Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on April 4th 2005 by sixholes.
This tune has been added to 10 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Carrick Tinker, The
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Gmaj
B2| A4B2| c2B2A2 | B2A2G2| A2G2E2 | A4B2| c4e2 | d2B2G2 | G4E2 |
A4B2| c2B2A2 | B2A2G2 | A4ef | g2b2a2| g4B2 | d2B2G2| G4B2 |
e4de |e2d2B2 | e4A2| A2B2d2 | e2d2e2 |e2d2B2 | d2B2G2 | G3GAB |
e4de| e2d2B2 | e4A2| A4ef | g2b2a2 |g4e2 | d2B2G2 |G4B2 |
c4A2| B4A2 | d4B2 |G4B2 | c4A2| B4A2 | d2B2G2| G2B2d2 |
c4BA| B2A2G2 | A2G2E2| G4AB | c2e2d2| c4A2 | B2A2G2| G4||
This emotional slow waltz is played by fiddler John Hymas in a CD called Irish Jigs that I will eventually post to the recordings session.
# Posted on April 4th 2005 by sixholes
A 6/8 Waltz?
I've commented on this anomaly before. It somewhat cuts against my musical instincts, knowledge and experience. Can someone please enlighten me? If we are presenting information to a variety of people, including those with limited musical knowledge, then at least we must make it as unambiguous as possible. if the fault is with making mistakes when using ABC there are ways of checking notation before contribution.
# Posted on April 4th 2005 by hetty
My fault!
I've just fixed the ABC; I'm not sure how I ended up submitting
an incorrect version (I did prepare a correct one). Sorry about
that. I am also adding a name - the Carrick Tinker - which is actually the track name on the CD, but for lack of a known tune name, I guess it's better than "gan ainm".
# Posted on April 5th 2005 by sixholes
You still need twice as many barlines as you have in the abc. As it stands it's in 6/4.
# Posted on April 5th 2005 by Dow
Right. Thanks.
# Posted on April 5th 2005 by sixholes
Nota bene!
Having fixed the ABC, there is now a discrepancy between
the ABC and the sheet music. Please use the ABC! (the difference is not only in the meter: a few notes were actually wrong).
# Posted on April 5th 2005 by sixholes
6/8 waltz? very slow emotional jig
Have tried playing this as a waltz - sorry but it doesn't work for me.
I did think it should have been presented as:
M: 3/4
L: 1/4
'A' music example ; B | A2B | cBA | BAG | etc playing it with a very waltzy rhythm at various speeds including very slow. very slowly I wanted to add notes and dot various crotchets.
I tried it as a very slow jig, keeping the bar lines as originally put down and in 6/8. Accompaniment on guitar or with basses on accordian would be very subtle and I would want to demonstrate not try to describe. I haven't heard your source CD, sixholes, but have an instinctive feeling that 6/8 would be correct tempo. I'm drawn to compare it with Planxty Irwin. Not for any tune similarity obviously, but for the tempo I use for PI and its rhythmic feel. Food for thought perhaps.
# Posted on April 8th 2005 by hetty
I tend to agree with your first guess - in fact I meant to write it as M:3/4 and L:1/4, but the upload interface set the note length to 1/8 without asking...
Please download the ABC again, you'll get the version I think is right.
The way it is played on the disk, it is slower then the way I would play planxty Irwin. Or (perhaps more informatively) the way it is played on the Ash Plant CD.
# Posted on April 10th 2005 by sixholes
Sheetmusic OK Now
Thanks, Jeremy!
# Posted on August 28th 2005 by sixholes