Key signature: Fdorian
Submitted on October 2nd 2001 by Will CPT.
This tune has been added to 40 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Whistler Of Rosslea, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Fdor
|CDEF G2 FD|GEFD E~C3|B,CDE F2 EF|GAFG EFDE|
|CDEC DEFD|G=ABG cBGF|EF (3GFE FEDF|ECDB, C3 G,|
|CDEF G2 FD|GEFD E~C3|B,CDE FDEF|GAFG EFDE|
|CDEC DEFD|G=ABG cBGF|EF (3GFE FEDF|ECDB, C3 B|
|:c2 Gc EcGc|cBdB cBG=A|B2 FB DBFB|B=AGF EDB,D|
|C~c3 dcGF|EFG=A B3 c|cBGF EF (3GFE|1 FDB,D C3 B:|
|2 FDB,D C3 G,|
The Whistler of Rosslea
This may be my favorite of Ed Reavy's tunes. The posting here is as played by Martin Hayes on his self-titled cd. After one time through, he gussies the tune up a bit, so give the cd a listen.
This is a finger stretcher for fiddlers. Those A flats in Part A and the turns on the low C beg for a relaxed left hand. I've also included the moving, bowed triplets Martin uses in both halves. Play this tune at a slow tempo until your hand gets accustomed to the odd scale and reaching all over the G string.
# Posted on October 2nd 2001 by Will CPT
F Dorian!
Nice tune, but what a beast of a key! I can't wait to see the look on my harpist's face when I plop this in front of her (steadfastly refusing to transpose it, of course!) Hee hee!
# Posted on October 3rd 2001 by JeffK627
Fiddler's key choice
Jeff, I've long wondered whether Reavy composed it in this key, or if this is just one of Martin Hayes's new age transpositions. It would be easy enough on fiddle to move it all up one string and play it in c dorian/g minor, with notes a little more friendly to other trad instruments....
# Posted on October 3rd 2001 by Will CPT
Of course, if you transpose it a semitone up, it becomes real friendly, in F# dorian (2 sharps).
# Posted on October 3rd 2001 by glauber
F# Dorian!
Or is it really B minor, with that freaky G sharp slipped in for grins? Thanks for the deft read...I'll definitely work it out in F# dorian on my fiddle, to accommodate all those whistle and concertina players. It also works well in A dorian, come to think of it....
Thanks for the inspiration!
Will
# Posted on October 3rd 2001 by Will CPT
Can this be played on the whistle?
# Posted on July 22nd 2002 by The Whistler
Whistler of Rosslea
Ed reavy wrote this in two sharps G lydian/E dorian or B minor, F# Dor produces Four Sharps - which is not correct. Ed Reavy named this tune after a man who sold fish in Rosslea, this man also whistled (with his lips, not a tin-whistle) tunes with perfect rolls, cuts etc. This tune has some Fnaturals in it, but is well suited for a garden variety D whistle when played in it's original key.
# Posted on July 22nd 2002 by Mad Baloney
F dorian? It's mostly in C dorian except for the odd A flat.
# Posted on December 21st 2005 by Dow
tune in A dorian:
X: 1
T: Whistler Of Rosslea, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K:Ador
|EFGA B2 AF|BGAF G~E3|DEFG A2 GA|BcAB GAFG|
|EFGE FGAF|B=cdB edBA|GA (3BAG AGFA|GEFD E3 B,|
|EFGA B2 AF|BGAF G~E3|DEFG AFGA|BcAB GAFG|
|EFGE FGAF|B=cdB edBA|GA (3BAG AGFA|GEFD E3 d|
|:e2 Be GeBe|edfd edB=c|d2 Ad FdAd|d=cBA GFDF|
|E~e3 feBA|GAB=c d3 e|edBA GA (3BAG|1 AFDF E3 d:|
|2 AFDF E3 B,|
# Posted on January 9th 2006 by flamin fiddler