Key signature: Adorian
Submitted on August 29th 2003 by dafydd.
This tune has been added to 21 tunebooks.
Also known as An Gealban-Lion Glas, Green Linnet, Green Linnett, The Green Linnett.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Green Linnet, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ador
|:A2 ae cBAc|BAGB gdBG|A2 ae cBAc|BGdB cA A2:|
ABcd ecBA|BGBd gdBG|ABcd ecBA|BGdB cAAB|
ABcd ecBA|BGBd gdBG|AcBd ced=f|edcB cA A2||
The Green Linnet
I can't remember where I got this from
# Posted on March 1st 2003 by dafydd
Kevin Burke?
I think that I have an old Kevin Burke recording of this....Merry Christmas all...
# Posted on December 25th 2003 by lovelylydia
There is an A maj version in O'Neill, which sounds just a little weird in that key. I just wonder if that was another case of the O'Neill transcriber not really understanding modal tunes and trying to force it into the default major. Any comments from the experts on this hypothesis?
Trevor
# Posted on December 25th 2003 by lazyhound
"The Green Linnet" ~ O'Neill (A ~ Major or Dorain)
X: 2
T: Green Linnet, The
S: "O’Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies", 1903, page 237, tune #1262
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
A2 ae cBAc | BAGB gdBG | A2 ae cBAc | BGdB cAAB :|
|: ABcd ecBA | BGBd gdBG |[1 ABcd ecBA | BGdB cAAB |[2 AcBd cedf | edcB cAAB |]
# Posted on July 13th 2008 by ceolachan
correction, for the B-part I'd left out the repeat sign ':' ~
|[1 ABcd ecBA | BGdB cAAB :|[2 AcBd cedf | edcB cAAB |]
# Posted on July 13th 2008 by ceolachan
A mix...
could work. Sometimes, people write out pieces in only either the "standard" major or minor and then use accidentals to get the real mode across. If the A major wasn't a simple mistake (for A minor with F sharps written for dorian, perhaps), the transcriber may have been intending A mix (written in A major, but accidentally forgetting the G nat accidentals!). A major just sounds weird to me without some serious alterations, but A mix isn't too bad. That being said, I prefer the dorian.
# Posted on July 13th 2008 by muspc
A MIxolydian ~ etc... ~ you started this muspic, anyone else and I'd have passed on by
Yes, I know what you mean. When I usually give the O'Neill I tend to leave it as found...
X: 3
T: Green Linnet, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amin
|: Bc |\
A2 ae cB A/B/c | BG B/c/d gd c/B/G | A2 ae cBAc | BGdB fc :|
|: d/c/B |\
|: A2 B/c/d ecBA | BGDd gdBG |[1 ABcd ecBc | BGdB f2 :|[2 Ac B/c/d cedf | edBc A2 |]
X: 4
T: Green Linnet, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
|: AG |\
Acae cBAc | B2 GB gdBc | A2 ae cBAc | BGdB cA- :|
|: B/A/G |\
A2 cd ecBA | BGBd gdBc |[1 A2 cd ecBA | BGdB cA :|[2 A2 Bd cedg | ae (3dcB A2 |]
X: 5
T: Green Linnet, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amix
|: B/A/G |\
A2 ae cBAc | BAGB gdBc | A2 ae cBAc | BGdB cA :|
|: GB |\
ABcd ec c/B/A | BGdB gdBG |[1 A2 B/c/d e2 c/B/A | BGdB cA :|[2 AcBd cedf | edcB A2 |]
Personally, I prefer it in a minor...
# Posted on July 14th 2008 by ceolachan
Sorry, that 'i' was a slip ~ muspc...
# Posted on July 14th 2008 by ceolachan
I'm also prone to do this at times ~
K: Amin
|: B/A/^G |\
# Posted on July 14th 2008 by ceolachan