Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on August 8th 2006 by ceolachan.
This tune has been added to 9 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: New Brunswick, The
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: slide
K: Gmaj
|: g | b2 g dcB cBA f2 g | agf e2 f g2 B d2 g |
b2 g d2 B cBA f2 g | fed cBA G3 G2 :|
|: c | B2 c dcB cBA f2 g | agf e2 f g2 B d2 c |
B2 c d2 B cBA f2 g | fed cBA G3 G2 :|
"The New Brunswick Jig / Slide" ~ simple and sweet
I love this tune, it is a joy ~ simple, straight forward and sweet, and it comes from New Brunswick. If anyone out there has another name for it or further information I'd be pleased to know. This transcript is based on the playing of the New Brunswick fiddler Gerry Robichaud with little fiddling on my part...
# Posted on August 8th 2006 by ceolachan
Good tune! Do you think the original was 12/8?
I heard a record of Ned Landry "Playing Off She Goes" with the great title, "Off She Goes To Miramichi" It scans so well.
# Posted on August 8th 2006 by McMandolin
As often happens with older tunes, including slides and the whole family of single jigs, they were written out as 6/8, but I feel the modern practice of writing out some of these tunes in 12/8, such as slides, where the phrasing is strongly supported by that structure, is a good way to write and display them, so I've gone for that modern take on it for this lovely Canadian single jig ~ which flies beautifully as a slide too... Gerry Robishaud's fiddling supports that decision as well...
I'd love for you to transcribe that take on "Off She Goes" for us all and put it in the comments for that tune, or if it is drastically different enter it anew. I'd love to see it and give it a try... Let me know if you do it...
# Posted on August 8th 2006 by ceolachan