Annotation:Saskatchewan Jig

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SASKATCHEWAN JIG. Canadian, Jig (6/8 time). Canada, Ontario. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is credited to Ontario fiddler Graham Townsend (1942-1998) on J.J. Guy's album. Townsend recorded it as one of an album of tunes named for Canada's provinces on his 1967 LP honoring the Canadian Centennial that year.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Bégin].

Printed sources : - Bégin (Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 41, p. 52. Townsend (30 Canadian Fiddle Tunes), 2000.

Recorded sources: -Apex AL 1644, "Don Messer's Centennial Souvenir Album" (1967). Banff Rodeo RBS 1258, "Graham Townsend Salutes Canada’s Centennial" (1967). CJJGUY#20607, J.J. Guy - "Cadillac" (2007).

See also listing at:
Hear JJ Guy's recording on youtube.com [1]

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