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Annotation:Hobb's Straight Jig
X:1 T:Hobb's Straight Jig M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Straight Jig B:Elias Howe – Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7 (Boston, 1880-1882, p. 627) B: http://ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/c/c7/IMSLP601433-PMLP562790-ONeill_Rare_Medium_M40_M8_v6.7_text.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Dmix A,D/E/ FE/D/|F/A/A/B/ A2|{c}B/A/c/A/ d/B/A/F/|{G}F/D/E/F/ F/D/B,/A,/| A,/D/D/E/ FE/D/|F/A/A/B/ A2 |B/d/c/e/ d/B/A/F/|ED Dz:| |:f3 {g}f/e/|d/f/e/d/ {c}B/A/B/c/|d{e}d/c/ d/c/d/c/|f/d/e/d/ B/c/d/B/| {B}A/^G/A/B/ A/F/E/D/|{e}d/c/d/e/ f/g/e/f/|d/c/d/B/ A/F/d/B/|A/F/E/F/ D2:|]
HOBB'S STRAIGHT JIG. AKA and see "John Diamond's Hornpipe." American, Straight Jig (2/4 time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A straight jig was a syncopated schottische- or hornpipe-like dance tune popular in the latter 19th century, especially for stage dancers. See note for "annotation:Hobb's Favorite" for more. The melody, probably meant to be played "swung" or with more-or-less of a dotted rhythm, is in its first strain a variant of the same melodic theme as the "Dubuque" family of tunes. "Hobb's Straight Jig" was published as "John Diamond's Hornpipe" a few years earlier in George C. Coe's 1876 volume of dance tunes.
