Key signature: Eminor
Submitted on February 1st 2011 by martin clarke.
This tune has been added to 8 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Magaloufou
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Emin
B>A Bc|BG EF/G/|A>G AB|AF DE/F/|
G>F GA|GF/E/ DE|F>G FE|D2 E2:|
|:ge Bf|-fd A2|ec Gd|-dc B2|
c>B AB|ce EF|1 G>A BA|G2 F2:|2 G>A GF|F2 E2||
Magaloufou
This tune is from Blowzabella's album, Octomento. I like to play it as a polka, though I think it's more a schottischey type of tune on the album.
# Posted on February 1st 2011 by martin clarke
Actually, it's a two time bouree, not schottishe. Great tune though, thanks for the transcription.
# Posted on February 2nd 2011 by mandolinman
My bad, yes you're right. I still like playing it as a polka, though it's great as a bourrée too. As a bourrée I'd double the bar lengths (keeping note values the same) and write it in 4/4 I think.
# Posted on February 5th 2011 by martin clarke
No, don't put it into 4/4; bourrées are generally (always?) in 2/4 or 3/8 for the three-time ones. This one was originally written in G minor by Paul James of Blowzabella. Your transcription was pretty much spot on compared with the published version (in "Blowzabella - new tunes for dancing") apart from a couple of lead-in notes on the repeats. I've cleaned up the abc a tidj as well (the curved brackets you put in the repeats in the B music aren't needed; they get confused with slurs).
X: 111
T: Magaloufou
C: Paul James (Blowzabella)
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R:Bourrée
K: Gmin
d>c de|dB GA/B/|c>B cd|cA FG/A/|
B>A Bc|BA/G/ FG|A>B AG|1F2 G2:|2F2 Gg/a/|]
bg da-|af c2|ge Bf-|fe d2|
e>d cd|eg GA|1B>c dc|B2 Ag/a/:|2B>c BA|A2 G2|]
# Posted on February 6th 2011 by SiGarb