Key signature: Dmixolydian
Submitted on June 11th 2005 by gian marco.
This tune has been added to 16 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Sailor's Jacket, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmix
dfed A3B|(3Bcd ef g2fe|d2ed AGAB|cBcG EDD2:|
d2fd B/c/d fd|c2ec gcec|d2ed B/c/d fd|eaag edd2|
defg afge|cdef g2fg|a2ge fded|eaag edd2|
Source: Traditional Irish Music On Flute And Guitar by Jack And Jimmy Coen
Transcription: gian marco pietrasanta
# Posted on June 11th 2005 by gian marco
My mistake
The first bar of the sheetmusic is wrong. It should be |dfed A3B|
# Posted on June 12th 2005 by gian marco
Lilies?
Sounds a lot like "The Lilies in the Field" to me.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1750
# Posted on June 12th 2005 by *Davy Rogers
I agree.
# Posted on June 12th 2005 by gian marco
Beautiful!
# Posted on September 27th 2006 by birlibirdie
This is very like McDonagh's http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/214
# Posted on September 18th 2007 by Dow
Sailor's Jacket- Cnat v. Csharp
This is one of those "how it is written" versus "how it is played" discussions.
Paddy O'Brien's sets and the transcription on the Session have the tune in G, so the C's are natural. No indications to play C's as natural. O'Neills show is in D (same notes basically as the G versions), so the C's are sharped.
My teacher who you never ever want to get into an "obscure tune contest" with (Unbelievable knowledge of tunes and instantaneous recall) uses the Paddy O'Brien sets, but Pencils plays it in D, but pencils in lots of naturals, though in a couple of places, it feels as though a sharp should be natural.
Anyway, what I love about ITM is the adamant devotion to precision that all of the players I come across have....and how they play everything differently, sort of
The C's in Sailor's jacket seem to show up in the first and fourth bars. I think that the first bar C's should be natural and the fourth bar should be sharped. But, what do I know.... I will of course learn it as John has penciled it up for me. I just want to know, since I am planning to travel a bit next year, what I might run into if I play it one way versus the other.
And what is amazing is, for all of the ITM on you tube, from what I have searched, no one has recorded this tune on you tube and posted it!
Any thoughts on this most appreciated.
# Posted on October 11th 2009 by zippydw
Re: Sailor's Jacket- Cnat v. Csharp
second ppg. should be " no indications to play as sharped"
# Posted on October 11th 2009 by zippydw
Re: Sailor's Jacket- Cnat v. Csharp
Who is Pencils?
I would definitely not go with O'Neills , it is infamous for errors like that. I find C natural to be my choice throughout...
# Posted on October 11th 2009 by the wicked hacker
Re: Sailor's Jacket- Cnat v. Csharp
converting a noun to a verb....Herself the English teacher would kill me.
C nat... I does make the music sound more interesting. But its nice to resolve on the c # in the last part of the phrase.
# Posted on October 12th 2009 by zippydw
Re: Sailor's Jacket- Cnat v. Csharp
Regardless of whether the Cs are natural, sharp, or mixed, the key is D, not G. Your question is really whether it's major (two sharps), mixolydian (one sharp), or somewhere in between.
# Posted on October 12th 2009 by GaryAMartin