Random Notes

jig

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on December 25th 2002 by Dr. Dow.

This tune has been added to 43 tunebooks.

Also known as Random, The Random.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Close To The White Bear by Dave Swarbrick And Simon Nicol
• Debateable Lands by Kathryn Tickell Band
• Double-Barrelled by Kieran O'Hare And John Skelton
• Live At The White Bear by Dave Swarbrick And Simon Nicol
• Northumberland Rant by Various Artists
• Strict Tempo! by Richard Thompson
• The Border Minstrel by Billy Pigg
• The Wansbeck Piper by Pauline Cato
• Tippler's Tales by Fairport Convention
• Traditional Tunes by Alistair Anderson

X: 1
T: Random Notes
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
|:A|~d3 fed|cea ecA|~B3 efg|Bed cBA|dzd fed|cea ecA|BAB efg|Bec d2:|
|:z|DFA FAd|Adf dfa|afa geg|fdf ecA|DFA FAd|Adf dfa|dcB fed|cdB A2:|
|:z|Aaa Bbb|Ggg Aaa|Ddd efg|Bed cBA|Aaa Bbb|Ggg Aaa|Ddd efg|Bec d2:|

Usually known as "The Random Jig", but I prefer to call it by its alternative title. Thought to have been composed by 19th century fiddler James Hill. He was born in Scotland (Dundee I think), but spent most of his life in Tyneside, so his tunes (many of which are hornpipes) became part of the Northumbrian tradition.

# Posted on December 25th 2002 by Dr. Dow

This was posted in response to a recent thread entitled "POXY MELODY PLAYERS", in which there was a discussion about the fact that a bunch of random notes does not constitute a tune.

# Posted on December 25th 2002 by Dr. Dow

Random Notes

One of Hills great tunes. The Angels of the North combine this with Robert Topliffe's three-parrter version of Elsie Marlie for the innumerable 5 verse 48bar dances that exist. Its a cracking set and terribly North-eastern.
Noel Jackson
Angels of the North

# Posted on December 30th 2002 by noelbats

There must be some mistake...

I took the ABC file to the concertina.net midi player, and this just doesn't sound at all like richard thompson's setting on _strict tempo_. what's up with that?

# Posted on April 24th 2008 by 'tinamatt

I don't have that album, Matt, but I just had a listen to a clip of that track over at amazon.com, and got enough from that. The tune I heard in that clip was the Hexham Quadrille http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/2179, not the Random Jig.

# Posted on April 24th 2008 by Dr. Dow

thank you dow -- wasn't sure anyone would see this query! do you mean the the track on _strict tempo_ is the hexham quadrille? richard thompson got it wrong???? i will have to rethink my universe. anyway, i may have to buy a mando, just to play that tune.

# Posted on April 24th 2008 by 'tinamatt