Annotation:Coon and Coop Stop Jig
X:1 T:Coon and Coop Stop Jig M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Schottische N:The 2nd and 4th measures of the 2nd strain, with smaller printed notation, N:are also marked with a rest for the entire bar. It may be that one N:instrument played the notes quietly, while another rested, or, N:perhaps it was that the rest indicated a ‘stop’ in the dance with N:the music meant to continue, quietly, as written. B:A.S. Bowman – “J.W. Pepper Collection of Five Hundred Reels, Jigs, B:etc.” (Phila., 1908, No. 10, p. 5) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb FB/c/ d/fg/|f/d/c/B/ c/B/G/A/|Bd/f/ b/gb/|f/d/e/c/ d/B/c/A/| FB/c/ d/fg/|a/(b.g/) f/d/c/B/|G z z2|z/c/A/F/ Bz:| |:z/F/B/d/ fz|F/G/F/D/ F/G/F/D/|z/G/B/e/ gz|G/A/G/E/ G/A/G/E/| z/A/c/f/ a2|z/B/d/f/ bg|fzzd|c/B/c/d/ Bz:|]
COON AND COOP. American, "Stop Jig" (2/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A 'jig' dance (sometimes called a 'straight jig') is a latter 19th century duple-time, syncopated, dance tune meant as a vehicle for solo dancing in which the dancer was free to impress with his or her best combination of steps and movement. The 'stop' of the stop jig was the insertion of rests or tacits in the music, that could either be performed by the dancer as 'hesitations' in the dance or short showcases for a movements (the short musical silence having the effect of directing attention to the dance).
