Annotation:Fox Hunter's Jig (2)
X:1 T:Fox Hunter’s (Jig) [2] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:A.S. Bowman – “J.W. Pepper Collection of Five Hundred Reels, Jigs, B:etc.” (Phila., 1908, No. 70, p. 17) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A|dcd AFD|EFG FED|EFG FGA|Bee e2A| dcd AFD|EFG FED|A,CE Ace|gfe d2:| |:b-|az^g- =gzf-|ezd cza-|^gz=g- fze-|dzc BzA| ^G2B dcB|AFA Bcd|efg fed|edc d2:|]
FOX HUNTER'S JIG [2]. American, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is characterized as an "Irish Jig" (i.e. 6/8 time) in the J.W. Pepper collection, but this is only to differentiate the genre from the "straight jig", a duple time, reel-like piece popular in the late 19th century. There is nothing of Irishness in the character of the melody, nor is the tune meant to be masquerading as a jig from Ireland; the term "Irish Jig" only serves to clarify the meter.