Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on May 11th 2003 by Trevor Jennings.
This tune has been added to 18 tunebooks.
Also known as Nigel's.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Bring Back The Child
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
gfe d2B|cAA BGG|gfe d2B|cAF G3|
gfe d2B|cAA BGG|EFG A2B|cAF G2D||
EFG A2B|cAA BGG|EFG A2B|cAF G2D|
EFG A2B|cAA BGG|gfe d2B|cAF G3||
Gan Ainm
This is a single jig, so no repeats. The tune was brought to a local Bristol session by one of our very experienced banjo/mandolin players (Nigel). He doesn't know the origin or name of the tune, and I have not been able to track it down on an ABC search, so we're provisionally calling it "Nigel's Jig" in our local session until its real name (if known) comes to light.
Trevor
# Posted on May 11th 2003 by Trevor Jennings
Bring Back the Child
Thus called on 'Live from Patrick Street'.
# Posted on May 12th 2003 by Henk Bos
Bring Back the Child
Henk, thanks for that information!
Trevor
# Posted on May 12th 2003 by Trevor Jennings
Single jig????
I thought a "single jig" was sort of like a slide and very rare these days, and that it was a "single reel" that is defined by not having repeats. Now I'm all confused again...
# Posted on May 12th 2003 by Dr. Dow
I agree with Dow.
"Single Jig" doesn't means a Jig with no repeats. It is a sort of
( mysterious ) 12/8 jig.
# Posted on May 12th 2003 by gian marco
Single jig
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1199
That is (maybe) a single Jig
# Posted on May 12th 2003 by gian marco
It is unusual for a jig to be made up of 8-bar strains rather than 16-bar strains (or 8 bars repeated). Perhaps it was orginally used as a march rather than a dance tune - or more likely, given the title, a song.
# Posted on May 13th 2003 by CreadurMawnOrganig
It's the usual thing (like the word "set") -- the word "single" can mean two different things. "Single" may mean as Trevor was using it, no repeats, or "Single" may mean as Mark was using it, as a type of jig.
By the way, stepdancers still dance single jigs, it's one of the dances considered more traditional (Helen Brennan thinks it's the descendant of the moneen jig) and is usually danced by beginner/novice/sometimes prizewinner dancers, but not by champions.
Zina
# Posted on May 13th 2003 by Zina Lee
Single Jigs
I think a single jig is defined as having a |1-3 4-6|1-3 4-6| (Humpty Dumpty|Humpty Dumpty) count instead of the double jigs |123 456|123 456| (Liverpool Everton|Liverpool Everton)
# Posted on May 21st 2003 by Alancorsini
If "Humpty Dumpty|Humpty Dupty" is a single jig, and "Liverpool Everton|Liverpool Everton" is a duoble jig,
what's "Humpty Dumpty Set On The Wall" ?
# Posted on May 21st 2003 by gian marco
Bring Back The Child
This jig can be played as a round, in canon with itself. The second player starts two bars after the first. It works well.
Trevor
# Posted on March 2nd 2004 by Trevor Jennings