Key signature: Bminor
Submitted on December 11th 2009 by birlibirdie.
This tune has been added to 21 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Slow Train, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Bmin
e|:f2B B/c/de|fgf fec|AAA cde|faf gfe|
f2B B/c/de|fgf fec|AAA cde|1edc Bga:|2edc dBA||
GGG dAG|ABc eBA|GGG dAG|Aed egf|
GGG dAG|ABc ega|f/g/ff gfg|1agf gfd:|2agf gf||
The Slow Train
composed by Jarlath Henderson
Features on his debut cd with Ross Ainslie.
An interesting tune made to fit the Scottish Pipes range.
The drone sounds "B", not "A" here. With a dip down to that minor 6th.
I know few other tunes using that modal range. I'll post more later (or more links) when I remember.
# Posted on December 11th 2009 by birlibirdie
Train theme...
It's interesting to see how some of these 'train themed' tunes make use of either jig or reel time depending on the experience...
(enter 'train' in the tunes searchbox to see more, they're worth while!)
# Posted on December 11th 2009 by birlibirdie
...or 'railway' etc...
# Posted on December 11th 2009 by birlibirdie
Go to: An Dro Pitaouer
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/10122
for similar 'minor 6th dip' contour...
# Posted on December 17th 2009 by birlibirdie
In a funny mode
Stuart Morrison's famous reel: Maggie's Pancakes is another example of a Bminor tune that covers the full Scottish Pipe range, using to great effect the lower minor 6th (low G)http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1316
# Posted on April 10th 2010 by birlibirdie
A 'Heart sink sixth'
Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin' s version of Is Fada an Lá (heard on her CD An Dealg Óir) has a beautiful 'dip to the minor 6th cadence' in it.
Apologies for making it sound so 'technical'. I actually lack the term for it, if there's one.
# Posted on April 16th 2010 by birlibirdie
'plagal minor 6th' perhaps? Anyhow, it's beautiful!
# Posted on April 16th 2010 by birlibirdie
Latest addition to this family of tunes (Modal kin as opposed to Melodic kin):
The Battle Of Falkirk Muir's March (barndance)
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/10431
# Posted on April 19th 2010 by birlibirdie
Perhaps I was too eager to add another 'plagal minor 6th' to my list there: I realised that the unusual feature in Fada an Lá (see above) is a 'plagal dorian 6th cadence' not an eolian one. And it none the plainer for it.
# Posted on April 20th 2010 by birlibirdie