Annotation:Jig Runrig

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JIG RUNRIG. Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. A modern composition (mid-1990's) by Fergie MacDonald and a popular Scottish session tune.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: MacDonald (Reels, Jigs, Marches), 1998. Hardie (The Nineties Collection), 1998.

Recorded sources: Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham – "The Pearl" (1994. Learned by Phil Cunningham when Fergie MacDonald played it over the phone to him in 1992). Compass 7 4403 2, Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham – "The Best of Aly & Phil" (2005). Culburnie Records, Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas – "Highlander's Farewell."

Hear Fergie MacDonald play this tune: [1]

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