Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on March 16th 2006 by ceolachan.
This tune has been added to 14 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Joanie's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
|: A |\
DEF EE/F/G | FAd fdf | gec ABc | dAG FGE |
DEF EFG | FAd f3 | gec A>Bc | d3- d2 :|
|: g |\
f3 g3 | afd def | gec A2 c | dAG F2 A |
f^ef ge/f/g | afd d2 f | gec AA/B/c | d3- d2 :|
"Joanie's Jig"
"The Portland Collection: Contra Dance Music in the Pacific Northwest"
Susan Songer & Clyde Curley, 1997
ISBN: 0-9657476-0-3
http://www.theportlandcollection.com/
Notes, page 250:
"Joanie's Jig ~ This is one of the 'solidest' dance jigs I know, written by Nancy Martin of Vancouver, Washington. Nancy and Bill Martin have been playing music together, in bands (including 'Spud Mountain'), and with friends for years, focusing mostly on old-time music. They host(ed) a monthly jam session at their home, with Nancy's fiddle and banjo and Bill's guitar right at the center of things. They are among the stalwarts of the traditional music scene in the greater Portland-Vancouver area (Pacific Northwest)."
& from "The Fiddler's Companion" ~ Andrew Kuntz
“Joanie’s Jig”
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/JOA_JOG.htm
" ~ the jig was composed for - Joan Hathaway, who played piano and whistle in various bands with the Martins."
A loss to many, Nancy died from cancer this Autumn, 2005, a result of that addiction that many are damned with, tobacco. She is still there with some of us being a pest when we step out of line and I an hear her swearin' now and telling me to lay off...
Here's some of her inspiration as it had it's way with me:
"Wakin' Nancy"
jig
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5147
"Dancin' Nancy"
mazurka
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4503
# Posted on March 16th 2006 by ceolachan
I had to give this some time, first seeking the OK to post it. Bill Martin survives Nancy and carries on the tradition. His website is a pleasant pastime and if you're in the area there are some great sessions and dances to take in, something for just about anyone...
http://www.bubbaguitar.com/
# Posted on March 16th 2006 by ceolachan
Oops! ~ almost forgot the other way with it ~
I gave this as it came to me just now, but there are simpler and different versions you'll find in the before mentioned collection and various others online in ABC format, etc. Here's another take of it:
|: DEF E2 G | FAd f2 a | gec ABc | d>AG F2 E
DEF EFG | FAd fga | gec A>Bc | d3 d3 :|
|: f3 g3 | afd def | gec A2 c | dAG F2 d |
fef gfg | afd d2 f | gec A>Bc | dAF D2 z :|
# Posted on March 16th 2006 by ceolachan
Correction, all of the "Joanie's Jig" abc's and dots I checked online were actually for the Bob McQuillen tune...not nearly as nice as Nancy's...
# Posted on March 16th 2006 by ceolachan
http://www.bubbaguitar.com/nancy/
# Posted on March 17th 2006 by ceolachan
More often than not, that fifth bar of the B-part of this tune I do a bit of microtonal ticklin', loosely something like this, with the fifth note, *f , being between an f# and a g natural:
| ^f=f^f g*fg |
# Posted on March 17th 2006 by ceolachan
I've started playing this one like this:
X: 1
T: Joanie's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
DEF EFG|FAd ~f3|gec Ace|dAG FGE|
DEF EFG|FAd ~f3|gec ABc|1 edc dAF:|2 edc d2g||
|:~f3 ~g3|afd Adf|gec Ace|dAG FAd|
fdf gb^g|afd Adf|gec ABc|1 edc d2g:|2 edc dAF||
And then it transformed itself into a reel http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6053.
# Posted on August 2nd 2006 by Dr. Dow
"Joanie's Jig" ~ some other ways with it
~ I tend to play it with a second ending...
X: 4
T: Joanie's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
|: A |\
DEF EFG | FAd f2 f | gec ABc | dAG FGE |
D2 F EE/F/G | FAd f^ef | gec ABc | d3 d2 :|
|: g |\
f3 g3 | afd def | gec ABc | dAG FED |
f^ef ge/f/g | afd def | gec AA/B/c | d3- d2 :|
X: 5
T: Joanie's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
|: A |\
DEF EFG | FAd f2 f | gec ABc | dAG FGE |
D2 F E2 G | FAd f^ef | gec ABc | d3 d2 :|
|: g |\
f3 g3 | afd def | gec ABc |
[1 dAG FED | f^ef ge/f/g | afd d2 f | gec AA/B/c | d3 d2 :|
[2 dAG FGE | DEF E2 G | FAd f2 a | gec ABc | d3- d2 |]
There are dots to find here for another take on it:
http://homepage.mac.com/richard_l_boyce/Joanie's%20Jig.pdf
# Posted on April 1st 2009 by ceolachan