Annotation:Jabe Meadow

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 JABE MEADOW. American, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This American hornpipe has been popular with Cape Breton fiddlers--Paul Stewart Cranford (2000) notes that it was a favorite of influential fiddler Angus Chisholm.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 109. Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection); No. 50, p. 21. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 145.  Recorded sources: Brownrigg Productions BRGCBS-001, Cape Breton Symphony - "Fiddle." Carl MacKenzie - "...And His Sound is Cape Breton." Carl MacKenzie - "Highland Fiddle & Dance." Howie MacDonald - "The Ceilidh Trail." Natalie MacMaster - "Road to the Isle." Rounder CD-RDR-7021, Natalie MacMaster - "A Compilation" (1998). WRC11940, Howie MacDonald - "Howie & His Cape Breton Fiddle."  See also listings at: Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources

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