Bill Patten's Jig

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 Theme code Index    5L16L2 7L5L25L
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Canada
 Genre/Style    Down-East/Maritime
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    B
 Accidental    2 flats
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    CANADA(Maritimes/English), CANADA(Ottawa Valley/Ontario)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Don Messer
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Don Messer's Barn Dance Breakdowns: Violin and Piano
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 9
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1954
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
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%REPLACE THE NEXT 5 (FIVE) LINES WITH YOUR ABC NOTATION CODE
X: 1
T:Bill Patten's Jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Bb
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F=EF BcA|G^FGc2B|AFA gfd|B3B:|
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BILL PATTEN'S JIG. Canadian, Jig. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.

Printed source: Messer (Don Messer's Barn Dance Breakdowns: Violin and Piano), 1954; No. 9. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 159, p. 108.

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