Key signature: Amajor
Submitted on February 9th 2012 by Sacrenouille.
This tune has been added to 8 tunebooks.
Also known as Bears.
X: 1
T: Night We Had Bears, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
FcBF AF F/F/F|AFAB BABc|dD D/D/D ABBc|BAFE FABA|
FcBF AF F/F/F|AFAB BABc|1 d3B ABBc|BE E/E/E cBAG:|2 d2 de efec|ABBA Bcdf||
e2 ce aecB|BABc BAce|fAAe fggB|BgBg agfa|1
e2 ce aecB|BABc BAce|fecB B2 ce|fecB BAdf:|2
e2 d2 c3c|cdcA F3E|FcAF dcAe|dcfe dcGE||
Origin of this tune
This reel was written by fiddle Jenna Moynihan.
I did the transcrption to ABC based on Jenna's own performance on youtube here :
http://youtu.be/Aure1RooISk
The tune can also be found here performed by Ampersand (Katie Davis Henderson on fiddle and Liz Davis Maxfield on cello) :
http://youtu.be/MQFimW9W7OU
The A part is F# minor, the B part is its relative, A major.
A really great tune, I hope you'll like it.
# Posted on February 9th 2012 by Sacrenouille
Fun tune, one we'll adopt for the grizzly and black bears of Montana! Thanks for posting and for the link to Jenna's playing! A treat!
# Posted on February 9th 2012 by Will Harmon
FWIW, I get a few differences when I listen to the YouTube clip, and I think your abcs had an extra bar in the B part.
Here's my stab at it:
X: 1
T: Night We Had Bears, The
C: Jenna Moynihan
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: F#m/A
FcBF AF F/F/F|AFAB BABc|dD D/D/D ABBc|BAFE FABA|
FcBF AF F/F/F|AFAB BABc|1 d3B ABBc|BE E/E/E cBAF:|2 d2 de efec|ABBA Bcdf||
e2 ce aecB|BABc BAce|fAAe fggB|BgBg agfa|
e2 ce aecB|BABc BAce|fecB B2 ce|fecB BAdf|
e2 ce aecB|BABc BAce|fAAe fggB|BgBg agfa|
e2 d2 c3c|cdcA F3E|FcAF dcAe|dcfe dcGE||
# Posted on February 9th 2012 by Will Harmon
Nope, that should be a Gsharp in the 1st ending to the A part: |BE E/E/E cBAG:| (as Sacrenouille originally had it)
# Posted on February 9th 2012 by Will Harmon
Slow clip
FYI I wrote the ABC listenng to the slow A and B parts youtube clips associated,with the video I linked :
slow A :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yGGulJX9bM
slow B :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNTgW_E3kpI
I didn't find the extra bar you mentioned but I guess a rest is missing in second B part ending.
# Posted on February 10th 2012 by Sacrenouille
I transcribed from the regular tempo recording. Here it is again with some minor corrections (upon playing along with the tune).
X: 1
T: Night We Had Bears, The
C: Jenna Moynihan
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: F#m/A
FcBF AF F/F/F|AFAB BABc|dD D/D/D ABBc|BAFE FABA|
FcBF AF F/F/F|AFAB BABc|1 d3B ABBc|BE E/E/E cBAG:|2 d2 de efec|ABBA Bcdf||
e2 ce aecB|BABc BAce|fAAe fggB-|(B)gBg agfa|
e2 ce aecB|BABc BAce|fecB B2 ce|fecB BAdf|
e2 ce aecB|BABc BAce|fAAe fggB|BgBg agfa|
e2 d2 c3c|cdcA F3E|FcAF dcAe|dcfe dcGE||
You might want to clean up your abcs before Jeremy convert them to sheet music (assuming he can--the layout may prevent it).
# Posted on February 11th 2012 by Will Harmon
Changed ABC
Thanks Will !
# Posted on February 11th 2012 by Sacrenouille