Brig (Da)

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Theme code Index	1H5 51 1H5 23H
Also known as	Brig (The)
Composer/Core Source	Biography:John Stickle
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Shetland/Orkney
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History	SCOTLAND(Shetland/Orkney)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler
Book/Manuscript title
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS
Artist	Biography:Boys of the Lough
Title of recording	Boys of the Lough (The)
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Shanachie 79002
Year recorded	1973
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BRIG, THE. AKA - "Da Brig." Shetland, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Unst, Shetland, cooper and fiddler John Stickle (1875-1957) after seeing a sailing ship, a briganteen (hence 'brig'), pass the island.

Recorded sources: Shanachie 79002, "The Boys of the Lough" (1973).

X:1
T:Da Brig
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:Jay Ungar, learned from Aly Bain
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
(ABc)|d3 A3|AFD D2z|d3 A2F|E2g (fef)|d3A3|AFD D2F|(E2F) G2A|B3:|
|:(ABc)|d2e f2d|c2e ecA|d2e f2d|g3 f2g|agf gfe|fed edc|d2A F2D|B3:||