Key signature: Adorian
Submitted on May 25th 2001 by Jeremy.
This tune has been added to 344 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Hardiman The Fiddler
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Ador
|:A2G FDE F2G|A2A AGA cAG|A2G FDE F2G|Add ded cAG:|
|Add d2e f2e|Add ded cAG|Add d2e f2g|aff ged cAG|
Add d2e f2e|Add ded cAG|dcA cde f2g|aff ged cAG|
This is pleasant little slip jig that I find fun to play over and over.
The second part has a slight variation at the end so it's not quite the same thing played twice.
# Posted on June 2nd 2001 by Jeremy
Alan Kelly
Alan Kelly also plays this on his Mosaic CD after the Wingflapper Track 2. But he transfoms the tune in his arrangment by using very dissonant chords in the second part, really emphasisng the C natural presence through D7 chords and stuff. Very different but not appealable to all.
# Posted on October 10th 2001 by GoldenKeyboard
Nice little tune
We used to play it in London over 25 years ago. Now I play it in a set with The Swaggering Jig and Moll Roe in front, in Australia. Lots of rolls and very lively - Guarranteed to get feet tapping.
# Posted on May 3rd 2002 by Jill
Really Adorian?
Look again.......it's in Dmix! Muahahahaha!
# Posted on December 31st 2004 by jamminben
o'neill's lists this as having a c# in it... that is a typo! it is a c natural, as posted here.
# Posted on January 13th 2005 by daiv
East Galway version: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4046
# Posted on October 14th 2005 by slainte
On the F Front
If this tune is in Dmix, then it has a strong LOCRIAN (all you medieval monks shake with fear!) flavour to it!
Surprise! It has that eerie (dark!) Locrian flavour to it, resting or lingering on the F's as it does...
(If you like your F's strong go and have a listen at the Humours of Derrykissane (not yet on this site?) or see what you make of the 'subverted' version of the Humours of Westport, which, I think, this slip jig leads nicely into...)
# Posted on September 30th 2006 by birlibirdie
Key of Hardiman the Fidddler
it definitely is in Dmix. Anything else might be a nice idea if you just play the root note to it, but it all allows no accompaniment with triads. Gmaj is no option either since it doesn´t provide the possibility of bringing in the root triad in sensible measures. And the way all the c´s refer to the d´s or a´s hints at modal myxolydian thinking.
# Posted on January 16th 2007 by Reelin´ man
"Hardiman the Fiddler"
X: 2
T: Hardiman The Fiddler
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Ador
|: ~A2 G FDE F2 G | ABA A^GA cA=G |
A2 G FDE ~F2 G | Ad/c/d ded cAG :|
Ad/c/d d2 e ~f3 | Ad/c/d ded cAG |
Ad/c/d d2 e ~f2 g | agf gg/e/d c2 G |
Add d2 e f3 | Ad/d/d ded cAG |
dcA B/c/de f2 g | a2 f g>ed cAG |]
# Posted on September 26th 2008 by ceolachan
Key
D mix is the obvious tonal center, although one can certainly back it with any chords they like. Thats the great thing about music, if it sounds good, play it. It would be a helpful change to have it say "Key:" on the details page instead of"Key Signature" since many keys share the same key signature. I, for one would much rather know what key a tune is in than to know what the key signature is. Also, many songs on this site appear to be miscatagorized as to key. This might help eliminate some of the confusion.
# Posted on June 30th 2009 by Kerry Evan
Hardiman the Fiddler
Second tune here by Ronan Browne & Peadar O'Loughlin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efEL_wjadyc&feature=related
# Posted on October 13th 2009 by bogman
Somehow, the name + the repetitive melody suggest a repetitive action, as in the 6/8 jig Tolladh an Leathair 'Boring the Leather' http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1496 whose melody is similar in many ways.
# Posted on April 20th 2010 by birlibirdie
Some C sharps
... would be nice in ceolachan's version if one is so inclined:
X: 2
T: Hardiman The Fiddler
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Ador
|: ~A2 G FDE F2 G | ABA A^GA cA=G |
A2 G FDE ~F2 G | Ad/^c/d ded =cAG :|
Ad/^c/d d2 e ~f3 | Ad/^c/d ded =cAG |
Ad/^c/d d2 e ~f2 g | agf gg/e/d c2 G |
Add d2 e f3 | Ad/d/d ded cAG |
dcA B/^c/de f2 g | a2 f g>ed cAG |]
# Posted on July 15th 2010 by muspc
Who was Hardiman?
‘Hardiman The Fiddler’ is thought to have been named in honour of James Hardiman, first librarian of Queen’s College in Galway and author of Irish Minstrelsy, Or Bardic Remains, published in 1831.
# Posted on October 1st 2010 by FiddleTramp
Hardiman The Fiddler
Second tune here by Planxty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyE3Mye-eks
# Posted on November 14th 2010 by bogman