L:1/8 C:by Andy DeJarlis S:from WA fiddlers Don Gish and Chuck Griffin, via Stuart Williams R:Jig N:This is a classic Canadian "first change" square dance jig. Z:Stuart Williams transcribed this by hand, from tapes of WA O.T. fiddler Z:Don Gish, and it was later identified for him by Chuck Griffin Z:(Olympia, WA). Later Stuart published it in the Evergreen Fiddler Z:Tunebook, V1, 2002-2002. abc's Phil Katz 10/2005, from Stuart's hand Z:mss and published versions. K:D (3A/2B/2c/2|"D"dAF DFA|dfb a2 f |"C"ge=c cBc|GAB =cBc |! "D"dAF DFA|dfb a2 f |"A7"gec ABc |"D"dfe d2 :|! |:f/g/|"D"a2 d a2 d |a3 b2 a |"C"g2 =c g2 c |g3 a2 g |! |"D"a2 d a2 d |a3 b2 a |"A7"gec ABc |"D"dfe d2 :|
BLUEBERRY JIG. Canadian, American; Jig. D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This tune, one of the 175 or so compositions by Métis fiddler wikipedia:Andy_Dejarlis (1914-1975, Woodbridge, Manitoba), features 'double tonic' tonality. Dejarlis was called by Don Messer "one of the greatest exponents of old-time music in Canada." Métis means 'mixed' as the population is of French and First Nations descent, although the music was adapted largely from French and Scotch-Irish repertory.
