X:1
T:Smart Guy. Straight Jig
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel or Scottische
B:A.S. Bowman – “J.W. Pepper Collection of Five Hundred Reels, Jigs,
B:etc.” (Phila., 1908, No. 5, p. 4)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
Bz/A/ Gz/B/|A/^F/D- D/F/G/A/|B z {^c}dz |{^f}gb a/^f/d/c/|
Bz/A/ Gz/B/|A/^F/D- D/F/G/A/|B z {^c}d/b/a/g/|^f/g/a/f/ gz:|
|:(d/e/=e/f/) (g/f/d/B/)|(3c/B/c/G G2|(A/B/=B/c/) (d/c/A/F/)|(3G/A/G/F F2|
F/D/E/F/ G/E/F/G/|A/F/G/A/ B/c/d/f/|b/f/d/B/ A/F/A/c/|BcBz:|]
SMART GUY. American, "Straight Jig" (2/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A 'straight jig' was a syncopated duple-time melody similar to a schottische, popular in the last decades of the 19th century with dancers for variety and minstrel stage performances.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - A.S. Bowman (J.W. Pepper Collection of Five Hundred Reels, Jigs, etc.), Phila., 1908; No. 5, p. 4.
