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Life Ain't So Bad

reel

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on March 7th 2006 by d palmer.

This tune has been added to 13 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Life Ain't So Bad
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
|:aa2e fedf| e=c>cc BAGB| AE E2 ABcA|Bcdc defg|
aa2e fedf| e=c>cc BAGB| AE E2 ABcA| BAGB A(efg):|
|:d3 b c3 A| BE E(cut) AB=c>c| d3 b c3 A| BAGB AB=c>c|
d2 dB c2 cA| BE E(cut) AB=c>c|dcdB c=c>cA| BAGB A2z2:|
|:E3 G BdcB| Acf=f ecBA| E3 G BdcB| Aaec dcBA|
E3 G BdcB| Acf=f ecBA| E3 G BdcB| Acde fefg:|

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Life Ain't So Bad sheetmusic
Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

a tune with some clever chromaticism ...
does anyone have suggestions on how to relate 1st, 2nd endings and ornamentation in ABC format?

Chords run like this:
||:A D/A | A D | A | D E7| A D/A | A D | A | E7 A:||
||: D | E | D A/C# | Bm7 E7| D | A/C# | Bm7 | Bm7 E:||
||: E7 | F#m | E7 | A D | E7 | F#m Dmaj7 | E7 | D E:||

# Posted on March 7th 2006 by d palmer

1st and 2nd endings goes like this:
|: ... |1 (first ending) :|2 (second ending) ||

or like:
|: ... | [1 (first ending) :| [2 (second ending) ||

Ornamentation can be done in various ways... Cuts/taps can be written with grace notes like {d}B or {A}B, rolls are usually written with a ~, ~d3.

(Ornamentation in ABC should of course just be seen as suggestions...)

# Posted on March 9th 2006 by Pontus Adefjord

Accidentals

A question for D Palmer: Where there are C naturals, are all the subsequent Cs in the bar supposed to be natural as well, or did you accidentally omit to 're-sharpen' them afterwards.

# Posted on March 10th 2006 by CreadurMawnOrganig

... Sorry, I acidentally omitted a '?' at the end of my question.

# Posted on March 10th 2006 by CreadurMawnOrganig

Accidental accident (!)

The subsequent 'c's are indeed sharps which didn't survive my first attempt at ABC format. Now I know where on the keyboard ^ lives, and future submissions shall be better for that knowledge!

# Posted on April 6th 2006 by d palmer

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