Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on November 25th 2006 by Crackpot.
This tune has been added to 5 tunebooks.
Also known as Gin Ye Were Dead Gudeman, O Gin Ye Were Dead Gudeman, O Gin Ye Were Dead, Gudeman.
X: 1
T: Gin Ye Were Dead Gude-Man
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
B: Aird's Airs and Melodies vol 2
M: C
O: Scotland
Z: Richard Robinson <URL:http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/Info/RRTuneBk/contact.htm>;
%%FILEURL: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/Info/RRTuneBk/Aird2/Aird2.abc
%%TUNEURL: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/Info/RRTuneBk/gettune/0000014c.abc
%%ID:0000014c
|: DE | G2G2d2G2 | B2A2A3 B | G2G2d2G2 | B2g2d3 d |
efgd BcdB |edcB A3 B | G2g2 dedc |B2 G2 G2 :|
|: d2 | g3 a gabg | agab a2 ge|dega gaba |g2g2 d3 d|
efgd BcdB |edcB A2 BA |G2g2 dedc |B2G2G2:|
"O gin ye were dead Gude-man" ~ for the German flute
Seeing as this is note for note in agreement with this source, how about crediting it ~ Richard Robinson's Tunebook:
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/info/RRTuneBk/tunebook.html
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/info/RRTuneBk/gettune/0000014c.html
# Posted on November 26th 2006 by ceolachan
Richard Robinson's Tunebook ~ & why not add:
X: 132
T: O gin ye were dead Gude-man. For the Ger. Flute
B: Aird's Airs and Melodies vol 2
M: C
O: Scotland
Z: Richard Robinson <URL:http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/Info/RRTuneBk/contact.htm>;
%%FILEURL: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/Info/RRTuneBk/Aird2/Aird2.abc
%%TUNEURL: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/Info/RRTuneBk/gettune/0000014c.abc
%%ID:0000014c
& this little addition too??? ~
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/info/RRTuneBk/gettune/00000097.html
X: 151
T: O gin ye were dead Gudeman.
B: Aird's Airs and Melodies vol 1
L: 1/8
M: C
N: Aird prints a quaver anacrusis for the second part
O: Scotland
Z: Transcriptions by Jack Campin, July 1999.
%%FILEURL:http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/Music/Aird-v1.abc
%%TUNEURL: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/Info/RRTuneBk/gettune/00000097.abc
%%ID:00000097
K: D Mixolydian
A,B,|D2 D2 A2D2|F2E2 E3 F |D2D2 A2D2|F2d2 A3
A |B^cdA FGAF|BAGF E3 F |D2d2 ABAG|F2D2 D2::
A2 |d3 e defd|edef e2(dB)|ABde {de}f3 e|d2d2 A3
A |B^cdA FGAF|BAGF E2 FE |D2d2 ABAG|F2D2 D2:|
# Posted on November 26th 2006 by ceolachan
"O gin ye were dead Gude-man" ~ another cut-and-paste, in F
X: 765
T: O Gin Ye Were Dead Gudeman
R: Country Dances
B: The Athole Collection
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: F
|: CD/E/ |
F2 F2 c2 F2 | A2 G2 GBAG | F2 F2 c2 F2 | A2 f2 c3 f |
fefc ABcA | fdcA G2 AG | F2 f2 cdBc | A2 F2 F2 :|
|: c/d/e |
fefg fgaf | gfga agfd | cdfg fgag | fgfc ABcA |
defc ABcA | fdcA G2 AG | F2 f2 cdBc | A2 F2 F2 :|
# Posted on November 26th 2006 by ceolachan
Accreditation
Absolutely - I entered it from a paper printout of unknown (to me) provenance. Although looking in my copy of the Athole colection, I can indeed find it there too.
I've added the Richard Robinson information to the abc - hope I got it right.
Chris
# Posted on November 27th 2006 by Crackpot
'Crackpot' (Chris) ~ I wouldn't have gone loopy on you if you hadn't left it without comments in the first place, which always draws my attention... More important would be to see some comment here from you, do you play it? ~ Do you play it different from the classic notations? ~ Is it a tune you like? ~ Is it current in your local session? ~ Do you play it in a set with other tunes? ~ What key do you take it in? ~ I hope you'll consider writing something here about you and the tune, or giving a transcription of how you play it... That would be cool...
Richard credits his source too ~ 'Aird's', and as you know, it is also in the 'Athole Collection' in F...
# Posted on November 27th 2006 by ceolachan
About the tune
Since C would like some background...
I do play this tune. It isn't played at the sessions around here which are mainly Irish music - I personally am Scottish, but living in Hamburg and find my repertoire a bit at odds with the local scene.
I somehow laid hands on printout of this piece - probably originating with Richard's collection - quite some time ago. I have a habit of looking through random tunes for which I have the notes an trying to play them. Some strike a chord in me, probably because I've heard them somewhere before but cannot place where. This tune was one such. I have a program of Scottish tunes which I am working on getting other people here to learn - this tune is on the list, but not close enough to the top yet to be played. Higher on the list are Duke of Fife's welcome to Deeside (Skinner), Tullochgorum
(Skinner version), Lend me your Loom, Lass (Oswald), Port Atholl (Gow), various Shetland jigs, Balkan Hills (Ceol na Fidhle), Mhairi Bhan Og in G (transposed from Ceol na Fidhle), Dark Island (C na F), Mucking of Geordie's Byre (C na F)...
I tend to play it very heavily in 2/2 time, i.e. heavy emphasis on 1 and 3 with the crotchet runs being very much DAHdadada. A much more marchy feel then hornpipey. I also sometimes play it with first and second parts repeated, i.e. AA BB AA BB etc.
# Posted on November 28th 2006 by Crackpot
Nicely done 'Crackpot'... Good luck with your list and promoting Scottish music in Hamburg... If you've a session going don't forget to post it here...
# Posted on November 28th 2006 by ceolachan