Key signature: Edorian
Submitted on October 20th 2007 by reedy grins.
This tune has been added to 26 tunebooks.
Also known as Da Spirit O'Whiskey.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Da Spirit O' Whisky
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Edor
|: e2 ge- eege | d2 fd adfd | e2 ge- eege | dBAF E4 :|
|: B2 GB EBGB | A2 FA DAFA | E2 BA B3 e | dBAF E4 :|
Da spirit o' whisky
Yet another reel taught to us at the Fiddle Frenzy this past summer in Shetland.
This version is Ceolachan's revision (thanks for the assist, friend) of my abc transcription of the dots that they gave us at the end of the week. The two sound the same to me, mine had crotchets where C's has the tied quavers, and I had it in E minor instead of C's E dorian, both of those being issues that I am not qualified to discuss, so there it is.
I like to follow it with "My wife's a drunkard", which I don't think has been posted here yet, maybe I will get to work on it one of these days. The transition is a bit shocking, I just like the semantic combination.
# Posted on October 20th 2007 by reedy grins
Oops
Should look before I leap. My wife's a drunkard is already here. And a great little tune it is too.
# Posted on October 20th 2007 by reedy grins
Sheet music
I'm still learning to correctly read abc format (I can't always get the rhythm right), so do you have the sheet music as well for this tune?
# Posted on October 20th 2007 by ingridrt
"My Wife's A Drunkard"
Key signature: D Major
Submitted on November 28th 2006 by Da Leeans Lass.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6434
Hey reedy, if you've a different take on this tune why not add it in the comments for it?
# Posted on October 21st 2007 by ceolachan
ingridrt ~ hmmm? Have you been here long? Click on the 'sheetmusic' tab above... Sometimes Jeremy is there and it instantaneously transforms into dots, but usually we have to wait awhile...
# Posted on October 21st 2007 by ceolachan
I recognise this from the Frenzy. Not sure why it has to be in E dorian as opposed to E minor. I mean if you were being really tacky you might accompany the A part |Em|D|C|Bm Em| which suggests minor to me. But then you might go |Em|D|Em|D A| which would be dorian. But there isn't a C in the tune. So where did C find his C?
# Posted on October 22nd 2007 by DonaldK