Annotation:Skyeman's Jig

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SKYEMAN'S JIG. Scottish, Pipe Jig (6/8 time). A Mixolydian (Johnstone): A Dorian (Martin). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB: AABB'CCDD' (Martin).

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Duncan Johnstone's Collection of Jigs and Hornpipes, vol. 2, Glasgow, 1979; p. 31. Christine Martin (Ceol na Fidhle vol. 1), 1991; p. 39.

Recorded sources: - Temple RP002, "Jock Tamson's Bairns" (1980).

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