Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on August 26th 2007 by JACKB.
This tune has been added to 13 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Flowers At Springtime
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmaj
|:AF | D2 DF AF D2 | GDGB AF D2 | AddB AFDE | FEED EGFE |
D2 DF AF D2 | GDGB AF D2 | AddB AFDF | EDFE D2 :|
|:de |fdBA B2 de | fdBA B3A | d3e f2 ed | feed egfe |
D2 DF AF D2 | GDGB AF D2 | AddB AFDF | EDFE D2 :|
Flowers At Springtime
A fantastic hornpipe which sounds great on the pipes.
# Posted on August 26th 2007 by JACKB
Flowers at Springtime - Roxburgh Castle
The A part sounds like a a version of Roxburgh Castle http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4628 - though the B part is different.
# Posted on August 26th 2007 by spindizzy
B Part, 4th Measure, First D...
sounds a bit smoother if played an octave higher than written--or, doubled an octave higher if your instrument allows.
# Posted on August 26th 2007 by muspc
Strange name though...
...the phrase sounds more natural as "Flowers IN springtime" rather than "at", doesn't it?
# Posted on August 26th 2007 by E
Alternative part B, and pick-up notes - I think this sounds better
So here's the B part with only the first measure and pickup notes changed, which I think I heard off an album long ago:
|:cd |eCAG A2 de | fdBA B3A | d3e f2 ed | feed egfe |
D2 DF AF D2 | GDGB AF D2 | AddB AFDF | EDFE D2 :|
Or an "E" instead of a "G" on the 2nd upbeat of the first measure:
|:cd |eCAE A2 de |
And here's an alternate B part with more extensive changes, of which I might be the source, or I might be remembering that album, I'm not sure. But I think this change sounds better because you don't have the weird octave-plus leap in the posted version:
|:cd |eCAG A2 de | fdBA B3 ef | g3e f2 ed | Ceed CAGE |
D2 DF AF D2 | GDGB AF D2 | AddB AFDF | EDFE D2 :|
I chose "Ceed" for the fourth measure to continue the pattern set earlier by "AddB," "FEED," and "feed."
# Posted on December 17th 2008 by Sean B.