Key signature: Gminor
Submitted on June 10th 2005 by ceolachan.
This tune has been added to 38 tunebooks.
Also known as Flower Of The Woods, The Flower Of The Woods, The Flowering Forest, The Flowering Woodland, Flowers Of The Forest, Forest Flower, The Forest Flower, The Forest In Flower, Metsakukkia, Woodland Flower, The Woodland Flower, The Woodland In Flower.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Metsäkukkia
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Gmin
|: D2 G2 A2 | B2 A2 G2 | d6- | d6 |
D2 G2 A2 | B2 A2 G2 | e6- | e6 |
c2 d2 e2 | e2 d2 c2 | d6- | d6 |
D2 ^F2 A2 | c2 B2 A2 | G6 |1 G2 z4 :|
2 G2 g3 ^f ||
|: f6- | f2 g3 e | d6- | d2 e3 d |
c6- | c2 d3 c | B6- | B2 d2 d2 |
d6- | d2 c2 B2 | A6- | A2 B2 A2 |
D2 ^C2 D2 | B4 A2 | G6 |1 G2 g3 f :|
2 G2 z2 g^f ||
|: g2 z2 d^c | d2 z2 BA | B2 z2 G^F | G2 z2 d2 |
e4 d2 | c2 e2 g2 | d6- | d6 |
d2 ^f3 g | a6 | d2 g3 a | b6 |
d2 ^f3 a | b4 a2 |1 g6- | g2 z2 g^f :|
2 g6 | g2 z4 ||
Metsäkukkia ~
~ is played by the "Boys of the Lough", by many IrTRad bands and even a few sessions, so it is traditional, isn't it?
# Posted on Monday, September 27th 2004 by urs
I decided to bring this forward out of the dust of comments on a tune that for me it had inspired, also in g minor, "The Otters Waltz":
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/3587
This is a case of 'bare bones', as I do too damned much to it at times, depending on my mood, and if I'm feeling particularly shmaltzy I cross the line, O.T.T....
This is for Jim Troy, something to do othe than smoke, since you say 'g-minor' does your head in. I know it ain't the same thing, but try it with nicotine patches and a high proof rum. Maybe you can reach the place where you think you can play g-minor... Heh, heh, heh... I hope Jeremy lets this lovely little bit of shmaltz survive. Every now and then I need that kind of fix.
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by ceolachan
This one is from lovely Finland...
# Posted on June 11th 2005 by ceolachan
I realize how sparce and basic I left this after hearing it back on the midi. I will return with one other way with it, but I promise not too O.T.T. I will try to control my whims. I have some fun rhythmically with his one. I actually did learn it from a bunch of Finns, one with a wild button box, lots and lots of buttons... We even danced and played for a Finnish Lanssi (Lancers)...
# Posted on June 11th 2005 by ceolachan
The following is just one small group of possibilities with it:
|: D2 G2 A2 | B2 A2 G2 | (d6 | d6) |
D2 G3 A | B2 (3ABA G2 | e6 | e2 d2 c2 |
c2 d3 e | e2 d2 ^c2 | d2 de d^c | (3ded (3cdc (3BcB |
D2 ^F3 A | c2 B2 A2 | Gz zA G^F |1 G4 z2 :|
2 Gz g3 f ||
|: f6 | f2 g3 e | d6 | d2 e3 d |
c6 | c2 d3 c | (B6 | B2) d2 d2 |
(d6 | d2) (3cdc (3BcB | (A6 | A2) F2 A2 |
D ^C3 D2 | B4 A2 | G6 |1 Gz g3 f :|
2 G2 z2 g^f ||
|: g2 z2 d^c | d2 z2 BA | (3BcB (3ABA (3GAG | Gz (3Bcd g2 |
e4 d2 | c2 e2 g2 | (d6 | d6) |
d2 ^f3 g | a4 z2 | d2 g3 a | b4 z2 |
d2 ^f3 a | b2 z2 a2 |1 (g6 | g2) z2 g^f :|
2 (g6 | g2) z4 ||
One possible 4 bar intro/lead in, close to how I'd originally learned it:
D3 ^F A2 | (3cdc B2 (3ABA | G3 A G^F | G4 z2 ||
# Posted on June 12th 2005 by ceolachan
Forest Flower?
Just a moment ago I posted the Finnish "Forest Flower"
by Boys Of The Lough..
Since this one is quite similar to the one I posted, could
it be the same tune?
# Posted on June 12th 2005 by thesheep
"The Flowers of the Forest" / "Flowers of the Forest"
Yes, it is identical, only really just the key difference between them. Usually this tune is played in G minor, but I know that the whistle take for it by The Boys of the Lough seems to be C minor. I also was aware of the can of worms I'd open up if I put the titles above in 'alternate' names listing, considering there's the Scottish take on this title. I have given "The Boys of the Lough"'s name for it...
# Posted on June 12th 2005 by ceolachan
"Flower of the Woods"
My understanding is that the name is the common name in Finland for a wild flower found in the Finnish woods. Maybe someone who has Finnish as their native tongue can clarify for us all... I'd love to see a picture of the flower too...
# Posted on June 12th 2005 by ceolachan
Apologies, I've been mixing up '-' with '( )'...
I will be back with the C minor take on this, courtesy of someone else's later contribution of this tune that was axed.
# Posted on June 12th 2005 by ceolachan
Cm indeed
The abc I wrote for "Forest Flower" before was deleted (thank god..) but I have a comment about this one:
1. It is great, but if you compare it to the one played on "Sweet Rural Shade" the order is wrong - The second part should be the last.. and the last part doesn't go that high..
2. A lot of notes are missing, really looking forward to the updated version.
# Posted on June 12th 2005 by thesheep
Cathal had the tune wrong! ~ go figure...
Just because it is the hallowed "Boys of the Lough" does not mean they know what they are doing or that they get things right. While Cathal filled all the quiet spaces with notes, triplets and ornamentations, liking things 'florid', these are 'just decorations'. He got the tune wrong, really. There are loads of other recordings of this tune out there, including Finnish ones. This transcription was learned from Finnish musicians, the craic was good. Hell, it is almost an alternate national anthem for them. They would know more about it than Cathal does, I promise. It sort of makes sense.
With any tune there are endless possibilities. Some people like to hang so many ornaments and flurries to the tune that you can't see the tree for the bling, even obscuring the soul of the melody. Some tunes can take it. There is not hard and fast rule to this, except the bones of the melody that support and define the basic tune, which is what I've given here.
I've done disgusting things to this tune myself, and I can play the whole thing as a run of triplets, cuts, tips, rolls, slurs and other mayhem, which really wouldn't be doing it justice. I shudder to say, but I have actually played it as non-stop triplets... YUCK!
Just to reiterate ~
THE ORDER IS WRONG ON "SWEET RURAL SHADE"! And that isn't the only thing they screwed up...
# Posted on June 13th 2005 by ceolachan
LOL @ "can't see the tree for the bling"!
# Posted on June 13th 2005 by Dow
Chords from a Finnish source, K: G minor:
|: "Gm" | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | "Cm" | ~ |
~ | ~ | "Gm" | ~ | "D7" | ~ | "Gm" |1 ~ :|
2 ~ ||
|: "F7" | ~ | "Bb" | ~ | "D7" | ~ | "Gm" | ~ |
~ | ~ | "D7" | ~ | ~ | ~ | "Gm" |1 ~ :|
2 ~ ||
|: "Gm" | ~ | ~ | ~ | "Cm" | ~ | "Gm" | ~ |
"D7" | ~ | "Gm" | ~ | "D7" | ~ | "Gm" | ~ :|
~ ||
Who loves yuh Dow?
# Posted on June 13th 2005 by ceolachan
K: A minor ~ for those seeking an easier access?
|: "Am" E2 A2 B2 | c2 (3BcB A2 | e6- | -e6 |
"Am" E2 A3 B | c3 B A2 | "Dm" f6- | -f6 |
d2 e2 f2 | f2 e2 d2 | "Am" e4 c2 | A4 F2 |
"E" E ^D3 E2 | c4 B2 |1 "Am" A6- | -A4 E2 :|
2 "Am" A6- | -Az a2 ^g2 ||
|: "G" g2 zg g2 | g2 a3 f | "C" e2 ze e2 | e2 zf e2 |
"Dm" d2 zd d2 | d2 e2 d2 | "Am" c2 zc c2 | c2 d2 ^d2 |
e2 z2 ee | (3efe (3ded (3cdc | "Bm" B6- | -B4 F2 |
"E" E ^D3 E2 | c4 B2 |1 "Am" A6- | -Az a2 ^g2 :|
2 "Am" A6- | -A2 z2 a^g ||
|: "Am" a z3 e^d | e z3 cB | "Am" c z3 A^G | A2 c2 e2 |
"Dm" f4 e2 | d2 f2 a2 | "Am" e6- | -e4 E2 |
"E" E2 ^G2 A2 | B6 | "Am" E2 A3 B | c4 E2 |
"E" E2 ^D2 E2 | c4 B2 |1 "Am" A6- | -Az z2 a^g :|
2 A6- | -A6 ||
# Posted on June 13th 2005 by ceolachan
And the also about the above A minor transcription, that is also a 'variant', as an example of that difference the third part goes down instead of up. I'm pretty sure this way with it was from a North American New England style contradance band...
# Posted on June 13th 2005 by ceolachan
With me in the way of the memory...
# Posted on June 13th 2005 by ceolachan
"A Little Couple-Dancemusik"
~ 400 traditional couple dance tunes from North and South America and Europe ~ waltzes, polkas, tangos, schottisches, Swedish hambos, German zwiefachers, French bourées, early 20th century ragtime and foxtrot pieces ~ and then some...
Transcribed, edited and chorded by Peter Barnes
Canis Minoris, 1992
http://home.comcast.net/~peterbarnes/
Page #44: Metsakukkia, G minor
This is another fine transcription which also likes to take the third part low.
Here is another way with it, taking it down instead of up:
K: G minor - Part 3
|: g^f | .g2 z2 d^c | .d2 z2 BA | .B2 zG G^F | (3GAG B2 d2 |
e2 ef ed | c2 ce g2 | d2 de d^c | d4 D2 |
D2 ^F3 G | A4 GF | D2 G2 A2 | B3 D DE |
D3 ^C2 D | B4 A2 | G6- |1 -Gz z2 :|
2 G6- ||
# Posted on June 13th 2005 by ceolachan
Metsäkukkia ~ another possible intro/lead in:
K: G minor
|| c2 d2 e2 | e2 d2 ^c2 | d4 B2 | G4 E2 |
D2 ^C2 D2 | B4 A2 | G6- | G4 z2 ||
# Posted on June 13th 2005 by ceolachan
Metsäkukkia ~ in C minor
The following is for Ofer of Israel, alias "TheSheep" (?). This is from his transcription and a few things from Cathal, roughed out late last night. This morning I have the resultant bloody headache. On "The Boys of the Lough" recording they reversed the second and third part. What follows is in the generally accepted order of the parts. If you choose to reverse those parts, well, I'm not going to contribute to your delinqency...
{*} / {**} = single / double cut
K: Cmin
|: (3.G.G.G |
{*}G2 c3 d | e2 {**}d2 c2 | g2 g^f ga | g4 (3.G.G.G |
{*}G2 c3 d | e2 {**}d2 c2 | a2 ag ab | a3 b {*}ba |
{**}f2 g3 a | {**}a2 g3 f | {**}f2 e3 f | {**}g6 |
G2 ^F2 G2 | e4 d2 | {**}c2 c^B cd | {**}c4 :|
|: c'^b |
{**}b6- | b2 c'3 a | {**}g6- | g2 a a2 g |
{**}f6- | f2 g3 f | {**}e6- | e2 f f2 e |
{**}d6- | d2 e3 d | c6- | c3 z G2 |
{*}G2 ^F2 G2 | e4 d2 | {**}c2 c^B cd | {**}c4 :|
|: c'^b |
.c'z g3 ^f | .gz e3 d | .ez c4- | c4 fg |
a2 ag ab | ~a3 ~a2 {*}b | ~g3 ^f ga | ~g2 {*}g^f ga |
g2 f3 e | ~f3 e fg | |f2 e3 d | e6 |
G2 ^F2 G2 | e4 d2 | {**}c2 c^B cd | {**}c4 :|
# Posted on June 13th 2005 by ceolachan
I should mention, 'TheSheep', Ofer of Israel, also had another possible ending, rather than | c4 c'b | his transcription also gave:
| c2 c'2 b2 |
# Posted on June 13th 2005 by ceolachan
Delinquency??
No need to be so extreme
(I really hope you're not serious)
Anyway, thanks to you we've got really good versions of this
wonderful Waltz, many thanks for the effort ceolachan,
hope I'll contribute abc tunes, one day, that can
be viewed normally
# Posted on June 13th 2005 by thesheep
Extreme, who me? Sometimes delinquency is a kick, fun. It is better done with company. If you need any help with ABCs, just ask. If I can help without confusing I would always be glad to...
I sometimes give alternate takes and keys in the original notes, so it will play to the midi and show up on the sheet, but only sometimes. I don't like to over do that. I hope you can make sense of the versions given here, and if you want something transposed to your preferred key, just ask and I'll email it to you...
Keep well ~
# Posted on June 13th 2005 by ceolachan
"Metsä - kukkia"
kukka / kukkia = flower, to flower, to blossom, to bloom
Metsä = a wooded area, woodland, forest, woods
= a) (ecology) generally, an ecosystem characterised by a more or less dense and extensive tree cover; b) (ecology) more particularly, a plant community predominantly of trees and other woody vegetation, growing more or less closely together; c) (silviculture/forest management) an area managed for the production of timber and other forest produce, or maintained under woody vegetation for such indirect benefits as protection of catchment areas or recreation. Connotes a larger area than a wood; d) an area of land proclaimed to be forest under a Forest Act or Ordinance.
# Posted on June 13th 2005 by ceolachan
This is also on 'In Good Company' - Best of Kevin Burke - under the title Flowers of the Forest
# Posted on September 21st 2006 by domnull