Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on August 26th 2005 by lowoanne.
This tune has been added to 44 tunebooks.
Also known as The Cold Harsh February, The Wedding , The Wedding R.e.e.l.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Harsh February, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|:FABd B2AF|ABdf e2de|f2ed BddB|ABdD FEDE|
FABd B2AF|ABdf e2de|f2ed bafb|1afef d2z2:|2afef d2fa||
|:b3fa2 fe|ddde edBA|FABd ABdb|afde fefa|
b3fa2 fe|ddde edBA|FABd ABdb|1afef d2fa:|2afef d2||
The Harsh February
I first found this song on Wolfstone's Year of the Dog. It's in their tune "Morag's Reel." I also heard it on Jerry Holland's Fiddler's Choice, in the tune "Glenn and Karl's Set."
# Posted on August 26th 2005 by lowoanne
One more thing...
This tune is by Phil Cunningham, who is quickly becoming one of my favorites. He sure does write some great tunes!
# Posted on August 26th 2005 by lowoanne
Composer?
I'm sure I have seen this tune attributed to Jerry Holland, but can't remember where.
# Posted on August 27th 2005 by LongNote
It's in the second collection of Jerry Holland tunes, but it's attributed there to Phil Cunningham. (The collection is of tunes from the repertoire of Jerry Holland, not just his compositions.)
# Posted on August 27th 2005 by GaryAMartin
Phil's tune
Guarantee it's one of Phil's.
# Posted on August 27th 2005 by Kenny
Dave White's
The tune has been submitted already under the title "Dave White's". Check the comments for composer discussion!
# Posted on August 27th 2005 by LongNote
Surprised
AArgh - he got me ! Longnote - you're right. I'd never recognised them as the same tune.
Amazing how 2 musicians can make a tune sound so different by putting different emphasis on certain notes. Phil certainly composed this, and recorded it, I'm sure, on a record with Andy M.Stewart and Manus Lunny some years before Larry Nugent's 1st CD came out. Not recognising Larry's version, I took him at his word on the CD sleeve notes. Have to say, it makes a great Irish reel the way Larry plays it.
Thanks - Kenny [ wi' a red face ! ].
# Posted on August 27th 2005 by Kenny
Dave White's/ Harsh February
Kenny, I honestly could not remember where I had gotten the notion it was a Jerry Holland tune until I realized it might been here. Took me a while to remember the title even though I learned it once upon a time from the recording of Nugent.
# Posted on August 28th 2005 by LongNote