Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on June 29th 2004 by geoffwright.
This tune has been added to 27 tunebooks.
Also known as Caoilte Mountains, The Caoilte Mountains, The Cuilcagh Mountains.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Caoilte Mountains
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|AAeA GEDE|GABd efga|bagb aged|BBBA GABG|
AAeA GEDE|GABd efga|bagb aged|BAGB A2G2|
aaba gede|g3 a gede|gaba gedB|AABG EA A2|
aaba gede|degb aaga|bggg agba|ggga gedB|
Caolite Mountains
From Mary MacNamaras' "Trad music from East Clare" refering to an area of County Cavan, collected by P J Hayes from Conor Tully.
As usual, transposed from F# on the cd.
# Posted on June 29th 2004 by geoffwright
Spelling?
Caoilte ?
# Posted on June 29th 2004 by Kenny
CORRECTION: Key=A, not G
to whom this may concern:
G major ? I thinknot: A 'dorian' rather,
A at anyrate,
(a single # here reminds one that it's not all Major and minor in the world of (Irish) trad, not about what is written (which abides by alien classical rules) at all but about what one hears (which indeed is hard to define at times in some of the airs and tunes) and we should be in no doubt here:
I hear it say, clear and sweet!
(most probably in the dorian mode too though the complete lack of C in the melody could also point to the mixolydian mode).
and...er...
by the way, the only # could easily be done away with too here: F is only used in passing in this reel which gives it a nice anhemitonic pentatonic flavour , ¿no?
¡que aproveche!
(thanks for sharing this great tune!)
# Posted on December 21st 2004 by birlibirdie