Annotation:Starlight Stop Jig
X:1 T:Starlight Stop Jig M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Schottische B:A.S. Bowman – “J.W. Pepper Collection of Five Hundred Reels, Jigs, B:etc.” (Phila., 1908, No. 19, p. 6) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin Gc e2|z/g/^f/g/ a/g/e/c/|(A/d/)z (d/f/)z|e/d/c/e/ d{^f}g| Gc e2|z/g/^f/g/ a/g/=f/e/|d{^g}a z2|z/f/d/B/ cz:| |:ea (a^g)|eb (ba)|f/e/d/f/ e/d/c/B/|A/B/c/A/ BE| ea (a^g)|df (fe)|[Ed]zz[Ec]|B/c/d/e/ Az:|]
STARLIGHT. American, "Stop Jig" (2/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Starlight" is categorized as a "stop jig", a combination of two dance elements of late 19th solo dancing, often for the stage. 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).
