Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on December 5th 2003 by Conway.
This tune has been added to 40 tunebooks.
Also known as The Auld Resting Chair, Da Auld Restin Chair, Da Auld Restin' Chair, Da Auld Resting Chair, Resting Chair.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Resting Chair, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: barndance
K: Gmaj
B3 c A3 B |G2 D2 B,2 G,2 |C2 A2 B,2 GD |^CEAG F2 D2 |
B3 c A3 B |G2 D2 B,2 G,2 |C2 A2 D2 F2 |1 G6 D2 :|2G6 d2 ||
cBAG g3 d |e2 g2 d2 B2 |c3 d B2 G2 |E2 AG F2 D2 |
cBAG g3 d |e2 g2 d2 B2 |c3 e d2 F2 |G6 d2 |
cBAG g3 d |e2 g2 d2 B2 |c3 d B2 GD |^CEAG F2 D2 |
B3 c A3 B |G2 D2 B,2 G,2 |C2 A,2 D2 F2 |G8 ||
Barndance, hee hee that's a good one!
It think its full name is "The (or Da) Auld Resting Chair" and it is an air.
# Posted on December 5th 2003 by Jeeves Tones
Yes it's an air, which isn't an option when submitting tunes. What's the closest thing to an air? I didn't know what to put :-|
# Posted on December 5th 2003 by Conway
The hee hee wasn't directed at you Conway. I've come up against the same problem - I submitted a piece by Carolan and had to call it a waltz (barf).
# Posted on December 5th 2003 by Jeeves Tones
No offense taken & I really am grateful to be corrected! I didn't know what it was until I looked at a different file.
# Posted on December 5th 2003 by Conway
Lovely tune. Thanks Brother Steve.
# Posted on December 5th 2003 by gian marco
Thanks Conway!
# Posted on December 5th 2003 by gian marco
Da Auld Resting Chair
Isn't this a shetland tune - by Tom Anderson. It certainly has a similar feel to Da Slockit Light.
Noel Jackson
Angels of the North
# Posted on December 7th 2003 by noelbats
Tom Anderson
Tom Anderson is the composer of this tune.
Good Luck.
Mike Allen.
# Posted on December 7th 2003 by Mikea
Da Auld Resting Chair
I have Tom Anderson's CD The Silver Bow with me today, and according to his liner notes he wrote this tune upon finding, in the ruins of his grandfather's cottage, the remains of the "resting chair" his grandfather used to sit on while teaching Tom to play the fiddle. Rather a touching story.
# Posted on March 25th 2004 by sara g
The Auld Resting Chair
Fiddler and former band mate of the ubiquitous Mick Maloney, Eugene O'Donnell plays a splendid variant of this tune on his solo album from the late 70s or early 80s. If I'm not "misremembering", the album was called, aptly enough, Eugene O'Donnell. Great stuff, altogether.
# Posted on March 31st 2005 by mkearney
This tune also appears on “Lios A’Cheoil, Traditional Irish Music” by Tom and Kerry Barrett with Paul de Grae. Their liner notes indicate that it was composed by Tom Anderson and is a tribute to his grandfather as well. A brilliant Air!
Peace,
Ed
# Posted on August 3rd 2005 by ejsant
"Haand me doon da fiddle" ~ Tom Anderson & Pam Swing
The University of Stirling, 1979
ISBN: 0-901636-25-8
#33: "Da Auld Resting Chair"
# Posted on December 16th 2005 by ceolachan
Da Auld Resting Chair
Does anyone know or have a second part or counter melody for this lovely tune ?
# Posted on December 3rd 2007 by René Warny
Da Auld Resting Chair - second part
By a remarkable coincidence, I was given a copy of both parts last week (looking at transcribing it for guitar).
I took it out to look at it this evening and looked it up on thesessions, and noticed your post. So, your luck's in!
Here's the second fiddle part (my first attempt at transcribing into ABC).
Best regards,
Dave
X: 1
T: Resting Chair, The (second fiddle)
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: air
K: Gmaj
z2| (g3 a) (f3 g) |(d2 B2) (B2 G2) |c4 d4 |^c4 d4 |
(g3 a) (f3 g) |(d2 B2) (B2 G2) |(cd)(ec) d2 c2 | B6 :||
d2 | (ed)(cB) B4 |c4 B4 |A4 (G2 B2) |^c4 d4 |(ed)(cB) B4|
c4 B4 |A2 (Bc) B2 c2 |B6 d2| (ed)(cB) B4| c4 B4 |
A4 (G2B2) |^c4 d4 |(g3a) (f3 g) | (d2B2) (B2 G2) |(cd)(ec) (d2c2)|B6 ||
# Posted on December 3rd 2007 by deluxe59er
Da Auld Resting Chair
Thanks a million, Dave, for transcribing the second part and sharing it. Sounds nice. Do you know the author ?
René
# Posted on December 8th 2007 by René Warny