Key signature: Eminor
Submitted on November 11th 2005 by Red Crow.
This tune has been added to 43 tunebooks.
Also known as An Feochán, The Gentle Breeze.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: An Feochan
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Emin
E>F G/2E/2-E| {A}B2{^c/2B/2}A>B| G<E d2| B/2^c/2d B/2c/2d| e>f d>f|
e3 B| g>B f>B| ef| eB F>B| E4:|
ee- ed/2B/2| b/2^a/2b- b2| ee- ed/2B/2| d2- de/2f/2| e2 {f/2e/2} dB|
g>B f>B|e>f ed| B/2^c/2d- d>e| E/2F/2G- Ge|B(4c/B/A/G/ F>B|
EE- E2|B|EF G>B|E>^cd2|
An Feochan
I hope I got the notation right for this. This is the first tune I have submitted. I got it off of "Horse with a Heart". It 's written by Tommy Peoples.
# Posted on November 11th 2005 by Red Crow
And I almost forgot- It's an air.
# Posted on November 11th 2005 by Red Crow
Nice tune. But, it seems this transcription comes from a different database on the Net.
# Posted on November 11th 2005 by slainte
I love this tune too
I've been trying to learn it on low whistle - inspired by the Altan recording by Frankie Kennedy. I have just about got the first part sorted but the high B in the second part catches me still. More practice....
The ABC here does look very like the K.Gow transcription which I found a while back from JC's ABC tunefinder - it has Frankie Kennedy's A part variation appearing at the end which, without (W
comments can be slightly confusing. Here's a straight copy and paste of the one I have:
X: 64
T:An Feochán
T:The Gentle Breeze
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Frankie Kennedy recording
R:Air
D:Altan - Horse with a Hear
Z:K. Gow
K:Em
E>F G/2E/2-E| {A}B2{^c/2B/2}A>B| G/2E/2-E d2| B/2^c/2d B/2c/2d| e>f d>f|
!
e3 B| g>B f>B| e<B g>f| e<B BA| G>B F>B| E4:|!
ee- ed/2B/2| b/2^a/2b- b2| ee- ed/2B/2| d2- de/2f/2| e2 {f/2e/2} dB|!
g>B f>B|e>f ed| B/2^c/2d- d>e| E/2F/2G- Ge|B(4c/2B/2A/2G/2 F>B|EE- E2||!
B|EF G>B|E>^cd2|
W:These two measures (and pickup) are to be
W:substituted for the first two measures
W:the second time through the tune on the
W:repeated "A" part .
Great to have this tune on this site - I'd prefer to get more Slow Airs in (probably an exhausted topic?)
I've also got an Eileen Ivers recording of this tune (on the Celtic Spirit of Ireland recording). Does anybody know whether Tommy Peoples has recorded it? I'd love to hear how he plays it.
# Posted on November 13th 2005 by Edgar Bolton
An feochan
Hey there...
Lovely tunes but from what I can make out from the sheet music it's not right at all... There's a chunk missing at the end of the A section, then an extra bit at the end of the B section...
I'd correct it for you but I must confess I haven't submitted any tunes cos I find the whole ABC thing totally confusing and wierd.
All the best.... Paul ;9)
# Posted on February 25th 2007 by paulflute
Sheetnusic for An Feochan
I agree with Paul - there are bits missing from the sheetmusic, is there anyone out there who knows the tune and speaks ABC fluently?
# Posted on April 17th 2007 by israelirishmusic
New version posted
I copied and submitted the version that edgar bolton inserted above - do a search for an feochan and choose the one created on April 17th 2007 - that is the Frankie Kennedy/Altan version, complete. Enjoy this gorgeous air.
# Posted on April 23rd 2007 by israelirishmusic
"An Feochan" duplication
Key signature: e minor
Submitted on April 17th 2007 by israelirishmusic.
~ /tunes/display/7084
X: 1
T: An Feochan
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: air
K: e minor
|: E>F G/E/-E | B2 A>B | G/E/-E d2 | B/^c/d B/c/d | e>f d>f |
e3 B | g>B f>B | e<B g>f | e<B BA | G>B F>B | E4 :|
ee- ed/B/ | b/^a/b- b2 | ee- ed/B/ | d2- de/f/ | e2 dB |
g>B f>B | e>f ed | B/^c/d- d>e | E/F/G- Ge |B (4c/B/A/G/ F>B | EE- E2 ||
B | EF G>B | E>^c d2 |]
# Posted on May 4th 2007 by ceolachan
An Feochán Slow Air
There's a lovely flute rendition of this Tommy Peoples slow air by Sinéad Fleming from Co. Laois over on the Comhaltas site at http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_221_4_slow_air_from_sinead_fleming
# Posted on August 11th 2007 by Bannerman
Other notation
I hope you enjoy this :
X:1
T:An Feochán
T:The Gentle Breeze
C:Tommy Peoples
S:Frankie Kennedy recording
D:Altan - Horse with a Heart
Z:Pierre Laïly
M:9/8
R:Air
K:Edor
E3-E2F {G}E3|B3-B2B A2B {G}E3|d9|Bcd-d3B/c/d2|e3-e2fd3-d2f|e6-e2B|
g3-g2B|f3-f2B|eB2-B3-B2B|g3f2eB2-B2A|G6-G2B|F6-F2B|E3E9:|
|:e2e3dB3|b9|e3e3-edB|d6-def|e3-e2f edB|g6-g2B|f6-f2B|e9
f|e2dB2c|d3d6|e2E4F2|G9|e3B6BAG|F6-F2B|E3E9:|
# Posted on September 18th 2007 by pivert
Hope this helps...
Alright, I don't know abc fluently, but I do know some of the notes that are missing in the A part according to Frankie Kennedy's version, and I think I can follow where they relatively belong in the abc notation.
E3-E2F {G}E3|B3-B2B A2B {G}E3|d9|Bcd-d3B/c/d2|e3-e2fd3-d2f|e6-e2B|g3-g2B|f3-f2B|
(same rhythm as previous measure) eb e(longer note for second E)
bg(B is an eighth note to G, which is a dotted eighth note with a swung turn up to A) f# eb (eighth notes for E and B)
[descending to lower octave]
ba(B and A are sixteenths) gb (G is a dotted eighth, b is a sixteenth) fb (F is a dotted eigth, B is a sixteenth) e (E is a half note?)
# Posted on February 15th 2009 by idtran