Annotation:Slip Jig (19)
X:1 T:Untitled T:Slip Jig (19) M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig B:Patrick MacDonald – “Collection of Highland Vocal Airs” (Edinburgh, 1784, B:No. 8, p. 34) N:In section ‘North Highland Reels or Country Dances’ N:MacDonald was Minister of Kilmore in Argyleshire. The volume is N:dedicated to the ‘Gentlemen of the Highland Society in London’. F:https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Collection_of_Highland_Vocal_Airs_To_w/XCvLHYWLkFcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amix e|gdB BGB B2e|gdB BGB AAe|gdB BGB Bcd|1 cde BGB A2:|2 cAe BGB A2|| e|GGd BGB B2e|GGd BGB AAe|GGd BGB Bcd|cAe BGB A2e| GGd BGB B2e|GGd BGB AAe|GGd dGd dGe|cAc BGB A2|| |:f|gdB BGB B2f|gdB gdB A2g|fga BGB Bcd|cAe BGB A2:| |:g|Bcd dGd dGg|Bcd dGB A2g|Bcd dGd dGe|cAc BGB A2:|]
SLIP JIG [19]. Scottish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BCCDD. The first strain is very similar to, and perhaps cognate with, the first strain of Daniel McLaren's "North Fencibles" but the remainder differs.
