Key signature: Aminor
Submitted on March 21st 2005 by Eachann mac Bodach.
This tune has been added to 11 tunebooks.
Also known as Blencathra, The Morning Wood, Waking O'Toole.
X: 1
T: Stiff In The Morning
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Amin
|:DEA AGA | [E2c2] z4 | [B2D2] B BAG | BAG BAG |
DEA AGA | [E2c2] z4 | [B2D2] B BAG | [E2A2] z4 :|
K:Emin
f2 f fed | [B2e2] z4 | f2 f fef | gfe gfe |
f2 f fed | [B2e2] z4 | fgf agf | [E2B2e2] z4 :|
Stiff in the Morning
Composed, if that's the right word, in March 2005.
I was trying to play Mom's Jig (by Jerry Holland), for which see
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/2877
I started changing some of the notes and ended up emerging from a kind of hypnotic state an hour later with a completely different tune.
I play it on the Mandolin and tend to slide into the beginnings of phrases and bend the chords slightly. I not entirely happy with the way it ends so would welcome any suggestions.
The title is capable of various interpretations
Slainte.
# Posted on March 21st 2005 by Eachann mac Bodach
AKA "Morning Wood"?
# Posted on March 22nd 2005 by Dr. Dow
Very Good!
Not bad, hey , a tune that is barely a week old is already known by two different names
# Posted on March 22nd 2005 by Eachann mac Bodach
Or if you want to be a bit more subtle, what about "The Wood In The Morning"
# Posted on March 23rd 2005 by Dr. Dow
Stiff in The Morning (slip jig)
T:Stiff In The Morning
T:Morning Wood, The
M:9/8
L:1/8
C:Slainte
R:slip jig
K:Amin
|:DEA AGA [E3c3] | [B2D2] B BAG BAG |
DEA AGA [E2c2] | [B2D2] B BAG [E2A2] :|
K:Emin
f2 f fed [B2e2] | f2 f fef gfe |
f2 f fed [B2e2] | fgf agf [E2B2e2] :|
# Posted on March 23rd 2005 by gian marco
I like the Slip Jig version
Many thanks Gian Marco - it's cool!
# Posted on March 23rd 2005 by Eachann mac Bodach
Stiff In The Morning: Bmin jig version
What about this:
X: 1
T: The Wood In The Morning
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Bmin
|:FBB BAB|~d3 ded|cec cBA|cBA FED|
EFB BAB|~d3 ded|cec cBA|1 BcB B2A:|2 BcB Bce||
fBB fed|efe ede|fBB fef|agf efg|
faf fed|efe edc|B2d cAF|BcB Bce|
fBB fed|efe ede|fBB fef|agf efg|
faf fed|efe efa|bff agf|efe dBA||
# Posted on March 23rd 2005 by Dr. Dow
Nice tune and it's not a hard on--oops meant to say hard *one* to learn.
# Posted on March 23rd 2005 by Johnny Jay
Imagine if I'd written it as a hornpipe!
# Posted on March 23rd 2005 by Eachann mac Bodach
And yet another name
If I'm not mistaken, this is the "tune" my wife refers to as "Waking O'Toole."
# Posted on May 19th 2005 by jimhale
Blencathra: The real story here!
'Stiff on the morning' actually describes my relationship with Blencathra. If anybody is wondering who Blencathra is
, then the truth is that Blencathra is mountain in Cumbria! The first title I gave this jig has a deliberate element of ambiguity - which has led to a bit of fun.
# Posted on September 24th 2005 by Eachann mac Bodach