Key signature: Cmajor
Submitted on October 20th 2002 by Bernie.
This tune has been added to 61 tunebooks.
Also known as Martin Rocheford's.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Martin Rochford's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Cmaj
FDCD FGAB|cAdA cAGA|FDCD FGAd|cAGA FDD2|
FDCD FGAB|cAdA cAGA|FDCD FGAd|cAGA F4||
f3f e2dc|Addd Addd|fedf edcA|cAGA FDD2|
f3f e2dc|Addc d3e|fgaf efge|cAGA F4||
Actually the key is F lydian as the final tone centre is F and the B is natural but there isn't an option for it on the submit.
# Posted on October 20th 2002 by Bernie
Really sweet little tune, Bernie. I also enjoyed your website--the photos, notes on the musicians, and especially the tunes you posted there. Please keep contributing these great Clare tunes...many of us are sorely infatuated with the style and repertoire of Clare players, (even if we do live 10,000 miles away), and we appreciate learning right from you at the source.
I'm particularly interested in Martin Rochford's playing, so keep 'em coming!
# Posted on October 20th 2002 by Will CPT
Here is a version that is an approximate transcription of Martin Hayes' performance on his "Live in Seattle" CD with Dennis Cahill, but without the ornamentation. They then follow straight into "Green Gowned Lass", which is now on this site.
K:Fmaj
F2C2 FGAB|cAdA cAGA|F2CD F2dA|cAGB ADDE|
F2C2 FGAB|cAdA cAGA|F2CD F2dA|cAGB ADD2||
f3f edcd|Addc Adde|f2af edcA|cAGB ADD2|
f3f edcd|Addc d3e|faaf eggd|cAGB ADDE||
# Posted on October 20th 2002 by lazyhound
Yet another setting:
F2CD FGAc|cAGc Add2|FDCD FAdA|1 cAGc ADDE:|2 cAGc ADD2
|:f2df edcG|Ad (3ddd Adde|1 f2af edcA|dAGd ADD2:|2 f2af ec~c2|cAGc ADD2||
Also played in G.
# Posted on October 21st 2002 by granama
Incidentally, this tune should more correctly be placed in F, not C - it happens not to contain a B-flat, so in practice it makes no difference. However, when I said, "Also played in G," above, I meant that it can be played a tone higher, with 1 sharp in the key signature.
# Posted on October 22nd 2002 by granama
Here's a closer look at Martin Hayes' version from Live in Seattle:
X:1
T: Martin Rochford’s
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
D: :ive in Seattle, Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill
K: Fmaj
|F2 CD FGA=B-|cAdA cAGA|F2 CD FGd=B-|cAGc ADDE-|
|F2 CD FGA=B-|cAdA cAGA|FDCD FGdc-|cAGc ADDe-||
|f3 f edcd|A~d3 Adde|f2 {a}gf edcA|cAGc ADDe|
|{g}f3 f edcd|Addc d3 e-|f2 af eg{a}ge|cAGc ADDE-||
|F2 CD FGA=B-|cAdA cAGA|FDCD FGd=B-|cAGc ADDE-|
|F4 -FGAc|cAdA cAGA|FDCD FAd=B-|cAGc ADDe-||
|f3 f edcd|A~d3 Adde|f2 {a}gf edcA|c/c/A Gc ADDe|
|f3 f edcd|Ad{e}dc d3 f|fg ag eg{a}ge|cAGc ADDE-||
On fiddle, those little B nats into the c are done as sort of a slow motion hammer-on. Kevin Burke is also fond of doing these, and he says it's something he picked up from listening to old blues guitarists. It sounds like a smeary slide of the finger, and some fiddlers actually do it that way, but Kevin often does the real slow hammer-on, from index to middle (in this case), which is what it sound like Hayes is doing on this track, at least some of the time.
# Posted on January 26th 2005 by Will CPT
"Welcome to the East Clare Musicians Website"
http://claremusic.tripod.com
"Here you will find information about East Clare music, biography's of the musicians past and present, a history of the world famous Tulla Céilí Band, news of events in East Clare and some music to download in abc format."
Just a link and a reminder of Bernard Parkin's website referred to earlier, which is also in his 'details'... Last update 29/10/04 ~ come on Bernie, it's 2006 and I know your passion for this lovely music hasn't waned....
# Posted on March 6th 2006 by ceolachan
Martin Rochford
Biography of this East Clare musician is on Mr. Bernard Parkin's website: tttp://claremusic.tripod.com/martin_rochford.htm
# Posted on July 22nd 2006 by slainte
Try http://claremusic.tripod.com/martin_rochford.htm
# Posted on November 4th 2007 by Bannerman