Key signature: Bminor
Submitted on March 13th 2004 by Q.
This tune has been added to 12 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Good Hope Caper, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Bmin
|:FBd cBF|DEF GFE|FBd GBd|Ace gfe|
fBd cBF|DEF GFE|1 GFE FBd|cBA BFE:|2 GFE FBd|edc B3||
|:fBd ~g3|fBd ~g3|fed fed|c=c^c ~f3|
fBd ~g3|fBd ~g3|1 fed cBA|Fdc Bce:|2 fed FBd|cf^a b3||
Caper cutting
My first original tune, written in tick-fevered delirium.
I came up with the name first, and have been messing around for a while trying to come up with something that sounded caper-ish.
Musically it's informed by canuckian fluter Nicholas Williams (specifically 'The Imp's Limp' on his CD The Crooked River). I don't know the roots of the style, as I couldn't read the liner notes (they're in french) but I guess it isn't really very irish.
Like it or hate it, please tell me! (the last bar is a tad over-indulgent, I know).
# Posted on March 13th 2004 by Q
like it!!!!!
# Posted on March 13th 2004 by NickPhelan
Great tune besides the 2nd ending
It has something in it from the french tradition.
I think it has to be played at a moderate tempo - composer please comment
# Posted on March 14th 2004 by swisspiper
Thanks guys!
yeah, it's ideally a moderate, andante/walking pace kind of a tempo... the first couple of bars should be fairly staccato-ish (what's the non-classical term for staccato, I wonder?) with an extra bit of emphasis on every downbeat (to give it that plodding feel, a la the marching brooms in the Sorcerer's Apprentice segment from Fantasia).
French, eh? That's cool... I have French Huguenot roots so I can always pretend that's what inspired me
# Posted on March 14th 2004 by Q
Fun tune -
Thanks for posting this - the B part is amazing sounding on a Mandola or MandoCello. You've left lots of room for drones and triplets and it is just flat out fun to play. French or not ...
# Posted on March 14th 2004 by 2situla
B part
After playing through the B part about 8 times (catchy little phrase that ...) I think it comes from a Mousorgsky tune. Either from the sorcer or Night on Bald Mountain.
Which makes it even more fun.
# Posted on March 15th 2004 by 2situla
*bluster*
Well if it did then it wasn't a direct rip. Damn, I'm going to have to check that... can't go around saying I wrote it if I nicked it from Mussorsky, intentionally or not.
# Posted on March 15th 2004 by Q
No problem
Adapting from other sources (theft - plagarism ?) is an honorable and age old tradition. I think Mussorsky would get a kick out of this thematic exploration.
The question is - who did he steal it from in the first place? I seem to have heard it was based on a traditional Russian, Byloruss or Ukranian folk tune. So, the circle has now come round to S.A.. It is lovely and fun to play at about 110 to 115bpm and absolutely swings. I'll try to get a copy off to a piper / fluter friend of mine and see what we can come up with. Already, it goes pretty well with Abraham MacIntosh' "Witches Hill". I don't know if this tune is posted on this site.
# Posted on March 15th 2004 by 2situla
Heh, I guess I can roll with that
More to follow, watch this space
# Posted on March 16th 2004 by Q
I like it and I'm a fussy, crotchety old git. The best part for me is the ascending F, G, A in bars 2-3 (FBd GBd|Ace ).
Chris
# Posted on March 17th 2004 by milesnagopaleen