I've a friend looking for Bm jigs. Now, if we can avoid the whole issue of B dorian and B minor for the moment and accept either have you any favorites you can share with her? I must admit I came up with only a couple really dull ones...
Me too. Thanks Jim. Your ABC version above had me a bit baffled till I moved the second part left one note, putting the ^c where the z is. I hope that's right.
gam -
Yeah sorry I done it myself - lol...
At first I thought this tune was about a Quay on the Aaron Islands, but the I was told its about - Aaron Quay, Dublin, on the North Side of the River (Liffey)
So I now a now sure which way its spelled.. I Reckon you guys got it right !
jim,,,
Isn't Muireann's Jig more Em-ish? I've always thought so.
If you enjoy pain and suffering, try Last Tango in Harris. It's actually fine until the last part. Then it's not fine, unless you play the Highland pipes. I'm sure it's perfectly reasonable on them.
I have a question: of all those B minor jigs that come up when you do a search, how many are old traditional Irish tunes? That is, not modern composed tunes, or Scottish or Cape Breton etc tunes?
In traditional Scottish Highland piping 100% of the true minor jigs are in B minor, because that's the only place on the bagpipe you get a full minor scale. (Yes you can get a Dorian scale on E. Yes nowadays pipers are using alternate fingerings and playing tunes in A minor and D minor, but I'm talking about traditional Highland piping.)
B minor Jigs
B minor Jigs
I've a friend looking for Bm jigs. Now, if we can avoid the whole issue of B dorian and B minor for the moment and accept either have you any favorites you can share with her? I must admit I came up with only a couple really dull ones...
Thanks.
# Posted on February 17th 2011 by cboody
Re: B minor Jigs
Kevin Burke's "Up in the Air"
# Posted on February 17th 2011 by Will Harmon
Re: B minor Jigs
Thanks Will. Still early there isn't it?!
# Posted on February 17th 2011 by cboody
Re: B minor Jigs
Banks of Lough Gowna.
# Posted on February 17th 2011 by John Culhane
Re: B minor Jigs
Even though this says Dmaj, I think it is Bmin. Maggie's Pancakes is a great one, especially on fiddle. http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1316
# Posted on February 17th 2011 by pipersgrip
Re: B minor Jigs
oops, I am sorry. You said jigs, not reels.
# Posted on February 17th 2011 by pipersgrip
Re: B minor Jigs
Early? Yes, like 1957.
Joe Derrane's is a great jig, in Bm.
# Posted on February 17th 2011 by Will Harmon
Re: B minor Jigs
1957...that explains a great deal about Montana politics
I should have thought of Joe Derraine's even though I don't play it.
# Posted on February 17th 2011 by cboody
Re: B minor Jigs
Use the search function of this site. Don't type a name, just select 'jigs' and 'B minor' and there you are.
# Posted on February 17th 2011 by Henk Bos
Re: B minor Jigs
The Soup Dragon.
# Posted on February 17th 2011 by Alasdair Paul
Re: B minor Jigs
Morgan Rattler and The Cordal Jig.
(These are really variations of the same tune.)
# Posted on February 17th 2011 by nicholas
Re: B minor Jigs
I agree - KB's "Up in the air" is a nice one. I also like Sharon Shannon's
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1839
# Posted on February 17th 2011 by domhnall.
Re: B minor Jigs
One I like to play in that key of B minor is this one - jim,,,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neSuSKKxl1w
X:22
T:ARONS QUEY
C:MAURICE LENNON ?
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Bm
|FBB Bcd |cAA ABc |dBB Bcd |edc dcB |FBB Bcd|cAA ABc|dcd ede|fBB B2z:|
|^cdA Ade|^feA Aa2|g^fg^fB^c|d^cB ^cAB|cBA B^cB|cdc de2|zfe dAB|^cdB BB2:|
# Posted on February 17th 2011 by FIDDLE4
Re: B minor Jigs
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/10466
Fantastic Michael McGoldrick tune!
# Posted on February 17th 2011 by DADdyGADdy
Re: B minor Jigs
Any tune in a minor key???
# Posted on February 17th 2011 by harmonic miner
Re: B minor Jigs
aaron's key is one of my favourite one!
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2266
# Posted on February 17th 2011 by RoLuPiN
Re: B minor Jigs
I'll second Aaron's Key. Just learned it off youtube from our very own Fiddle4,,, Jim,,,,
# Posted on February 17th 2011 by rogfox
Re: B minor Jigs
Muireann's jig by Niall Vallely
# Posted on February 17th 2011 by I ♥ Dow
Re: B minor Jigs
Me too. Thanks Jim. Your ABC version above had me a bit baffled till I moved the second part left one note, putting the ^c where the z is. I hope that's right.
# Posted on February 17th 2011 by gam
Re: B minor Jigs
gam -
Yeah sorry I done it myself - lol...
At first I thought this tune was about a Quay on the Aaron Islands, but the I was told its about - Aaron Quay, Dublin, on the North Side of the River (Liffey)
So I now a now sure which way its spelled.. I Reckon you guys got it right !
jim,,,
jim,,,
# Posted on February 17th 2011 by FIDDLE4
Re: B minor Jigs
The Poetic Milkman, by Ian Hardie I believe.
http://www.twistywillow.co.nz/images/Poetic%20Milkman.pdf
# Posted on February 18th 2011 by anastasiadesroches
Re: B minor Jigs
Isn't Muireann's Jig more Em-ish? I've always thought so.
If you enjoy pain and suffering, try Last Tango in Harris. It's actually fine until the last part. Then it's not fine, unless you play the Highland pipes. I'm sure it's perfectly reasonable on them.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6124
# Posted on February 18th 2011 by DrSilverSpear
Re: B minor Jigs
I have a question: of all those B minor jigs that come up when you do a search, how many are old traditional Irish tunes? That is, not modern composed tunes, or Scottish or Cape Breton etc tunes?
In traditional Scottish Highland piping 100% of the true minor jigs are in B minor, because that's the only place on the bagpipe you get a full minor scale. (Yes you can get a Dorian scale on E. Yes nowadays pipers are using alternate fingerings and playing tunes in A minor and D minor, but I'm talking about traditional Highland piping.)
# Posted on February 18th 2011 by Richard D Cook