This jig is the third tune on the second cut of Live at West Mabou. It is preceded by Miss Ogilvy of Isla Banks and Scotty Fitzgerald's and followed by the Tenpenny Bit. Any ideas?
X: 71
T: ?
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
Q: 3/8=126
R: jig
K: A
GF|EFE E z c|BAc BAF|EFE E z C|B,CB, B,CD|
EFE E z c|BAc BAF|EFA BAB|cAA A:|
cd|ece ece|fdf fdf|ece edc|BcB Bcd|
eag fec|Bac BAF|EFA BAB|cAA A:|
The first three bars of the B part are the same as "Haste to the Wedding" but that's a pretty common pattern. The second half of the B part also sounds very familiar but the A part is nothing like I've heard before.
I'd agree that it's a version of Haste to the Wedding. Slightly different setting than I play, but really not that different. I think the tune is usually played in G, so maybe your ears are deceiving you a bit since the version you've transcribed is in A? Definitely Haste to the Wedding though as far as I can tell.
Jason G - are you sure it's usually in G? I know it in D (as it is posted in the tunes section here). Playing it in G would either playing down on the G-string a lot or venturing into higher positions (on fiddle, mandolin etc.). Either way it wouldn't sit easily on flute, pipes etc.
I agree. Haste to the Wedding is in D. The version on thesession is pretty much the same as the version I play. This jig is definitely in A. It may be like Haste to the Wedding to some ears but not particularly to mine. I know Howie MacDonald tends to radically alter tunes (or maybe they are Cape Breton settings) but I can't see him ditching the minor seventh jump from the fifth to the fourth (A up to G in Dmajor, E up to D in Amajor) in the first bar.
"...I can't see him ditching the minor seventh jump from the fifth to the fourth..."
Why not? It's only one note. You could well be right in saying that it's a Cape Breton setting - it has something distinctly Scottish about it. On a second look, it does differ quite significantly from the comkmon setting of Haste to the Wedding, but I still think it is unmistakeably a very close relative. It might well have another title. It is probably different enough to post as a separate tune - but it would be better to wait until you have a title for it (which was probably the whole point of this thread).
Mmm? You could be right, Spoon. I was never particularly taken with the high G in Haste to the Wedding. Maybe Mr MacDonald felt the same way. And his "Cherish the Ladies" is distinctly different to the version on this site, so it vwouldn't be setting a precedent.
daffyd and spoon, I stand corrected.
I found it in Jerry Holland's first book (he recorded something very similar to this setting in 1976) as Haste to the Wedding. So it is indeed a Cape Breton setting.
I'll post it in the comments for Haste. I'll also post a Cherish the Ladies setting which is even less like the original (but then I've yet to see two settings of that that are the same).
What's this jig called?
What's this jig called?
This jig is the third tune on the second cut of Live at West Mabou. It is preceded by Miss Ogilvy of Isla Banks and Scotty Fitzgerald's and followed by the Tenpenny Bit. Any ideas?
X: 71
T: ?
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
Q: 3/8=126
R: jig
K: A
GF|EFE E z c|BAc BAF|EFE E z C|B,CB, B,CD|
EFE E z c|BAc BAF|EFA BAB|cAA A:|
cd|ece ece|fdf fdf|ece edc|BcB Bcd|
eag fec|Bac BAF|EFA BAB|cAA A:|
# Posted on January 22nd 2007 by DonaldK
Re: What's this jig called?
It could be a version of Haste To The Wedding.
# Posted on January 22nd 2007 by dafydd
Re: What's this jig called?
The first three bars of the B part are the same as "Haste to the Wedding" but that's a pretty common pattern. The second half of the B part also sounds very familiar but the A part is nothing like I've heard before.
# Posted on January 22nd 2007 by DonaldK
Re: What's this jig called?
I'd agree that it's a version of Haste to the Wedding. Slightly different setting than I play, but really not that different. I think the tune is usually played in G, so maybe your ears are deceiving you a bit since the version you've transcribed is in A? Definitely Haste to the Wedding though as far as I can tell.
# Posted on January 22nd 2007 by Jason G
Re: What's this jig called?
I would definitely agree that it's Haste to the Wedding. DonaldK - You could post your version in the comments for the original posting:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/582
Jason G - are you sure it's usually in G? I know it in D (as it is posted in the tunes section here). Playing it in G would either playing down on the G-string a lot or venturing into higher positions (on fiddle, mandolin etc.). Either way it wouldn't sit easily on flute, pipes etc.
# Posted on January 22nd 2007 by granama
Re: What's this jig called?
I agree. Haste to the Wedding is in D. The version on thesession is pretty much the same as the version I play. This jig is definitely in A. It may be like Haste to the Wedding to some ears but not particularly to mine. I know Howie MacDonald tends to radically alter tunes (or maybe they are Cape Breton settings) but I can't see him ditching the minor seventh jump from the fifth to the fourth (A up to G in Dmajor, E up to D in Amajor) in the first bar.
# Posted on January 22nd 2007 by DonaldK
Re: What's this jig called?
What do the "z"s in the ABC mean?
- Chris
# Posted on January 22nd 2007 by ramblingpitchfork
What do the "z"s in the ABC mean?
rest
# Posted on January 22nd 2007 by Tigermoth
Re: What's this jig called?
"...I can't see him ditching the minor seventh jump from the fifth to the fourth..."
Why not? It's only one note. You could well be right in saying that it's a Cape Breton setting - it has something distinctly Scottish about it. On a second look, it does differ quite significantly from the comkmon setting of Haste to the Wedding, but I still think it is unmistakeably a very close relative. It might well have another title. It is probably different enough to post as a separate tune - but it would be better to wait until you have a title for it (which was probably the whole point of this thread).
# Posted on January 22nd 2007 by granama
Re: What's this jig called?
Thanks Tigermoth. I was wondering if there was some hidden fret available only to the inner circle.
- Chris
# Posted on January 22nd 2007 by ramblingpitchfork
Re: What's this jig called?
Mmm? You could be right, Spoon. I was never particularly taken with the high G in Haste to the Wedding. Maybe Mr MacDonald felt the same way. And his "Cherish the Ladies" is distinctly different to the version on this site, so it vwouldn't be setting a precedent.
# Posted on January 22nd 2007 by DonaldK
Re: What's this jig called?
Was just shooting off the hip with the key reference. G, D, whatever. Just knew that it wasn't normally A
# Posted on January 23rd 2007 by Jason G
Re: What's this jig called?
daffyd and spoon, I stand corrected.
I found it in Jerry Holland's first book (he recorded something very similar to this setting in 1976) as Haste to the Wedding. So it is indeed a Cape Breton setting.
I'll post it in the comments for Haste. I'll also post a Cherish the Ladies setting which is even less like the original (but then I've yet to see two settings of that that are the same).
# Posted on January 23rd 2007 by DonaldK
Re: What's this jig called?
Sorry dafydd.
# Posted on January 23rd 2007 by DonaldK