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The Apsley Cottage

jig

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on October 30th 2010 by bdh.

This tune has been added to 15 tunebooks.

Also known as Apsley Cotage, The Apsley Cottage.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Apsley Cottage, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Amaj
|: ~c3 cBc | ecA BAE | ~F3 FEF | ABc B2A |
~c3 cBc | ecA BAE | ~F3 F2a | fec B2A :|
~F3 FEF | ABc c2B | ABA ABc | ABB BAE |
~F3 FEF | ABc c2B | ABA Aa^g | fec B2A |
~F3 FEF | ABc c2B | ABA ABc | BAB Bce |
az^g- gag | fec fec | AB2 BAB | cec f2e ||

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The Apsley Cottage sheetmusic
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Source

Transcription based on the recording *Natural Angle* by Gráda. The tune is actually in F# minor, but there's no option for adding tunes to the database in that key.

K: F#min
|: ~c3 cBc | ecA BAE | ~F3 FEF | ABc B2A |
~c3 cBc | ecA BAE | ~F3 F2a | fec B2A :|
|: ~F3 FEF | ABc c2B | ABA ABc | ABB BAE |
~F3 FEF | ABc c2B | ABA Aag | fec B2A |
~F3 FEF | ABc c2B | ABA ABc | BAB Bce |
azg- gag | fec fec | ABB BAB | cec f2e ||

# Posted on October 30th 2010 by bdh

F#m

F#m is the relative minor of A major which should give you the right number of sharps.

# Posted on October 30th 2010 by Dont

Key

I second that notion

# Posted on October 30th 2010 by jardineromi

Sure, but it's not in Amaj. I've left it in Bmin so that at least anyone searching for the tune expecting it to be in a minor key will find it ;-)

I do realize there's little consistency with the treatment of other tunes in F#minor on the site. For example,

Ryan's (Cathal McConnell's) (Listed as Bmin)
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/93

Farewell to Whalley Range (Listed as Amaj)
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2410

B.

# Posted on October 31st 2010 by bdh

Composer

The tune was composed by Colin Farrell, the (now ex-) fiddler of Gráda.

# Posted on November 4th 2010 by bdh

There really are quite a lot of tunes around in F#m and that really should be an option on the site. I see that the tune has been changed now to be in A major. That is definitely the right choice.

# Posted on November 4th 2010 by No Cause For Alarm

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