Key signature: Gmixolydian
Submitted on August 14th 2003 by gian marco.
This tune has been added to 57 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: A Tune For Frankie
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmix
|:D2G FDC|~A,3 ~F3|~A,3 ~C3|~A,3 G,A,G,|G,>A,B,/C/|
D2G FDC|~A,3 ~F3|~A,3 CA,C|A,CA, G,A,G,|G,>A,B,/C/:|
|:DGA _Bdc|BGE FED|~F3 GFG| Add d3|
DGA _Bdc|BGE FED| FCA, DCA,| G,A,G, G,>A,B,/C/:|
A tune for Frankie
Source: Altan
Composer: Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh
Transcription: g.m.p.
This tune is dedicated to the late Frankie Kennedy.
# Posted on August 15th 2003 by gian marco
I love this tune. To me it communicates an intriguing mix of intense melancholy and robust optimism. GM I feel sure that there's a bar of 9/8 at the end of each phrase in the A part, or maybe the whole of the A part could be transcribed in 9/8 or something. Variations on the last few bars are:
~A,3 CA,C FCA, G,A,G, G,A,/B,/C and
~A,3 FCA, DCA, G,A,G, G,A,/B,/C
# Posted on August 15th 2003 by Dow
God that sounded poncy when I read it back to myself, "intriguing mix of intense melancholy and robust optimism" indeed. Maybe I should go away and come back again in a week or two.
# Posted on August 15th 2003 by Dow
and i thought vogon poetry was bad!
# Posted on August 15th 2003 by biggus dave
i thought that the A3 F3 bar was played twice. It fits but it's been ages since i've listened to that tune.
# Posted on October 1st 2003 by phelanfiddl
This transcription works
I love this jig, and found this transcription which works really quite well... slip jig for the first part - 6 bars of 9/8 = 2 bars of 27/8...
R: jig
Z: Transcribed by Alan Ng, agng@students.wisc.edu
M:27/8
Q:3/8=90
K:GDor
D2G FDC ~A,3 ~F3 ~A,3 ~C3 ~A,3 G,A,G, G,(3A,B,C|\
D2G FDC ~A,3 ~F3 ~A,3 CA,C (3A,B,CA, G,A,G, G,(3A,B,C:|*
M:6/8
E:14
DGA Bdc| =BGE FED|1 ~F3 ~G3| Add d3:|2 FCA, DCA,| G,A,G, G,3:|**
# Posted on January 21st 2005 by drone
Slight corretion...
Sorry - M:6/8 E:14 in the above transcription have no reason to be there. How did they get in? Did you insert them? Remove them, and the tune is complete.
# Posted on June 23rd 2005 by drone