Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on August 9th 2010 by javivr.
This tune has been added to 4 tunebooks.
Also known as Bannocks Of Barley Meal, Bannocks Of Beer Meal, Bannocks Of Bere Meal, Bonnocks Of Barley Meal.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Bonnocks Of Beer Meal
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Gmaj
|:G2G2B2 | A2 A(cBA) | G2 (GA)(Bc) | d2"tr"(f2g2) :|
|: g2d2B2 | A2(fga)f | g2d2B2 |g3a (g/a/b) |
e2 (ge)(dB) | d2(Ac)"tr"(BA) | G2(GA)(Bc) | d2(f2g2) :|
|: GB g(B"tr"AG) |(FA)D(c"tr"BA) | Gbag"tr"(fe) | d2"tr"(f2g2) :|
|: Gg(dB)"tr"(AG) | FADc'ba | bgdB "tr"(AG) |g3(a g/a/b) |
ec'c(edc) | dd'D(c"tr"BA) | Gb(ag)"tr"(fe) | d2"tr"(f2g2) :|
|: G(BdB)gB |(Aga)(a"tr"gf) | (ge)(dB) "tr"(AG) | D2f2g2 :|
|: g2d2B2 | A2(f/g/a) (a/g/f) | gedB "tr"(AG) |g3a (g/a/b) |
e(g/f/g)edB | d2 (3ABc (3BcA | "tr"(G>FG)ABc | d2(f2g2) :|
|: GDG(B"tr"AG) |ADA(c"tr"BA) | (GFG)ABc | d2"tr"(f2g2) :|
|: (G/g/f/e/ d/c/B/A/ c/B/A/G/) | A(gf)({f/g/}a)gf |g/f/e/d/ e/d/c/B/ c/B/A/G/ | g3a (g/a/b)|
(c'/b/a) c'bag |"tr"f>gaedc | (B/A/G) (GA)(Bc) |d2"tr"(f2g2) :|
|: (G/B/A/G/) g2B2 | A2(f/g/a) "tr"(gf) | (ge)(dB) "tr"(AG) | d2"tr"(f2g2) :|
|: g2d2 (B/c/d/B/) | Aa (f/g/a/f/) (d/e/f/d/) | (3gbg (3dgd (3BdB | g3a (g/a/b) |
e2(ge)(dB) |d2 (3ABc (3BcA | (G/D/E/F/) (G/F/G/A/) (B/A/B/c/) | d2"tr"(f2g2) :|
|: GbG(B"tr"AG) |GbFaEg | D2"tr"(f2g2) :|
|: Gg (e/d/)(c/B/) (c/B/)(A/G/) | (F/G/)(A/F/) Dc'ba | (bg) (dB)"tr"(AG) |BgAf Gg |
ec'ce"tr"(dc) | dd'D(c"tr"BA) | GbFaEg | D2"tr"(f2g2) :|
Bonnocks of Beer Meal
S:McGibbon - Scots Tunes, Book II, pg. 34 (c. 1746)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
Amazing Scots tune composed by William McGibbon and recorded by Chris Norman and David Greenberg recently on their cd "Let Me In This Ae Night"
# Posted on August 9th 2010 by javivr
This is the first 3/4 strathspey I've ever seen... Something is seriously wrong with this transcription. It's not 4/4 as you've written it, and the layout of the phrasing is all over the place... Take a look at some other strathspeys on site for some guidance...
# Posted on August 9th 2010 by ceolachan
3/4 air ~ waltz for the proper time signature...
It's a 3/4 time air, and it would be best put in under waltzes. As suspected, it's not a strathspey, and it's not in 4/4 time...
# Posted on August 9th 2010 by ceolachan
Hmmmm! Are you sure this is what they played? There are some weird problems with this transcription you lifted from 'Fiddler's Companion'. Here it is simplified so you might see for yourself. I take it you're not actually playing this yet yourself? Maybe you should get a hand on a tune, learn it, and then do your own work and contribution rather than blindly cutting and pasting from somewhere else ~ especially if you haven't played through it and checked it out first...
X: 1
T: Bonnocks of Beer Meal
S: McGibbon – Scots Tunes, Book II, pg. 34 (c. 1746)
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: Air
K: GMaj
|: G2 G2 B2 | A2 Ac BA | G2 GA Bc | d2 f2 g2 :|
|: g2 d2 B2 | A2 fg af | g2d2B2 | g3a g/a/b |
e2 ge dB | d2 Ac BA | G2 GA Bc | d2 f2 g2 :|
|: GB gB AG | FA Dc BA | Gb ag fe | d2 f2 g2 :|
|: Gg dB AG | FA Dc’ ba | bg dB AG | g3 a g/a/b |
ec’ce dc | dd’ Dc BA | Gb ag fe | d2 f2 g2 :|
|: GB dB gB | Ag aa gf | ge dB AG | D2 f2 g2 :|
|: g2 d2 B2 | A2 f/g/a a/g/f | ge dB AG |
g3 a g/a/b | eg/f/ ge dB | d*(3A/B/c (3BcA | G>F GA Bc | d2 f2 g2 :|
|: GD GB AG | AD Ac BA | GF GA Bc | d2 f2 g2 :|
|: G/g/f/e/ d/c/B/A/ c/B/A/G/ | Ag fa gf | g/f/e/d/ e/d/c/B/ c/B/A/G/ | g3 a g/a/b |
c’/b/a c’b ag | f>g ae dc | B/A/G GA Bc | d2 f2 g2 :|
|: GB AG g2 B2* | A2 f/g/a gf | ge dB AG | d2 f2 g2 :|
|: g2 d2 B/c/d/B/ | Aa f/g/a/f d/e/f/d/ | (3gbg (3dgd (3BdB | g3 a g/a/b |
e2 ge dB | d2 (3ABc (3BcA | G/D/E/F/ G/F/G/A/ B/A/B/c/ | d2 f2 g2 :|
|: Gb GB AG | Gb Fa Eg | D2 f2 g2 :|*
|: Gg e/d/c/B/ c/B/A/G/ | F/G/A/F/ Dc’ ba | bg dB AG | Bg Af Gg |
ec’ ce dc | dd’ Dc BA | Gb Fa Eg | D2 f2 g2 :|
* a few of the problems...
# Posted on August 9th 2010 by ceolachan
Never mind the Bonnocks
It's not a strathspey, it's not a waltz, and I don't think it's even a 3/2 hornpipe, though to my mind that's the closest in flavour.
If it is what it seems to be, an Air with variations, it doesn't fit the categories offered here (I would offer more categories, but it's not my site).
Also, I don't know if it's by McGibbon - the setting, if it's accurate, probably is, but not the tune.
Bonnocks is more usually spelt Bannocks.
# Posted on August 9th 2010 by Matt Seattle
I believe this tune can also be found in "Airds" as a 3/4 but I don't think it was put in a category.
Made plenty of Bannocks in the past but never used Beer Meal, although I have had the odd beer meal in the past
# Posted on August 9th 2010 by iain beag
Me too Iain, and good to see Matt about. Yes, I too love bannocks, and I wish I'd thought to use mash for baking when we used to do home brewing. Barley would add a lovely extra earthiness to bannocks, especially those that had been used for brewing beer...
# Posted on August 9th 2010 by ceolachan
Errors
Hi!
I'm sorry if I bothered anybody with the setting and did not think it was going to create such impression. According to the album's comments it is a Song with Variations so Strathspey was the closest I thought might do. Maybe I should chage it fir Waltz instead.
I do intent to play it some day but haven't worked on it yet. Once I've done my homework I will include the version I think it's played on Chris&David's cd too. If anyone thinks or has a better version so far please upload it. I can't remember where I got this one from as I cannot find it on the fiddler's companion site either.
# Posted on August 10th 2010 by javivr
Tune/Variations composer....McGibbon?
According to the comments on Boxwood site McGibbon did not composed the tune but only the variations:
"Though a prolific composer, McGibbon apparently did not write any tunes in the folk music genre, aside from variation sets of already existing tunes such as Bonnocks of Beer Meal".
http://www.boxwood.org/boxwood-media.html
# Posted on August 10th 2010 by javivr
Last reel of the set?
BTW, does anyone know what's the name of the last reel played on the CD after "The Perrie Werrie"? Thanks.
# Posted on August 10th 2010 by javivr
Sorry I can't help, as we haven't the CD.
Unfortunately this transcription still remains a mess...
# Posted on August 10th 2010 by ceolachan
BANNOCKS OF BARLEY MEAL [2].
It's on the Fiddlers Companion under
BANNOCKS OF BARLEY MEAL [2].
2 versions given
If you can change the title I would do so - Bonnocks is a historical spelling but not the usual historical spelling, and not the contemporary one either.
I've seen it as Bere Meal and Beer Meal, both of which mean Barley Meal.
# Posted on August 10th 2010 by Matt Seattle
Fiddler's Companion ~ the simpler take on it
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/BAN_BARM.htm
X: 1
T: Bannocks of Barley Meal
S: "O’Farrell's Pocket Companion", 1805
M:3/4
L:1/8
R: air
K: GMaj
|: G2 G2 B2 | A2 Ac BA | G2 GA Bc | d2 f2 g2 :|
|: g2 d2 B2 | A2 fg af | g2 d2 B2 | g3 a g/a/b |
e2 ge dB | d2 Ac BA | G2 GA Bc | d2 f2 g2 :|
# Posted on August 10th 2010 by ceolachan
http://www.agronomy.uhi.ac.uk/html/Bere_research.htm
(shows that I pay some attention to those display boards in folk museums)
# Posted on August 11th 2010 by David50
Bonnocks Set
The set can be heared on this website so if anyone recognizes the last reel.... Thanks!
http://www.sonicbids.com/epk/epk.aspx?epk_id=261589
# Posted on August 27th 2010 by javivr
Ryan's Mammoth version
Appears in Ryan's Mammoth Collection as a jig:
X:1
T:Bannocks o' Barley Meal
S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:D
A|Add {e}dcd|fee e2g|f3/2e/2d f/2a3/2A|ABc d2A|
Add {e}dcd|fee e2g|f3/2e/2d f/2a3/2A|ABc d2||
a|afd dfa|agf g2b|afd dfa|agf e2f|g3/2a/2g f/2e3/2d|
A3/2B/2A a2g|f3/2e/2d f/2a3/2A|ABc d2|]
Bere bannocks - how I miss them. An Orkney speciality. Around two parts beremeal to one part wheat flour is to my taste. Mind on the kirn milk (buttermilk) and the soda for a good rise.
Gregor Lamb, the Orkney poet, used to tell of a conversation he overheard between two ladies from the north of England. It went something like: "Ee, we 'ad a great time. We 'ad some of them bare buttocks for wuz tea.
# Posted on June 12th 2011 by Weejie