Key signature: Aminor
Submitted on August 29th 2003 by dafydd.
This tune has been added to 23 tunebooks.
Also known as Just As The Sun Was Setting.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: As The Sun Was Setting
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Amin
e2a g>ag|e2d c>BA|1B>AG A>BA|E2E:|2e>de A>GE|A3||
a>ba ^g2 e/^f/|g>ag ^f2 d/e/|f>gf e2d|c>dc B2E|
A>BA e2a|e2d c>BA|e>de A>GE|A3 z3|
As The Sun Was Setting
Composed by John Kirkpatrick.
# Posted on March 1st 2003 by dafydd
Nice tune!
This seems to work as a bridge between Tom Anderson's, Resting Chair and Unfinished Journey ...
Very nice if moody set. Send more, David!
# Posted on April 8th 2004 by 2situla
"Just as the Sun was Setting" ~ medicine for this very strange transcription here in 6/8
While 'John Kirkpatrick is listed in several places as the "S:", meaning 'SOURCE'! ~ I've not found anywhere that claims it as his 'composition'. It does exist here, predating John, unless he's much older than I ken...
"As the Sun was Setting' (slow air / lament?)
from "The Kilted Fiddler: A collection of 167 Scottish fiddle tunes"
Compiled and arranged by Alan Lerwick
Centerstream Publications
ISBN: 1574240293
~ including: Reels and Scotch Measures, Strathspeys, Jigs, Hornpipes, Waltzes, Descriptive Tunes, Marches, Slow Airs and Laments, and more. Includes historical notes, playing tips, and photos.
Here is a decent transcription, the 'source' being John Kirkpatrick, from Eric Foxley's Music Database:
http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~ef/music/index.htm
http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~ef/music/tunes/PIndexwaltzes.htm
http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~ef/music/tunes/waltzes.pdf/sun.was.setting.pdf
# Posted on November 10th 2006 by ceolachan
Sadly this is not a book I have my hands on or I'd check the tune and the 'historical notes' for it... I think it was first published in the 80's...
# Posted on November 10th 2006 by ceolachan
"Just as the Sun was Setting" ~ a simple transcription
M:3/4
L:1/8
K: a minor
E2 |
A3 B A2 | e4 a2 |g3 a g2 | e4 d2 | c3 B A2 | B2 A2 G2 | A3 B A2 | E4 E2 |
A3 B A2 | e4 a2 | g3 a g2 | e4 d2 | c3 B A2 | e3 d e2 | A4 G2 | A4 e2 | *
a3 b a2 | ^g4 e^f | g3 a g2 | ^f4 de | f3 g f2 | e4 d2 | c3 d c2 | B4 E2 |
A3 B A2 | e4 a2 | g3 a g2 | e4 d2 | c3 B A2 | e3 d e2 | A4 G2 | A4 || *
* ~ I have also seen this written out as two parts, A & B, each repeating...
# Posted on November 10th 2006 by ceolachan
"Just as the Sun was Setting" ~ Dafydd's transcription with corrections?
K: a minor
E2 |
A3 B A2 | e4 a2 | g3 a g2 | e4 d2 | c3 B A2 | B3 A G2 | A3 B A2 | E4 E2 |
A3 B A2 | e4 a2 | g3 a g2 | e4 d2 | c3 B A2 | e3 d e2 | A3 G E2 | A6 |
a3 b a2 | ^g4 e^f | g3 a g2 | ^f4 de | f3 g f2 | e4 d2 | c3 d c2 | B4 E2 |
A3 B A2 | e4 a2 | g3 a g2 | e4 d2 | c3 B A2 | e3 d e2 | A4 G2 | A6 ||
There's not a lot of difference between the two...
# Posted on November 10th 2006 by ceolachan
Jump at the sun
His latest (eponymous) tunebook has this waltz included, so he considers it his own??
I think that is believable from the semitone bass runs that can be fitted to the tune, which only an accordionist would think of.
# Posted on October 9th 2010 by geoffwright