Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on March 6th 2003 by glauber.
This tune has been added to 9 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Star And The Green Stone, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
G |: FGA dcd | ecA gfe | afd bge | afd ecA |
DFA dcd | ecA gfe | afd bge |1 edc dAG :|2 edc d2 :||
|:e | fAA Bgg | fAA Gee | Fdd dcd | ecA a^g=g |
fAA Bgg | fAA Gee | Fdd fed | ecA d2 :||
A | FGA dAG | FGA BGE | FGA dcd | ecA GEA |
FGA dAG | FGA BGE | FGA fed | cBc dAG |
FGA dAG | FGA BGE | FGA dcd | ecA a^g=g |
fAA Gee | Fdd E=cc | BGB d^cB | AEF D2 ||
The Star And The Green Stone
A nice jig by thesession.org member Jörg Fröse, who says: "Composed in December 2002, and dedicated to Zina Lee, Denver, Colorado, and Tony O Connell, Chicago, Illinois. They know why...".
# Posted on March 6th 2003 by glauber
No mystery -- I sent Jörg a Christmas card, which had Tony's tune "Christmas in Kinsale" printed on it. Along with the card was my Christmas present this year for my friends -- a lace snowflake of gold thread with a green crystal in the middle. Jörg, bless his heart, found it in him to be inspired and this was our Christmas present in return.
So I suppose now we have another Christmas tune to play. Thanks, Jörg -- and thanks for posting it, Glauber.
Zina
# Posted on March 7th 2003 by Zina Lee
Hmm, looks like Jeremy changed the sheet music software or settings, it looks like it's handwritten now. Very pretty.
Well, Zina, that's the official story, at least.
This is a pretty lively jig, by the way.
# Posted on March 7th 2003 by glauber
Posted with permission from the composer, of course.
# Posted on March 7th 2003 by glauber
That's the only official story I'm letting out, Glauber.
# Posted on March 7th 2003 by Zina Lee
This sounds like a Northumbrian Pipes tune, especially with those chromatic bits. It reminds me a bit of a tune called "Joan's Jig", but only a bit...
# Posted on March 7th 2003 by Dow
Interesting. Jörg plays mostly fiddle, mandolin, banjo, concertina, and some other odd instruments; he hails from East Frisia, which is part of Germany.
http://www.folksong.de/index2.htm
# Posted on March 7th 2003 by glauber
Where is he?
Is Jörg around to comment on this? I'd be quite interested to know what his influences were. I've heard him talk about Kathryn Tickell, Alistair Anderson etc before, and on one thread he mentioned three-twos. *Surely* this is a Northumbrian pipes tune...
# Posted on March 11th 2003 by Dow