Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on August 30th 2004 by Phantom Button.
This tune has been added to 30 tunebooks.
Also known as The Magic Foot.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Magic Foot
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: barndance
K: Gmaj
G2Bd ddBd|ddBd cAFA|G2Bd ddBd|cAFA G3F|
G2Bd ddBd|ddBd cAFA|G2Bd ddBd|cAFA GBdc|
|:BGdG BdBG|EGcG FAdc|BGdG BdBG|1AddB G2dc:|2AddB G2 gb||
ad~d2 Add(d|d2)~d2 Adgb|ad~d2 Adde|dBAF G2gb|
ad~d2 Add(d|d2)~d2 Adgb|ad~d2 Adde|d2(d2 d)BAF|
|:G2Bd ~d2BG|FGFD A,DFA|GBdB FGFD|A,DFA G3F:|
The Magic Foot
Here's a tune that showed up on Mary Staunton's CD, "Bright Early Mornings" that was written by American mandolin player, Russ Barnberg. Mary calls it a barndance and it sounds like she plays it in the key of A on an Eflat box. A query for this tune showed up on IRTRAD with only the first two parts and this prompted me to finish it in the key they started it in -- Gmajor. It’s a cute tune with a pinch of Cajun affectations thrown in on the third part.
# Posted on August 30th 2004 by Phantom Button
Russ
Jack
Is this the same Russ who played on a great CD with a guitarist/slide and bass player. Not trad but absolutely mind-blowing musicianship - my memory has deserted me and I can't remember the name of the other guys or the name of the album, which I have lost.
Maybe you can fill in those gaps.
Cheers
# Posted on August 30th 2004 by Donough
Thanks, Jack
Good man, Jack. I requested this tune a while back. I'm sure the composer's original key was A, but G suits the flute better. Nevertheless, I'm included to transpose it back to A for the sake of "authenticity". Do you play it in A on the flute yourself? Thanks very much.
# Posted on August 30th 2004 by Kenny
Moving Pictures
This is on Barenberg's 1988 recording, "Moving Pictures". Other Artists include, Bela Fleck, Mark O'Connor, Edgar Meyer, Jerry Douglas etc. While not Irish Traditional ... it is and amazing CD.
# Posted on August 30th 2004 by 2situla
I've only been playing it today and G seems nice on the flute. You still have to fold the bottom note in the Key of A, so it's not really worth it to play in A. I'm going to give it a go in on my concertina in that key though.
# Posted on August 30th 2004 by Phantom Button
Uh...
Thanks very much Jeremy for editing my copy when I made that boo-boo at the top, but I think you might have left something out about this tune in the process. : ¬ \
# Posted on September 1st 2004 by Phantom Button
This tune still doesn't have sheetmusic or midi
Uh... helloooooooo
# Posted on September 1st 2004 by Phantom Button
Jeremy -- are you out there?
Read comments above please.
# Posted on September 2nd 2004 by Phantom Button
I guess the data for this tune will forever remain incomplete.
Maybe I should email Jeremy
# Posted on September 4th 2004 by Phantom Button
Jack. Nobody cares about you! Get used to it? You're an anglo player? Nobody's listening to you, least of all I. Just stop your whinging, your angloid neneneneneneeEEEHH. "Excuse me, but, I am, like, *so* an American citizen, and I, like, totally, like, *demand* my sheetmusic
# Posted on September 4th 2004 by Dr. Dow
Oh by the way, I just read that, imagining that I had absolutely no sense of irony whatsoever, and decided that it sounded quite rude and out of order. So:
I apologise sincerely to all of you out there for any offence caused. I assure you I did not mean to diss Jack. I do not want to seem as though I'm like some sort of, like, cheeky upstart or whatever (jeez perish the thought), and I know some of you reading right now will be really irritated at what I wrote to Jack, but even more so at what I'm writing now... mwaahahaha. And for that I apologise. Man, just write to Jeremy direct and have me kicked off please, you'd be doing me a favour too. I spend far too much time on the yella anyway.
# Posted on September 4th 2004 by Dr. Dow
Dow... you cheeky upstart.
# Posted on September 4th 2004 by Phantom Button
Magic Foot
Where's the proper music????
I only got the kiddys form, alphabety-spaggetti.
Is something wrong with this server too???
# Posted on September 6th 2004 by Peter O'Connor
If a tune falls in a forest...
That's exactly what I've been wondering. Finally someone besides Dow notices. It begs the question: If a tune falls in a forest...
# Posted on September 6th 2004 by Phantom Button
Try threatening legal action, Jack, that'll work.
# Posted on September 6th 2004 by Dr. Dow
Good idea, Dow... my lawyer will be in touch with your one.
# Posted on September 6th 2004 by Phantom Button
Is this about the time when I spilt Guinness on your concertina? It wasn't my fault, it was the bar's fault for serving me. It was the fault of the company who made the pint glasses which had no sticky-out lip to stop it from slipping out of my hand. It was your fault for asking me to buy the drink in the first place. In fact it was your fault for bringing your expensive personal items to a public drinking establishment. It was Guinness's fault for brewing a product that is wet and black, and therefore able to cause permanent damage to musical instruments. But most of all it was your fault for taking up the monkeybox in the first place - you were asking for trouble. I think I have a good case - bring it on!
# Posted on September 6th 2004 by Dr. Dow
Dow, if you were living here in the states you'd make one helluva Republican. hahaha... DOW for BUSH!
# Posted on September 6th 2004 by Phantom Button
Maybe it's the error in the ABC? I cut and pasted into BarFly, and it complained about the illegal construction :|| at the end of the tune. Try removing the second vertical bar and maybe it'll get converted.
# Posted on September 6th 2004 by GaryAMartin
Dow for Bush? Yeah right. The only bush I'd go for is one that I can smoke.
# Posted on September 7th 2004 by Dr. Dow
...and the joke needs to stop right there, with that kind of bush. My parents might read this
# Posted on September 7th 2004 by Dr. Dow
Still no midi or sheet music here
I tried your idea Gary, but it hasn't had any effect yet... maybe Jeremy doesn't like me?
# Posted on September 7th 2004 by Phantom Button
No sheet man
Maybe it's because this isn't really an Irish tune?
# Posted on September 8th 2004 by Phantom Button
Sheetmusic
There's no as many Irish tunes being posted on this site these days, Jack. Are we running out of "shteem"? Since it was me who originally requested this a while ago, could I enter a plea for the sheet music to be posted, please? I could get it from the abcs, but that's more of a hassle.
# Posted on September 9th 2004 by Kenny
Maybe it's the title
The word "magic" might be making it invisible.
# Posted on September 9th 2004 by Phantom Button
Good sheet mon
Thanks Jeremy... ok, now... let's all play the tune in the key of A.
# Posted on September 10th 2004 by Phantom Button
Other Recordings
Sharon Shannon has also recorded this, on her 1999 release: Spellbound: The Best Of Sharon Shannon
Also, I believe she plays both the accordion and the fiddle, on the track
# Posted on December 14th 2009 by The Lobstaman