Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on January 22nd 2009 by CTick.
This tune has been added to 8 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Shetland Jumper
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
|:DDD EFA|BGB dcB|Acd FGA|EA,B, CB,A,|
[1DDD EFA|BGd cAe|dBf baf|eAB {B}cBA:|
[2B,DF Bdf|baf eac'|e'b^g ef^g|aAB {B}cBA||
|:Bdf bc'd'|aAB cBA|Bdf d'c'b|abc' ecA|dfb aca|
gBg fAf|1eGe dFc|[B3F3] [B2F2]A:|2e^Gd cEB|Aed cBA||
Shetland Jumper
This is a beautiful little jig written by Boston mandolin/guitar whiz and Berklee College of Music prof John McGann. It can be found on his 1995 solo album "Upslide" which was put out on Green Linnet. John played guitar on a great Celtic Fiddle Festival album from 1992 with Kevin Burke, Johnny Cunningham, and Christian LeMaitre.
I've been playing this tune for years and decided it should meet a wider audience.
The upper octave stuff in the B section will be a bit tricky for flutes and fiddles, but is a great workout for fretted instruments!
# Posted on January 22nd 2009 by CTick
And John did give permission for this tune to be uploaded! A reminder that it's © 1987 John McGann Arbor Vitae/ASCAP.
Cheers...
# Posted on January 22nd 2009 by CTick
what a great tune! Thanks for the post.
# Posted on January 23rd 2009 by jasbas
Notation tweak
The sheet music image isn't quite clear in one spot.
In the third bar of the A section second ending. the first note should be high E (e') with three ledger lines. It sort of comes out looking like a D.
# Posted on January 26th 2009 by CTick