The Salvation

reel

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on July 18th 2001 by jenn_folk.

This tune has been added to 65 tunebooks.

Also known as Salvation.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Huinka by The Chair
• Jamie Smith by Jamie Smith
• On A Meadowlark Night: Dance Music From New England, Ireland, Scotland, Québec, And Cape Breton by Eric Eid-Reiner And Friends
• Swåp by Swåp
• Three Bean Salad by Three Bean Salad

X: 1
T: Salvation, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
EGAE GAEG|~A2cA BAFA|~B3c BAFA|dBcA BAFA|
EGAE GAEG|A2cA BAFA|~c3A BAFA|EFAB cAA2:||
|:BceB ceAe|~f3e cBB2|~f3e ~f3g|abaf ecBA|
cdec defg|abaf efc2|fecA B2AB|cBAE F4:||

Info about The Salvation

Composed by Simon Bradley. I learned it from a band called Croft No. 5. It's a very popular session tune in Glasgow.

# Posted on July 18th 2001 by jenn_folk

I learned a slightly different version of this tune from the playing of Karen Tweed with the band Swap. I think it has a great drive to it:

EGAE GAEG | AecA BAFA | B3B- BAFA | dAcA BAFA |
EGAE GAEG | AecA BAFA | BccA BcAF | EFAB cA~A2 :||:
BceB ceBc | effe cBBe | f3f- fece | agae fecB |
cdec defg | agae fece | fecA B2AB | cBAE FAE2 :||!

It's also become a hot tune for contradances here in New England. Rodney Miller and David Surette do a great version of it and have this fun variation on the A part that drives dancers wild:

"variation for A part:"!
EGAE GAEG | AEGA EGAE | FGAF GAFG | AFGA FGAF |
GABG ABGA | BGAB GABz | BccA BcAF | EFAB cA~A2 :||

# Posted on August 16th 2004 by jdicarlo