PIVOT BRIG, THE. AKA and see "Teviot Bridge." Irish, Jig. A Major. Standard. AABB. A garbled titling of the Scottish tune "Teviot Bridge." Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 70.
TEVIOT BRIDGE/BRIG. AKA - "Teviot/Tiviot Jig." Scottish (originally), Canadian; Jig. Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. G Major (Skye): A Major (Athole, Gow, Hunter, Kerr, Neil, Perlman, Phillips, Sweet). Standard. AB (Neil): AAB (Athole, Gow, Hunter): ABB (Skye): AABB (Kerr, Phillips, Sweet): AA'BB (Cranford/Fitzgerald): AA'BB' (Perlman). Composed by Alexander Givan (1752-1803) of Kelso, where the Teviot Bridge is located. The tune has been associated with a particular country dance. Sources for notated versions: Ron West (Vt.) [Phillips]; Gus Longaphie (b. 1914, Little Harbor, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island; now resident of Souris) [Perlman]; Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]. Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 70 (appears as "The Pivot Brig"). Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 173, pg. 69. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 4, 1817; pg. 24. Hunter (The Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 304. Jarman (Old Time Fiddlin' Tunes), No. or pg. 16. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 1; pg. 31. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 176. Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 27, pg. 36. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 141. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 2, 1995; pg. 381 (appears as "Teviot Jig"). Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 134. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 27. Celestial Entertainment CECS001, Brenda Stubbert (Cape Breton) - "In Jig Time!" (1995). Fretless 132, "Ron West: Vermont Fiddler."
T:Teviot Bridge
L:1/8
M:6/8
R:Jig
B:The Athole Collection
K:A Major
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TIVIOT JIG. AKA and see "Teviot Brig."