Necessity being the mother of invention and all that, I've searched unsuccessfully for this tune so I ended up having to write it all out so I could see if anyone here knows it---my teacher gave it to me but he can't remember the name. Does anyone know it? If it's really a new tune to this site, I'll submit it to the database---my first contribution! I ran this through the convert-a-tron and checked the sheet notation and most of it is correct except for the last bar in the A part on the second time through---that's supposed to be d2e but I couldn't figure out how to put it in there---thanks for anyone's help!
Kennedy, that's a slide (normally written in 12/8) called Going to the Well for Water. Widely played tune. Find a version of it here: http://thesession.org/tunes/display/455
Cool, thank you! That'll be my first slide. I have a feeling I'm going to get a lot of practice writing out tunes because my teacher doesn't remember names very well...
Where is the best place (web site? book?) to learn the ABC system? I'm new and haven't a clue as to how it works. I looked elsewhere on this site but I must have somehow missed something. I'm used to doing everything by ear, so something written down would be great. Thanks.
my first abc tune
my first abc tune
Necessity being the mother of invention and all that, I've searched unsuccessfully for this tune so I ended up having to write it all out so I could see if anyone here knows it---my teacher gave it to me but he can't remember the name. Does anyone know it? If it's really a new tune to this site, I'll submit it to the database---my first contribution! I ran this through the convert-a-tron and checked the sheet notation and most of it is correct except for the last bar in the A part on the second time through---that's supposed to be d2e but I couldn't figure out how to put it in there---thanks for anyone's help!
|:Aff Aff | Aff fed | Bgg Bgg | Bgg gfe |
cde A2A | ABA a2f | g2f c2e | d3 dcB :|
|: fgf fed | efe edc | ded dcB | cdc cBA |
GBB GBB | FAA FAF | EDE e3 | dcB cd2 :| e |
# Posted on June 30th 2007 by kennedy
Re: my first abc tune
Kennedy, that's a slide (normally written in 12/8) called Going to the Well for Water. Widely played tune. Find a version of it here: http://thesession.org/tunes/display/455
# Posted on June 30th 2007 by Will Harmon
Re: my first abc tune
Cool, thank you! That'll be my first slide. I have a feeling I'm going to get a lot of practice writing out tunes because my teacher doesn't remember names very well...
# Posted on June 30th 2007 by kennedy
Re: my first abc tune
Not a bad way to learn abc notation.
To do "first" and "second" endings to a part, simply do this:
|1 d3 dcB:|2 d3 d2 e||
Leave a space after the number, use a repeat symbol ( : ) in the first bar, and then use double bars || to show the end of the part.
# Posted on June 30th 2007 by Will Harmon
Re: my first abc tune
Where is the best place (web site? book?) to learn the ABC system? I'm new and haven't a clue as to how it works. I looked elsewhere on this site but I must have somehow missed something. I'm used to doing everything by ear, so something written down would be great. Thanks.
# Posted on July 6th 2007 by nolagirl
Re: my first abc tune
Nolagirl,
Go to Google and search "abc notation." The system is very simple and widely used. So, many sites will give you the standard information.
Kedawi
# Posted on July 14th 2007 by kedawi