Julia Clifford's

slide

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on November 6th 2005 by ceolachan.

This tune has been added to 22 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Flying Start by Paul Moran And Fergal Scahill
Around The World For Sport by The Doon Céilí Band
Call The Tune: Music For The Sets Volume 4 by Various Artists
Came The Dawn by Seamus Creagh
Ceol Mor by Ceol Mor
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 11 by Matt Cunningham
Feadoga Stain 2 by Mary Bergin
Foinn Seisiun 3 by Ennis/Dublin Session Group
For The Same Reason by Anders Trabjerg And Tak Tamura
Gaelic Roots by Various Artists
Irish Fiddle Solos by Pete Cooper
Irish Traditional Flute Solos And Band Music From Kerry And Tipperary by Billy Clifford
Meiteal by Seamus Begley And Stephen Cooney
Mick Mulcahy And Friends by Mick Mulcahy
On Oiche Go Maidin by O'aces
Round The House And Mind The Dresser: Irish Country House Dance Music by Various Artists
Temple House 2 by Temple House Ceili Band
The Green Fields Of Ireland by Comhaltas Tour Group 1979
The Humours Of Lisheen by John And Julia Clifford
The Piper's Call by Liam O'Flynn
The Rushy Mountain: Classic Music From Sliabh Luachra 1952-77 by Various Artists
The Ulster Outcry by Ar Leitheidi
The Wounded Hussar by Pete Cooper

X: 1
T: Julia Clifford's
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: slide
K: Ador
|: gf |
e2 A ABd e2 d efg | eAA ABd edB Bgf |
e3 AB/c/d e2 d e2 g | age g2 B d2 B d :|
|: fg |
e2 a aga aba aga | eaa aga efd efg |
[1 e3 a^ga aba aga | edB g2 G d2 B d :|
[2 aba gag fgf efe | dB/c/d g2 B d2 B def |
e3 A6 z2 ||

K: Edor
|: d |
B2 E E2 A B2 A Bcd | B2 E E2 F A2 F ABc |
BEE E2 A BAA Bcd | edc d2 F A2 F A2 :|
|: d |
B2 e efe e2 d efe | Bee ede BAB dBA |
[1 B2 e ede efe ede | age g2 G A2 F A2 :|
[2 edc d2 B cBA B2 A | FEF d2 F A2 F A2 d |
E6 z3 z2 ||

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"Julia Clifford's" ~ for Ptarmigan

Well, it was Ptarm's entry of a slide titled "Johnny O'Leary's", one starting similarly to this one, a drop down by a fifth in the first beat, e2 A or B2 E, that took me to some notes and this slide. I did search for it in numerous ways and didn't find it, but that's not saying much. I may have missed it or a close relative and would welcome that revelation and link.

The variations, hoping they will come out in the notes and in the midi, are also given in Ptarm's honour, and as a red flag to a bull for those folks who are in the camp of the 'Inquisition', believing there is only ever 'THE ONE TRUE WAY'... I believe we each have to find our own way from the options and choices before us, that which makes us a unique combination of genes and experiences and thus priceless. Hopefully, mistakes included, it will eventually arrive us at a place of greater understanding and patience, of and for ourselves and others.

# Posted on November 6th 2005 by ceolachan

Barrack Hill / The Cat Jumped into the Mouse's Hole /
Johnny O'Leary's / Paddy Cronin's

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1014

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/5117

# Posted on November 6th 2005 by ceolachan

Weirdness in digital limbo ~

Another strange thing on site here. This tune isn't showing on the page? Was it the cost I pay for having added notes (N and variations to the ABCs? Honest Jeremy, the tune is innocent. I take full responsibility for stepping beyond the usual basic contribution.

I'll light a few candles in the window and maybe eventually the tune will find its way to the fold...

# Posted on November 6th 2005 by ceolachan

Damned happy faces... That was, and let's see if it works with other brackets:
{ N: }

N: = notes

# Posted on November 6th 2005 by ceolachan

There's probably some fault with the abc. Don't you have to write % instead of N?

# Posted on November 6th 2005 by Dow

Supposedly any of several will work, including:
% / N: / H:
I was sure I'd seen it used in another transcript on site here but couldn't remember which one. I've dropped a line to Jeremy, hopefully he'll be able to drag it out, Now the real question I'd like to see, if I could just hold onto a thread on this end, is which direction the tug comes from, upwards or downwards...
;-)

# Posted on November 6th 2005 by ceolachan

Hey, while you're there Dow, you must know the tune "The Haughs of Cromdale"? I can't find any of my scrawl on it but I understand it is related to the various forms Ptarm has had me chasing, tunes dropping an octave on the first beat, such as e2 A and B2 E or eA / BE...

# Posted on November 6th 2005 by ceolachan

"The Haughs O' Cromdale"

Ask and ye shall find, the net is crawling with the Haughs... I used to go to Burns nights, I thought it sounded familiar, as well as having been blessed with hearing the likes of Dick Gaughan belt it out. There's another man who almost lost the fight with fags and booze... The relationship of The Haughs to these other tunes is obvious...

Damn, it's back to that chicken and the egg thing. What have you started Ptarm, pushing me downhill in snow. I just hope there's enough build up that if I fly off a cliff at the bottom the impact will be soft...

# Posted on November 6th 2005 by ceolachan

Resolutions on the Dorian = e3 A6 z2 || & E6 z3 z2 ||

Sorry to have made work for your Jeremy. I see you've simplified things again and removed the notes 'N:' and variations, so as promised I'm adding them here in the notes.

Variation: second ending ~

K: Ador
2 agf gef fed edB | B^AB g2 B d2 B def ||

Variations: basically on a single beat with a few other variants

thrown in ~ the possibilities ~
Part-A, bar 4, beat 1;
Part-B, bars 4 & 8 (second ending), beat 1:

K: Ador

1.) | edB g2 B d2 B def ||
2.) | ede g2 B d2 B def ||
3.) | edG g2 G d2 B def ||
4.) | e2 B gfe d2 B def ||
5.) | age g2 B dcB d2 g ||
6.) | agf g2 G d2 B def ||
7.) | BAB g2 G d2 B def ||
8.) | B^AB g2 B d2 B def |
&, at the end, not forgetting resolution:
e3 A6 ||

# Posted on November 6th 2005 by ceolachan

Hmmm, doesn't cut and paste right, that 'space' between "variants" & "thrown" weren't there, and it cut off the following too, another variation:

Part-B, 1st ending, bar 4:

K: Edor
1 ~ ~ ~ | BAF d2 D FDF AB/c/d :|

So, enough choices already?

# Posted on November 6th 2005 by ceolachan

Ah ha, I see you have had a nice quiet Sunday afternoon there ceolachan!

The Haughs o' Cromdale, aye I lived close by them for a couple of years, just outside Grantown on Spey.
It's a good tune too, but I didn't connect it with our wee Polka.
It's a funny old World, isn't it!

# Posted on November 6th 2005 by Ptarmigan

Yeah, too bad we're not closer, I'd have had you over for a brew, in this case mainly just good coffee. It's been fun multi-tasking. I've a load of chores to do and have been using this as a nice distraction, though I've had a few "Hey you!"s sent my way, in other words, as one example, "Where's dinner?" I love how this went around in circles and connected up several different strands already there floating in my head and in space... Thanks for this particular wind-up, a constructive one. So, you too? ~ a quiet Sunday? (HA!)

# Posted on November 6th 2005 by ceolachan

It has been spent in good company...online and off...

# Posted on November 6th 2005 by ceolachan

I'll come back with the strathspey version of Haughs tomorrow, all things willing...just to connect the dots...
:-)

# Posted on November 6th 2005 by ceolachan

Buzzin' Bee ~ another take on it ~

K: B Dorian
|: g |
f2 B Bce f2 e fga | fBB Bce fec cag |
f2 B Bc/d/e f2 e fga | bag a2 c e2 c e2 :|
|: g |
f2 b b2 ^a b2 c b2 =a | f2 b baf f/g/ae f2 a |
[1 f3 b^ab b3 baf | fec a2 c e2 c e2 :|
[2 b3 aba g3 fec | ec/d/e a2 c e2 c efg |
f3 B6 z2 ||

# Posted on November 8th 2005 by ceolachan