This might be a first for me, as I usually pour over all possible resources to untie my brain and turn misfiring into making connections. In this case I might be giving in to lazyness, or it may be that after a number of attempts at slapping myself of clobbering my head with a large book, "Wood Identification & Use", I haven't pulled out a result ~ a name for this jig that has been a constant companion since early this morning ~
K: AMix
|: A2 A ABA | ABA AE^G | A2 A ABA | GDG BGD |
A2 A ABA | ABA Aef | gag gfe | dBG GDG :|
|: A2 a aea | aea aec | A2 a aef | gaf gdB |
[1 A2 a aea | aea aef | gag gfe | dBG GBg :|
[2 A2 a aba | aec aef | g/a/ba gdg | Bge dcd |]
Maybe it's just the usual and constant inspiration that bubbles regularly to the surface from the rich loam of tradition and a life long love affair, but I have a mild niggle that I learned it from a piper, possibly. Whatever the origins, it would be good to have a name for it, if possible...
Well, while i await a possible revelation for the above melody, why not go sideways on my own thread? ~
Has anyone considered turning "Cloch na Ceithre Mhile" / "The Four Mile Post", ol' Arthur Darley's inspiration ~ http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/989
~ into a jig? Go on, you know you want to give it a go, low or high. So, to get you all started, if you're unable to answer the above plea, here's a quick and sloppy first attempt at it ~
K: ADor
|: A2 e AeA | Age dBA | GB/A/G dBA | GBB GdB |
AeA A2 B | cAG A^GA | cAG AEA | GDB GB\A\G :|
|: ABA eAA | Aee dBG | AdG eGd | deB GDB |
AEA ABe | AED EAB | cAG AEA | GDB GB\A\G :|
Ugh! What an awful transcription. That B-part is a real mess. More likely my little distraction is a take on this one instead, which should have clicked...
The history behind this is interesting. It was first published by David Glen in Edinburgh around 1900, but he made it out of an old fragment, notated as part of a masque in London in the 1600s. I can't recall the details but the fragment was published in a fairly accessible book on the history of Scottish music, and I know other people tried to make it into a full-length tune independently of Glen because I did myself (before finding Glen's version - mine was crap). It might well be that some of these other versions of the tune come through that history book too,
Scratchin' my head over a sequence of notes ~ :-/
Scratchin' my head over a sequence of notes ~
This might be a first for me, as I usually pour over all possible resources to untie my brain and turn misfiring into making connections. In this case I might be giving in to lazyness, or it may be that after a number of attempts at slapping myself of clobbering my head with a large book, "Wood Identification & Use", I haven't pulled out a result ~ a name for this jig that has been a constant companion since early this morning ~
K: AMix
|: A2 A ABA | ABA AE^G | A2 A ABA | GDG BGD |
A2 A ABA | ABA Aef | gag gfe | dBG GDG :|
|: A2 a aea | aea aec | A2 a aef | gaf gdB |
[1 A2 a aea | aea aef | gag gfe | dBG GBg :|
[2 A2 a aba | aec aef | g/a/ba gdg | Bge dcd |]
Maybe it's just the usual and constant inspiration that bubbles regularly to the surface from the rich loam of tradition and a life long love affair, but I have a mild niggle that I learned it from a piper, possibly. Whatever the origins, it would be good to have a name for it, if possible...
All help, humour or slagging is welcomed...
# Posted on November 14th 2009 by ceolachan
Re: Scratchin' my head over a sequence of notes ~
The second part seems to be from Macs Fancy
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2724
# Posted on November 14th 2009 by bogman
Re: Scratchin' my head over a sequence of notes ~
Yes, I'd gone there... If it helps at all, it came to me in a different key, but the transposition given will fit a wider choice of instruments...
K: DMix
|: D2 D DED | DED DA,^C | D2 D DED | CG,C ECG, |
D2 D DED | DED DAB | cdc cBA | GEC CG,C :| ~
# Posted on November 14th 2009 by ceolachan
Re: Scratchin' my head over a sequence of notes ~
"Mac's Fancy" ~ very, very close on the B-part
|: A2 a aea | aea aec | Ace agf | gdB GAB |
A2 a aea | aea aef | gag gfe |[1 dBG GAB :|[2 dBG GBd |]
It's the A-part I'm most sure about above...
# Posted on November 14th 2009 by ceolachan
Re: Scratchin' my head over a sequence of notes ~
Morecombe and Wise didn't consider it necessary for the notes to be in the right order. If it was ok for them ...
# Posted on November 14th 2009 by Trevor Jennings
Re: Scratchin' my head over a sequence of notes ~
Well, while i await a possible revelation for the above melody, why not go sideways on my own thread? ~
Has anyone considered turning "Cloch na Ceithre Mhile" / "The Four Mile Post", ol' Arthur Darley's inspiration ~
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/989
~ into a jig? Go on, you know you want to give it a go, low or high. So, to get you all started, if you're unable to answer the above plea, here's a quick and sloppy first attempt at it ~
K: ADor
|: A2 e AeA | Age dBA | GB/A/G dBA | GBB GdB |
AeA A2 B | cAG A^GA | cAG AEA | GDB GB\A\G :|
|: ABA eAA | Aee dBG | AdG eGd | deB GDB |
AEA ABe | AED EAB | cAG AEA | GDB GB\A\G :|
Heh, heh, heh ~
# Posted on November 14th 2009 by ceolachan
Re: Scratchin' my head over a sequence of notes ~
FYI
tunepal.org says its this one:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5766
Sounds pretty close to me
Bryan
# Posted on November 16th 2009 by skooter500
Ugh! What an awful transcription. That B-part is a real mess. More likely my little distraction is a take on this one instead, which should have clicked...
"MacDonald Of The Isles March To Harlaw"
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/2724
# Posted on November 16th 2009 by ceolachan
It's something I'd picked up from Cape Breton...
# Posted on November 16th 2009 by ceolachan
How awful things sometimes get to ~
Here's a really awful arrangement for recorder of this tune ~
& mis-titled in a create-your-own way as "Liz's" ~ BLECH! ~
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4704
# Posted on November 16th 2009 by ceolachan
Re: Scratchin' my head over a sequence of notes ~
The history behind this is interesting. It was first published by David Glen in Edinburgh around 1900, but he made it out of an old fragment, notated as part of a masque in London in the 1600s. I can't recall the details but the fragment was published in a fairly accessible book on the history of Scottish music, and I know other people tried to make it into a full-length tune independently of Glen because I did myself (before finding Glen's version - mine was crap). It might well be that some of these other versions of the tune come through that history book too,
# Posted on December 2nd 2009 by Jack Campin