| Title | The Happy Mistake | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alternate titles | Jackson's Mistake The Best in the Bag The Munster Jig | |||
| Composer | Traditional Irish | |||
| Instrumentation | Flute solo |     | ||
| Key | G major | |||
| Range | D4–A5 | |||
| Time signature | 6/8 | |||
| Tempo | 100 BPM | |||
| Performance time | 0:40 | |||
| Difficulty level | easy | |||
| Download printable score | PDF Sheet Music (46 kB) (preview) | |||
| Download audio tracks | MIDI (change tempo/key) MP3 (325 kB) | |||
| Date added | 2022-09-29 | |||
| Last updated | 2022-09-29 | |||
| Download popularity index |    0.2 (not so popular) | |||
| Categories |
Jigs, Traditional/Folk | |||
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The first known appearance of “The Happy Mistake” is in the first volume of O'Farrell's Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes, published in 1806. The melody is however similar to “Jackson's Bottle of Claret”, which is at least a decade older.
