Key signature: Dmixolydian
Submitted on November 19th 2004 by Dow.
This tune has been added to 23 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Lucy Farr's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmix
DED DEG|A2G ABd|e2d d2B|B2A AGE|
DED DEG|A2G ABd|e2d BGE|1 DED D2E:|2 DED D2g||
|:~a3 aba|~g3 edB|deg edB|ded deg|
~a3 aba|~g3 edB|ged BGE|1 DED D2g:|2 DED D2E||
NO COMMENTS! - DOW - MARK - NOTHING TO SAY!?
Shock & Horror!!!
# Posted on November 19th 2004 by ceolachan
Lucy Farr's
This tune has recently become popular at my local session. It's my favourite jig at the moment. It's incredibly easy to learn - in fact I think I picked it up after hearing it a couple of times through, and now it's stuck in my head. I think it's a bit of an obscure tune actually. I've googled the abc and trawled through all the tune indexes looking for alternative names, but haven't been able to find a single other transcription of it on the net. The tune was given to me as "Lucy Farr's". If you play Stan Chapman's, you'll notice that the A-part is quite similar. I prefer this tune though, and I think flute players will find it rather tasty. The first couple of bars are also reminiscent of The Blarney Pilgrim, but again, this one wins hands down for me anyway. Does anyone else here play it?
# Posted on November 19th 2004 by Dow
Hey 'c' give me a chance - I only posted it about 3 mins ago ;-p
# Posted on November 19th 2004 by Dow
;-P
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display.php/4801
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display.php/4830
# Posted on November 19th 2004 by ceolachan
I think I know why I like this tune. It's because it's pentatonic with no F#s or Cs, and I think that its simplicity makes it all the more powerful. I also love tunes in G that go below the octave to the low D like that. Those last couple of bars in the B-part sound incredibly beautiful, particularly on the flute.
# Posted on November 19th 2004 by Dow
Ceolachan, I stand by what I said about tune comments and cut & pastes! The grumpy moaning git that I am.
# Posted on November 19th 2004 by Dow
No, but I'll give it a go. I've heard a number of things by Lucy Farr, but this one isn't ringing any bells, though a bar or two do suggest other things, like the A-part relationship you've caught. I'll see if I've notated anything from Lucy Farr's playing that relates to this and if I have, or if in the look I find any alternative - I will return with it... I do find I keep wanting to play it differently than this, but that doesn't tell me much...
# Posted on November 19th 2004 by ceolachan
- Oh yeah!
- another grumpy moaning git...
# Posted on November 19th 2004 by ceolachan
I have the tune from a good source. You're not mixing it up with Stan Chapman's are you? They are quite similar...
# Posted on November 19th 2004 by Dow
LOL -- you two.
# Posted on November 19th 2004 by Zina Lee
PS For whoever is about to write something to the effect of "isn't this in Dmix?", my answer is no, it's in Gmaj.
# Posted on November 19th 2004 by Dow
Zina learn this tune!
# Posted on November 19th 2004 by Dow
PS For whoever is about to write something to the effect of "isn't this in G?", my answer is no, it's in Dmix.
Just play what sounds right but don't ask me!
I find that both work, but G sounds better if you make it 3rd inversion and put a D in the bass, otherwise it ruins the whole "unfinished" modal sound of the tune.
# Posted on November 19th 2004 by Dow
This tune is so easy to spoil with guitar backing. To be honest, it's nice just on its own, but you can make it work if you're careful. I use these and play quite a bit of it in bare 5ths:
K:Dmix
|:Dsus4 / |D / |C / |G Am|
Dsus4 / |D / |C G|D / :|
K:Ador
|:Am / |C / |G / |D / |
Am / |Em / |C G|D / :|
# Posted on November 19th 2004 by Dow
HA HA HA HA! If you google the abc it says "Did you mean to search for 'DEAD DOG'?" It's comforting to know that the human brain still beats computers on common sense, despite all the scary films about computers that take over the world and destroy the human race.
# Posted on November 19th 2004 by Dow
Have I made enough comments for you yet ceolachan? I've stated my source, talked about why I like the tune, compared it to other tunes, and even suggested some chords. Can I go now?
# Posted on November 19th 2004 by Dow
2nd inversion, ooh I'm forgetting all my theory, my music teacher at school would be most displeased hehe.
# Posted on November 19th 2004 by Dow
This one rings a bell, though the title "Lucy Farr's" doesn't and I can't put another name to it.
From a rather perforated memory....
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
DED DEG|ABG ABd|egd edB|BAG AGE|
DED DEG|ABG ABd|egd BGE|1 GED D2E:|2 GED D2g||
|:~a3 aba|~g3 edB|deg edB|deg deg|
~a3 aba|~g3 edB|ged BGE|1 DED D2g:|2 DED D2E||
# Posted on November 19th 2004 by Will CPT
Isn't this tune in D minor?
Hey, Dow, damn your a master of the tirade, at least as bad as me. Any - isn't this tune in D minor?
;-P
# Posted on November 19th 2004 by ceolachan
way
# Posted on November 19th 2004 by ceolachan
LOL, think of it in D minor if that sounds right to you!
Will can you remember where you got the tune from?
# Posted on November 20th 2004 by Dow
I'd be lying if I said it was either Kevin Burke or Liz Carroll because it just as well could've come off almost any player on some ancient Thistle and Shamrock radio show.
Maybe "perforated" is too generous a term--the holes are larger than the surface area.
# Posted on November 20th 2004 by Will CPT
Really good tune Dow.
Thanks for posting it. I've been looking for a tune to put with Liting Banshee and Up in the air. I think I've just found it.
Cheers.
# Posted on November 20th 2004 by Geoff Pollitt
Lucy Farr's Jig
As you're in a commenting mood, Dow, git on over here ...
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/3855
... and finish your homework. Who was the fish in question? Is my hypothesis correct? Why the G#s? Inquiring minds need to know.
# Posted on November 21st 2004 by Tish
Hetty, I took the liberty of storing your transcription in case it got deleted by Jeremy. It did, so I'm posting it again here:
K:Dmix
|:D3 DEG|ABA ABd|e2d d2B|B2A AGE|
D3 DEG|ABA ABd|e2d BAG|(3EFE D D3:|
|:a3 aba|g2e ede|dBd edB|d3 d3|
eaa aba|g2e ede|ged BAG|(3EFE D D3:|
...transcribed from a recording produce in 1975 by Leader Records on which Lucy Farr is playing with Paul Gross and Michael Plunkett (fiddles) and Reg Hall on piano, forming a band called 'The Rakes'.
# Posted on November 24th 2004 by Dow
Mark: Master o' da Tunes Section!
# Posted on November 24th 2004 by Zina Lee
Okay, have now listened to the thing -- great, another jig that starts like another jig... ;) I'm teasing you, Mark, it's quite a nice tune, isn't it?
# Posted on November 24th 2004 by Zina Lee
& a bit about Lucy herself:
http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/farr.htm
# Posted on November 27th 2004 by ceolachan