POLAR BEAR JIG. Canadian, Metis, jig (6/8 time). G major (1st part), D major (2nd part). Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Reg Bouvette. Patty Kusturok recalls that Reg told her that the tune was written after seeing polar bears on a trip to Yellowknife, and that the tune reminded him of a polar bear lumbering over the snow.
Additional notes
See also listing at : See a video of Isaac Callender playing this tune at [1]
See a video of Patty Kusturok playing this tune at [2]
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