Key signature: Bminor
Submitted on February 9th 2010 by JosephC.
This tune has been added to 15 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Heartbreak Hill
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Bmin
|:FBd def|edB ~B2A|GBd def|afe dBA|
|EGB def|edB ~B2d|ede f2d|1~B3 BAG:|2~B3 BAF||
|:~B3 BAb-|b2a- a2B|B2A a2f-|f2a agf|
|~e3 edB|~e3 edB|1DEG ABd|~e3 d2c:|2DEG edA|~B3 BAG||
This tune, written by Brian Finnegan, has been around for a little while now... I've been meaning to learn it, but all those Flook clips just went by too fast to catch what was going on. If I've made a mistake though, either figure it out yourself, or let me know before it changes, please...
The B part of this tune, I think, is amazingly cool as opposed to most attempts at syncopation. However, it was also mind-numbing to me trying to get it transcribed right. It's probably wrong still anyhow.
Flook plays it on an A whistle, putting it in the key of F#minor, and they play it in a set after Mist-Covered Mountain and before another of Brian's tunes, The Cunning Runnings.
# Posted on February 9th 2010 by JosephC
Have you got a link? YouTube or something? Or is there a particular album it's on?
I know I've heard it before, I just can't remember where (which probably means YouTube). It's a brilliant tune!
# Posted on February 9th 2010 by Joe CSS
They never recorded this set, unfortunately.
Here's one of the better quality recordings I've found though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt3A_pIknY0
# Posted on February 9th 2010 by JosephC
Fixed the abcs in the B part a bit...
# Posted on March 3rd 2010 by JosephC