Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on September 15th 2004 by Kenny.
This tune has been added to 10 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Frank's Favourite
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
c3 d edcA | BABc dcBc | AE E2 FEF^G | AE^GE FECE |
AE E2 AEcE | BABc dcBd | cdec dcBd |1 cAB^G Aced :|2 cAB^G A=fed ||
=c3 d ecAc | BAB=c dBGd | eAdA =cABd | =cABG AG=FD |
E3 A e=cAc | BAB=c dGBd |1 eAdA =cABd | =cABG AGAB :|2 eA A2 eAeA | eAdA cABA ||
Frank's Favourite
Heard this 10 years ago at the Paddy O'Brien weekend in Nenagh. It's been recorded also by a fine Glasgow trio "Kinnell". I only found the name of it recently from one of Liz Doherty's CDs, and she says it was composed by someone called P.Mohan. Anyone know who he/she is? This was transcribed for me from the Nenagh recording by Ged Palmer, a fiddler who lived in Aberdeen in the 80s/early 90s. Tricky on a wind instrument because of the G#s.
# Posted on September 15th 2004 by Kenny
Here's a way to notate the same tune with fewer pesky accidentals:
K: Dlyd
c3 d edcA | BABc dcBc | AE E2 FEFG | AEGE FECE |
AE E2 AEcE | BABc dcBd | cdec dcBd |1 cABG Aced :|2 cABG A=fed ||
K: Amin
c3 d ecAc | BABc dBGd | eAdA cABd | cABG AGFD |
E3 A ecAc | BABc dGBd |1 eAdA cABd | cABG AGAB :|2 eA A2 eAeA | eAdA ^cABA ||
The tune is in D lydian (not major) for the first half and A minor for the second.
Cool tune, Kenny. I like it a lot.
# Posted on September 17th 2004 by Kerri Brown
Thanks
Thanks, "fiddler",
These modes still do my head in ! I knew this was an awkward one, but the important thing was that it was an accurate transcription when played back on the computer. Glad you like it - it is certainly a good tune, and one of of those that makes you sit up and listen, first time you hear it. Great key change, I think. You don't know anything about P.Mohan, do you, because if he/she has written any more tunes as good as this, I'd like to hear them, and would certainly consider buying any recording made by him/her on the basis of this composition.
# Posted on September 17th 2004 by Kenny
Kerri/Kenny, the 1st part is straight A major, not D major or D lydian.
# Posted on September 17th 2004 by Dow
Whoops - good point, mark! I was just fiddling around to get the sharps right and assuming the tune was in some type of "D" as listed. (It was late, gimme a break!)
# Posted on September 17th 2004 by Kerri Brown
It has to be absolutely correct, otherwise I can't obsessively tick it off my list
# Posted on September 18th 2004 by Dow