Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on January 25th 2005 by Will CPT.
This tune has been added to 35 tunebooks.
Also known as The Mason's Men.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Mason's Men
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
"Basic melody"
|d2 cd ecde|a2 ga fdec|dBcd ecde|f2 ec d2 fe|
|d2 cd ecde|a2 ga fdec|dBcd ecde|faec d2 de||
|f B3 FB3|ceag fede|f B3 FB3|ABcd Bcde|
|fB3 FB3|ceag fede|fB3 FB3|ABcd BABc||
"As played"
|d2 cd ecde|(3aba ga fdec|dBcd ecde|(3fgf ec dgfe|
|d/d/d cd ecde|(3aba ga fdec|dAB/c/d ecde|faec dcde||
|f ~B3 F~B3|ceag fede|f~ B3 F~B3|ABcd Bcde|
|fBFB DFBd|ceag fede|~f3d BFBd|ABcd efge||
The Mason's Men
This simple little single reel (played ABAB) was written by box player John Williams. I learned it from Solas' self titled cd on the Shanachie label. My "as played" version strays a bit from what Solas plays and is one way I might play the tune on fiddle. You can also do some nice drones on long double stops with the [fB] or [FB] combinations.
I like the shift from D maj to B min, which also comes in handy mid flight in a set when you're trying to think of an interesting key change...going into Julia Delaney in Dm is fun.
# Posted on January 25th 2005 by Will CPT