Sheet Music: Sergeant Stack's Favorite

TitleSergeant Stack's Favorite
ComposerTraditional Irish
InstrumentationFlute solo
KeyA major
RangeD4–B5
Time signature6/8
Tempo96 BPM
Performance time0:50
Difficulty levelintermediate
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Date added2024-09-27
Last updated2024-09-27
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Jigs, Traditional/Folk

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Friday 27 September 2024

Tune of the Day: Sergeant Stack's Favorite

Traditional Irish jig

This lively jig is taken from Francis O'Neill's celebrated collection Music of Ireland, published in Chicago in 1903. The Sergeant Stack of the title was Patrick Stack, who worked together with O'Neill in the Chicago Police force.

Musician and researcher Paul de Grae observes that “the recurring feature of four notes in the time of three is carefully notated, and must have been a prominent feature of Stack's playing”.