Briggs' Corn Shuckin' Jig
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Briggs Corn Shuckin' Jig" is an early example of a stroke style / minstrel style banjo<br> tune. It was printed in Briggs' Banjo Instructor that was published in 1855 by<br> Oliver Ditson & Co. in Boston. It is not known whether the tune was a plantation tune<br> appropriated by Thomas Briggs or was composed by him.<br> In 19th-century America, the jig was the name adopted for a form of step dancing developed<br> by enslaved African-Americans and later adopted by minstrel show performers. Danced to<br> five-string banjo or fiddle tunes in 2/2 or 2/4 time played at 120 - 144 bpm, the<br> minstrel jig (also called the "straight jig" to distinguish it from Irish dances) was<br> characterized by syncopated rhythm and eccentric movements.<br> The parts are played AABBCC repeated for the duration of the dance and ending with part D<br> which is really another part A with no repeat.<br> The standard notation version is adapted from the banjo tab version that I picked up at<br> Midwest Banjo Camp. Briggs' book was published before the invention of banjo tab so all of<br> the tunes were written in standard notation but I have streamlined the banjo version a little<br> to make a fiddle / mandolin version.<br>
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