The Green Gates

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on June 3rd 2003 by Dow.

This tune has been added to 118 tunebooks.

Also known as The Canongate Twitch, Denis Is A Bastard, The Green Gate, Green Gates, Na Geata� Glasuaine, The Women's Rock.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Few Tunes by John Skelton
An Toilean Aerach by Johnny Connolly
Bandalised by Vin Garbutt
Classic Ceili Bands by Various Artists
Dancing Through Ireland by Various Artists
Irish Dance Music by Various Artists
Jealousy by Touchstone
Keep It Up by Keep It Up
Leaving Friday Harbour by Battlefield Band
Live From The Katharine Cornell Theater Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
On The Rise by Battlefield Band
Poirt An Phiobaire by Paddy Keenan
Rain, Hail Or Shine by Battlefield Band
Real Reels Of Ireland by Various Artists
Seoda Ceoil 2 by Various Artists
Set Dances Of Ireland, Volume IV by Various Artists
Seven Streams by The Turloughmore Ceili Band
Show The Lady: Music For The Sets Volume 5 by Various Artists
Songs, Jigs, Reels by Glenside And Kilfenora Ceili Bands
Southerly Breeze by Various Artists
Stockton's Wing by Stockton's Wing
Sweetwood by Liam Kelly
Teada by Teada
The Collection by Stockton's Wing
The Fertile Rock by Chris Droney
The Gentlemen Pipers by Various Artists
The Last Of The Travelling Pipers by Felix Doran
The Road From Erin—Ireland's Musical Legacy by Dorian Recordings
The Sitting Room by Various Artists
Top Of Coom by Conal Ó'Gráda
Twos And Threes by Murphy Roche Irish Music Club
Walking Stones by Ken Kolodner, Laura Risk, Robin Bullock
With Friends Like These by James Keane

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

I can't believe this isn't here already. Perhaps it is and everyone else knows it by a different name. I've resisted the temptation to post my setting. The session-friendly session I've transcribed here is pretty much bog-standard, and close to the O'Neill's version, but I find it dead boring, to be honest. A flute player in Melbourne did some interesting things with it though - see below:

# Posted on June 3rd 2003 by Dow

Session-friendly *setting*, as opposed to session-friendly session. Can you have a "session-unfriendly session"? One where the players have a problem of collective self-hatred and an identity complex? Maybe that deserves a discussion thread. Silly me...

# Posted on June 8th 2003 by Dow

"The Green Gates" ~ another rescued duplication & old school ABCs

Key signature: G Major
Submitted on April 16th 2009 by Reelyconkored.
~ /tunes/display/9534

Starting with the original 'old school' inspired transcription, then through changes ~ Reelyconkored's notation reset ~ old & new:

X: 1
T: Green Gates, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
||GBD'G' E'G'D'B | GBD'B E'G'D'G'|
|E'ACA E'ACA | BD'E'F' G'E'D'B|
|GBD'G' E'G'D'B | GBD'B E'G'D'G'|
| CD'E'F' G'E'DC | BCAF G_ _ _||

BC||D'_G'G' B'_G'G'| D'G'B'G' E'G'D'G'|
|E'ACA E'ACA | BD'E'F' G'E'D'B|
|D'_G'G' B'_G'G'| D'G'B'G' E'G'D'G'|
|CD'E'F' G'E'DC | BCAF G_ _ _||

K: Gmaj
GBD'G' E'G'D'B | GBD'B E'G'D'G' | E'ACA E'ACA | BD'E'F' G'E'D'B |
|GBD'G' E'G'D'B | GBD'B E'G'D'G' | CD'E'F' G'E'DC | BCAF G_ _BC ||
D'_G'G' B'_G'G' | D'G'B'G' E'G'D'G' | E'ACA E'ACA | BD'E'F' G'E'D'B |
D'_G'G' B'_G'G' | D'G'B'G' E'G'D'G' | CD'E'F' G'E'DC | BCAF G_ _ _ ||

K: Gmaj
|: GBdg egdB | GBdB egdg |[1 eAcA eAcA | Bdef gedB :|[2 cdef gedc | BcAF G2 Bc ||
|: d2 gg B2 gg | dgbg egdg |[1 eAcA eAcA | Bdef gedB |[2 cedf gedc | BcAF G4 |]

Old:
D ~ E ~ F ~ G ~ A ~ B ~ C ~ D' ~ E' ~ F' ~ G' ~ A' ~ B'
New, ascii code:
D ~ E ~ F ~ G ~ A ~ B ~ c ~ d ~ e ~ f ~ g ~ a ~ b

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Old & new ~ With old school ABCs you'd underline a note to lengthen, G4 would have three lines under it instead of the 4 following it, given above as G _ _ _, and G3 would have two lines under it instead of the 3 following it, or, by the example given above, G _ _, and G2 would be one line under the G, G _... That's pre-computer ABCs, alias 'beer coaster notation'...

In other words ~

G_ = G2, G_ _ = G3, G_ _ _ = G4...

But in the old system you actually put the lines under the letter of the note being modified for increased time...

Check here for further on the current state of ABC notation:

Steve Mansfield’s introduction first, Steve hails from the Manchester area ~
http://www.lesession.co.uk/abc/abc_notation.htm

Chris Walshaw’s next, the person who moved ABCs to worldwide use on computers, a major shorthand used to share tunes amongst our kin ~
http://abcnotation.org.uk/

& Wikipedia ~
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_(musical_notation)

# Posted on April 17th 2009 by ceolachan

# Posted on April 17th 2009 by Reelyconkored ~ My feelings on the tune

I learnt this tune off Chris Droney,a concertina player from Clare. It was my first proper concertina reel and i really enjoy playing it. It takes a while to master the GBD'G' E'G'D'B parts of the tune.
I've only ever heard Chris himself play it well!!! ~ Reelyconkored

# Posted on April 18th 2009 by ceolachan

Thanks Ceolachan

# Posted on April 19th 2009 by Reelyconkored