Snappin' Bug
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Snappin' Bug" is an American reel in 4/4 time and D major.<br> Samuel Bayard believed that this tune was inspired by a well-known hymn tune "Happy Land".<br> The first parts are different, the similarity is in the second parts.<br> He also thought that "John Brown's March" was derivative of the same tune.<br> You can accompany this tune with one chord.<br> A snapping bug is also known as a click beetle (Elateridae), which uses a special peg-like<br> structure on their underside to force a quick snapping action between the front and hind<br> body sections. This causes the beetle to jump, producing a violent "click" that can bounce<br> the beetle into the air. Clicking is mainly used to avoid predation, although it is also<br> useful when the beetle is on its back and needs to right itself.<br> There is also an unrelated American minstrel tune in 2/4 time and A Major called "The<br> Snapping Bug" that was composed by George W. Allen and appears in his late 19th century<br> music copybook of original compositions. <br> This tune was printed in Bayard's Dance to the Fiddle (1981).<br>
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