Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on July 9th 2005 by ceolachan.
This tune has been added to 15 tunebooks.
Also known as Squirrel In The Tree, The Squirrel In The Tree.
X: 1
T: Squirrel Up A Tree
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|: d edc |
BBB BBB | B2 A GAB | ccc ccc | c2 d efg |
fff fff | fed cBA |1 GBd e2 d | B2 :|
2 GB/c/d b2 a | g2 ||
|: B dga |
bbb bbb | b2 a gfe | ddd ddd | d2 c Bdg |
fff fff | fed cBA | GBd e2 d |1 B2- :|
2 G2 ||
"Traditional Violin Music of Cape Breton"
Compiled and edited by Kate Dunlay & David Greenberg
DunGreen Music, Toronto, 1996
ISBN: 0-9680802-0-0
page 117 ~ a transcription of this tune from the playing of Buddy MacMaster
"Squirrel in the Tree"
# Posted on July 9th 2005 by ceolachan
Cape Breton Jigs ~
I'm back with another Cape Breton Jig. I love them, enjoy dancing and stepping to them and playing them... They make me smile, they make me laugh, they make me joyous...
The version I've given here, keeping it simple, has a lot of repeating 3s in it, for example, bar 1:
| BBB BBB |
But don't take such things as gospel, as if you would. Here are some other ways with such bars, using 'N' for 'note', where the variations shown can be used with any similar groupings, I'm also using 'O' for the next note up the scale, and 'M' for down the scale. These are just hinting at other ways I have with this tune, starting with it unchanged:
NNN ~ NNO ~ NNM ~
N2 N ~ N2 O ~ N2 M ~
N N2 ~
N3 ~
NN/N/N ~ ...
# Posted on July 9th 2005 by ceolachan
"Squirrel Up a Tree" ~ another group of possible endings,
~ the 'lead-in notes' (A1-c/A2-g/B1-g/B2-c) included :
A-part:
|1 GB/c/d e2 d | B3 Bdc :|2 GBd b2 a | g3 d2 g ||
B-part:
|1 GB/c/d e2 d | B3 Bdg :|2 GBd b2 a | g3 d2 c ||
# Posted on July 9th 2005 by ceolachan
"Squirrel Up a Tree" & the Canadian Maritimes
This tune was / is also played elswhere in the Maritimes, in the provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and across Nova Scotia...
# Posted on July 9th 2005 by ceolachan
& another way with the 3s ~ NNN ~ N>NN
# Posted on July 9th 2005 by ceolachan
"Squirrel Up a Tree" ~ the nature of the little furry beast ~
Oops!, I forgot to mention the 'single jig' / 'slide' nature of this tune. There are a number of these in the Cape Breton tradition. Just so that comment makes sense, here's just a sample of it in that way to emphasize the phrasing and swing in it:
A-Part:
| B2 B B2 B B2 A GAB | c2 c c2 B c2 d efg | ~
B-Part:
| b2 b b2 c' b2 a gfe | d3 d2 d d2 c Bdg | ~
# Posted on July 10th 2005 by ceolachan