Key signature: Cmajor
Submitted on March 21st 2010 by Cockie.
This tune has been added to 10 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Keep The Old Ark Rolling
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: slide
K: Cmaj
|: G3 G2 A G2 F E2 F | G2 c c2 B c3 c2 d | e2 g g2 e d2 f e2 d | c2 e d2 c A2 B c2 A |
G3 G2 A G2 F E2 F | G2 c c2 B c3 c2 d | e2 g g2 e d2 f e2 d | c6 A6 |
G3 G2 A G2 F E2 F | G2 c c2 B c3 c2 d | e2 g g2 e d2 f e2 d | c2 e d2 c A2 B c2 A |
G3 G2 A G2 F E2 F | G2 c c2 B c3 c2 d | e2 g g2 e d2 f e2 d | c3 c2 B c2 d e2 f |
g2 e c2 e g2 e g2 e | f2 e f2 g a3 g2 f | e2 g g2 e d2 f e2 d | c2 e d2 c A2 B c2 A |
G3 G2 A G2 F E2 F | G2 c c2 B c3 c2 d | e2 g g2 e d2 f e2 d | c3 c2 B c2 d e2 f |
g2 e c2 e g2 e g2 e | f2 e f2 g a3 g2 f | e2 g g2 e d2 f e2 d | c2 e d2 c A2 B c2 A |
G3 G2 A G2 F E2 F | G2 c c2 B c3 c2 d | e2 g g2 e d2 f e2 d | c6 A6 :|
Tempo
This one is played very fast: about 280 beats/minute for a quarter note.
# Posted on March 21st 2010 by Cockie
This isn't a slide...
# Posted on March 21st 2010 by ceolachan
Using this notation with adjustments ~
X: 1
T: Keep The Old Ark Rolling ~ & other names
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: ~
K: Cmaj
|: G2 G>A G>FE>F | G>cc>B c2 c>d |
e>gg>e d>fe>d |[1 c>ed>c A>Bc>A |[2 c4 c4 :|
g>ec>e g>eg>e | f>ef>g a2 g>f |
e>gg>e d>fe>d | c>ed>c A>Bc>A |
G2 G>A G>FE>F | G>cc>B c2 c>d |
e>gg>e d>fe>d | c2 c>B c4 |]
# Posted on March 21st 2010 by ceolachan
Nobody notice......?
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/651
I quite like it, but it's a duplication , for sure.
# Posted on March 21st 2010 by Kenny
"The Boys of Bluehill" ~ all in the family
Yes, the American breakdown version of "The Boys of Bluehill", but not a slide... Thanks Kenny. I was getting there. I was just trying to find a transcription of the breakdown. Considering it follows "The Tennessee Waltz" on the album is it any wonder...
# Posted on March 21st 2010 by ceolachan
"Keep the Old Ark Rolling" / "The Twin Sisters"
X: 1
T: Keep the Old Ark Rolling
T: Keep the Ark Moving
T: Keep the Ark a Movin'
T: Old Ark's a Movin', The
T: Twin Sisters, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: breakdown
K: DMaj
|: B |\
AFDF A3 A | BABd e2 de | fedf e2 fe | dfed B2 dB |
AFDF AA-AA | BABd e2 de | fe d2- de fe | d2 dc B3 :|
|: f |\
a2 af a2 a/a/a | fe-ef a2- ad | faaf e2 fe | dfed B3 f |
affg a2 ad | feef a2 ag | faaf e/e/e fe | d2 dc d3 :|
# Posted on March 21st 2010 by ceolachan
"Twin Sisters" ~ another transcription can be found here ~
"Fiddle Tunes I Learned at the Tractor Tavern"
Gene Silberberg , 2002; pg. 160, as "Twin Sisters"...
# Posted on March 21st 2010 by ceolachan
"Keep The Old Ark Rolling" ~ flattening this transcription out
X: 1
T: Keep The Old Ark Rolling ~ & other names
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: breakdown
K: Cmaj
G2 GA GFEF | GccB c2 cd | egge dfed | c>ed>c A>Bc>A |
G2 GA GFEF | GccB c2 cd | egge dfed | c4 c4 |
G2 GA GFEF | GccB c2 cd | egge dfed | c>ed>c A>Bc>A |
G2 GA GFEF | GccB c2 cd | egge dfed | c2 CB cdef ||
gece gege | fefg a2 gf | egge dfed | cedc ABcA |
G2 GA GFEF | GccB c2 cd | egge dfed | c2 cB cdef |
gece gege | fefg a2 gf | egge dfed | cedc ABcA |
G2 GA GFEF | GccB c2 cd | egge dfed | c4 c4 |]
# Posted on March 21st 2010 by ceolachan
& a step further, while I'm at it ~
X: 1
T: Keep The Old Ark Rolling ~ & other names
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: breakdown
K: Cmaj
|: G2 GA GFEF | GccB c2 cd | egge dfed | cedc ABcA |
G2 GA GFEF | GccB c2 cd | egge dfed |[1 c4 c4 :|[2 c2 cB cdef ||
|: gece gege | fefg a2 gf | egge dfed | cedc ABcA |
G2 GA GFEF | GccB c2 cd | egge dfed |[1 c2 cB cdef :|[2 c4 c4 |]
K: DMaj
|: A2 AB AGFG | Addc d2 de | faaf egfe | dfed BcdB |
A2 AB AGFG | Addc d2 de | faaf egfe |[1 d4 d4 :|[2 d2 dc defg ||
|: afdf afaf | gfga b2 ag | faaf egfe | dfed BcdB |
A2 AB AGFG | Addc d2 de | faaf egfe |[1 d2 dc defg :|[2 d4 d4 |]
# Posted on March 21st 2010 by ceolachan
Mea culpa for seeing potential flings behind every flutter of curtain or skirt.
# Posted on March 21st 2010 by ceolachan
That last version is much better than mine, indeed... sorry, I'l still a beginner :D
# Posted on April 24th 2010 by Cockie