Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on June 8th 2005 by ceolachan.
This tune has been added to 9 tunebooks.
Also known as The Dolgellau March.
X: 1
T: Ymdaith Dolgellau
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: barndance
K: Dmaj
|: D/E/F/G/ |
F/F/F AF D2 F>A | dcd>B A2 AG/F/ | GBd>B AdAF | EF/E/ EF/E/ E2 DD/E/ |
F2 A>F D2 FA | dcd>B e2 ed | cecA (3Bcd B^G | A2 A>B A2 :|
|: D/E/F/G/ |
A2 A>A A=cBA | G2 G>G G2 G/A/B/=c/ | B=c/B/ B>B (3B^cd cB | A2 ce A2 DD/E/ |
F>GAF D2 (3DFA | d>cdB A2 AG/F/ | GBdB Acec | d2 D>D D2 :|
Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau / Dolgellau's Big Session 2005
Gorffennaf / July 15th & 16th
http://www.sesiwnfawr.co.uk/ - Cymraeg / Welsh
http://www.sesiwnfawr.co.uk/welcome.cfm - English / Saesneg
If you are in North Wales/Cymru around the date - stop by...
Hey, it's called 'TheSession' and this is Dolgellau's 'BIG' one. This is also, for now, my last in a trilogy of Welsh marches for my brother-in-law who is suffering and dieing from smoking related cancer. He loves his Welsh wife, continues to work on mastering the lingo ~ and he loves marches, being the conductor of a brass band - - - up to the bitter end, even though he can't play his horn anymore.
There is a slightly different transcription of this march in one of Robin Huw Bowen's excellent efforts to promote Welsh music, on of his little "Llyfr Alawon Poced / Pocket Tune-Books", in this case:
"Mary Richards Darowen" ( A5 - 32 tunes )
Edited and arranged by Robin Huw Bowen - Telynor Moreia
Publisher - Gwasg Teires, Aberystwyth, Cymru/Wales, 1991
# Posted on June 8th 2005 by ceolachan
Gan / by John Williams, Y Bermo / Barmouth
Oops !~ the author...
# Posted on June 8th 2005 by ceolachan
"LL" yn Gymraeg
Just in case you might want to give it a try. Put the end of your tongue, steady now, on the roof of your mouth just behind your front teeth, the hard palate, and leave it there while you blow air out both sides, a kind of hissing sound. It is unaspirated, which means just air and no noise from the vocal chords, like the 'th' in bath, pith, thanks, ymdaith, theramin....
Now for an approximation:
"um-die-th"
"dol-ge-ll-aye
"dol"=dole - money or pineapple
"ge" - the first part of "guess"
"ll" - see above
"aye" or "I" (you, yourself, not 'me', "aye, aye matey"...)
# Posted on June 8th 2005 by ceolachan