The Winding Road

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on May 6th 2005 by LowProfile.

This tune has been added to 28 tunebooks.

Also known as Botar Diomaoin, The Idle Road.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Whistle On The Wind by Joanie Madden
• At The Feis by John Doonan
• Dublin Banjos by Sully And John Keenan
• Far Off Fields by Taxi Mauve
• House Sessions by Brenda Stubbert
• Live In Ennis by The Bowhouse Quintet
• Music From French Newfoundland by Ron Felix, Ivan White, Ron And Gerry Formanger, Ed Doucette
• Sixty Years Of Sean Maguire by Sean Maguire
• The Fabulous Kilfenora Ceili Band by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
• The Funny Reel by Joe Burke, Andy McGann And Felix Dolan
• The Merry Love To Play by Peter Horan And Gerry Harrington
• Traditional Irish Tunes Played On The Tin Whistle (1/2) by Geraldine Cotter

X: 1
T: Winding Road, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
FE | DBB Dcc| DBB c2e| dBG FGA| BGB AFE|
DBB Dcc| DBB c2e| dBG FGA | BGF G2:|
Bd | efg efg| fed cAF| d2 g gfg| afd cAF|
DBB Dcc| DBB c2e| dBG FGA| BGF G2:|

Nice simple tune

I got it originally from a book called "The Trip to Sligo". There's an E somewhere I usually play as a D, but I've noted the original E because it's more interesting.

I just play the tune straight, with bounce. I like it better as The Winding Road than as the Idle Road. It seems to wind.

# Posted on May 6th 2005 by LowProfile

"The Idle Road"

K: D Major
|: cB |
Aff Agg | Aff g2 b | afd cde | fgf ecB |
Aff Agg | Aff g2 b | afd cde | fdc d :|
|: dc |
d2 d Bcd | cBA GEF | D2 d dcd | ecA GFE |
Aff Agg | Aff g2 b | afd cde | fdc d :|

~ and another way with it:

|: CB, |
A,FF A,GG | A,FF G2 B | AFD CDE | FGF ECB, |
A,FF A,GG | A,FF G2 B | AFD CDE | FDC D :|

I love the growl of it down low...

# Posted on December 19th 2005 by ceolachan

The Cordial Jig

I know this as "The Cordial Jig", as played by Francis McPeake. It's also in his whistle book.
"The family often use two whistles when playing this jig, one taking the upper the other the lower notes, as written below"
I generally play it A first time around and C second.

X:30
T:Cordial Jig (the)
T:Port na Cordiale
M:6/8
R:Jig
S:Francis McPeake
K:G
E|DBB D[cA][cA]|DBBc2e|dBG FGA|BAG AFD|
DBB D[cA][cA]|DBBc2e|dBG FGA|BGGG2:|
|:G|Ggg efg|fed cAF|Ggg gfg|afd cAF|
DBB D[cA][cA]|DBBc2e|dBG FGA|BGGG2:|

# Posted on October 30th 2006 by Innocent Bystander