Key signature: Amixolydian
Submitted on July 6th 2003 by Dr. Dow.
This tune has been added to 7 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Overtone, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amix
BE~E2 dEBE|cAGA EA=FE|DA,~A,2 CDE=F|{G}=FEDF EA (3cBA|
BE~E2 BcdB|cAeA de=fa|g=fge {g}fefd|(3e=fg dB cA~A2:|
|:GBd=f de{f}ed|cedB cA~A2|BG~G2 DG{B}AG|=FEFD EA (3cBA|
GBd=f (3e=fg fd|eAcA de=fa|g=fge {g}fefd|(3e=fg dB cA~A2:|
This is me trying to write a fiddle tune. Only thing is, I don't own a fiddle or play one, so I'd be interested to know if it is actually playable on a fiddle...
# Posted on July 6th 2003 by Dr. Dow
I guess all the As I've marked with a roll would have to be played as a bowed triplet, unless you do what Zina calls "open string rolls" (?)
# Posted on July 6th 2003 by Dr. Dow
Nice tune - but it isn't in A mix, it's a sort of no-name mode. The c-sharp gives it a major key sound, but the f-nat. changes that it an interesting way. Yes, it's certainly playable on fiddle, and should be played. Think I'll try it out tonight.
# Posted on July 8th 2003 by fiddlefingers
Yeah, it's not in Amix, but Amix or Edor was the closest I could get to the key.
I'm not actually sure if it sticks to one mode, but it seems to wander between a few different ones. The Fnat is there because it's based round different modes of the melodic minor which is sometimes used in trad - especially Scottish stuff. D melodic minor goes D-E-F-G-A-B-C#, so it's like half major half minor. The name "Overtone" comes from the Lydian b7 or "Overtone scale" used in the B-part where it starts on G. It's called that because if you play all the harmonics on the string of a guitar or fiddle, that's the scale that gets created.
# Posted on July 9th 2003 by Dr. Dow