Key signature: Aminor
Submitted on June 16th 2010 by schriltz.
This tune has been added to 6 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Miss Falconer
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amin
c/B/|AEAB c2 cd|(BG)dG eGdG|AEAB c2 cd|(BG)dB cAA:|
B|Aaa^g aecA|Ggg^f gdBG|Aaa^g aed=f|ecdB cAAB|
Aaa^g aecA|Ggg^f gdBG|AcBd ced=f|ecdB cAA|]
Miss Falconer
This setting of Miss Falconer is from "Allan's Reels, Strathspeys and General Dance Music."
# Posted on June 17th 2010 by schriltz
Miss Falconer
There's a couple of wee errors in the ABC schriltz. There's a couple of c's with a natural sign when then don't need one. Also there is an f marked as natural when it doesn't need one. Though I think it should be marked natural and the tune actually be in A Dorian as all the other f's are sharp.
# Posted on June 17th 2010 by bogman
Alternate Setting
Here is an alternate setting for Miss Falconer from the Fiddler's Companion website
X:2
T:Miss Falconer
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:Ador
|: A>BA>B c2 cd | BGdG eGdG | AGAB c2 cd | BGdB c>AA>B :|
|: A>aa>g a>e c<A | G>gg>f g>d B<G | A>a a>g a>ed>f | e>cd>B c>AA>B |
A>aa>g a>e c<A | G>gg>f g>d B<G | AcBd cedf | e>cd>B c<A A2 ||
# Posted on June 17th 2010 by schriltz
A Dorian
bogman,
Thanks for the comment. I agree, the tune could be notated in A Dorain like the alternate setting I just posted and the natural signs are not needed. But, I was trying to reproduce the score as it appears in the "Allan's" book and the abc does that. That key signature and those unneeded accidentals are in the original. Here is an A Dorian version that may be easier to read
X: 3
T: Miss Falconer
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ador
c/B/|AEAB c2 cd|(BG)dG eGdG|AEAB c2 cd|(BG)dB cAA:|
B|Aaa^g aecA|Gggf gdBG|Aaa^g aed=f|ecdB cAAB|
Aaa^g aecA|Gggf gdBG|AcBd ced=f|ecdB cAA|]
# Posted on June 17th 2010 by schriltz
I thought that might be the case. Some of the older collections have 'errors', The Skye and Atholl Collections have settings that are not musically correct. I would think it would be better posting the correct layout here, you can still edit the abc before it get converted to dots, but it's your posting and up to yourself.
# Posted on June 17th 2010 by bogman
I think you are right. I should have posted the A Dorian version and put the Allan's version in the comments.
I just now tried to edit the abc's before the dot's appear but it will not let me change the heading - only the abc's of the tune. I need to change the K to Ador to make it right.
I'll try to better next time but am just going to leave this one as it is.
# Posted on June 17th 2010 by schriltz
If you go to the tune's title page and click "edit these details" you can change the key signature there.
# Posted on June 17th 2010 by No Cause For Alarm
The second part is very similar to the one of "Paddy Ryan's Dream".
# Posted on June 21st 2010 by iris eve
Key
I see no problem with calling this A minor. It cannot be Dorian with all those g#s.
# Posted on June 22nd 2010 by rwarford
Key
Nobody said D Dorian rwarford, you probably mean A Dorian and it can be A dorian with these g#s, that's very common in old Scottish tunes with the g# being an accidental rather than a key note.
# Posted on June 22nd 2010 by bogman
Key
I did not say D dorian.
A dorian does not have any accidentals other than F# - a minor can include F natural, F#, G natural and G#. Therefore there is no doubt that this is A minor, it's all to do with the melodic minor scale the key signature for minor keys does not include all the information.
# Posted on June 23rd 2010 by rwarford