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Atholl Higlanders Balkan Version

jig

Key signature: Dminor

Submitted on May 5th 2006 by fiel.

This tune has been added to 21 tunebooks.

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X: 1
T: Atholl Higlanders Balkan Version
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmin
c/d/ |: "A"e3 ecA | ecA "Gm"Bcd |1 "A"e3 e>cA | "Gm"Bcd cBA :|2 "A"e-<ae "Dm"fed | "Gm"cdB "A"A2 :|
c/B/ |: "A"A>ce Ace | "Dm"A>df Adf |1 "A"A>ce Ace | "Gm"Bcd c2B :|2 "A"e-<ae "Dm"fed | "Gm"cdB "A"A2 :|
e |: "A"a2e edc | a2e edc |1 a2e edc | "Gm"Bcd cBA :|2 "A"e-<ae "Dm"fed | "Gm"cdB "A"A2 :|
B |: "A"c>Ac cAc | "Gm"d-<Bd dBd |1 "A"c-<Ac cAc | "Gm"B-<GB Bcd :|2 "A"e-<ae "Dm"fed | "Gm"cdB "A"A2 :|

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Atholl Higlanders Balkan Version sheetmusic
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Graham Townsend on the Piper's Broken Finger

# Posted on May 5th 2006 by fiel

The G chords are often "modernized" to E7, except for the last line, which always has G.

# Posted on May 5th 2006 by fiel

Balkan version?

I know this version well but why is this called the balkan version?

# Posted on May 7th 2006 by hetty

Probably because it's in an awkward key.

# Posted on May 7th 2006 by slainte

BALKAN!

It´s called Balkan because it´s not possible here at thesession to specify the correct key, which should be B flat {not b} AND C sharp {not c natural} all the way through.

# Posted on May 7th 2006 by fiel

Atholl Higlanders Balkan Version (jig)

In that case shouldn't the key be D minor, the scale of which in one form goes D-E-F(nat)-G-A-Bflat-c#-d (as anyone who has flogged through scales when learning the piano will agree).

# Posted on May 8th 2006 by lazyhound

One can argue that it should be D minor {one of them anyway}, if you want to be hypercorrect it is HIDJAZ if you speak arabic or HICAZ in turkish. AHAVA RABA if it is to be associated with klezmer. This is actually the intial words in a jewish prayer.

# Posted on May 8th 2006 by fiel

Interested in klezmer modes?....

Try this......
http:www.klezmershack.com/articles/horowitz/horowitz.klezmodes.html

# Posted on May 8th 2006 by fiel

Makam (Arabic) modes....


http://www.musiq.com/makam/

# Posted on May 8th 2006 by fiel

Tuva throat singing

http://www.fotuva.org/music/theory.html

# Posted on May 8th 2006 by joesmith

Indonesian Gamelan maybe....?

http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:Fmfb5Ht5TnkJ:cip.cornell.edu/DPubS/Repository/1.0/Disseminate/seap.indo/1106968962/body/pdf+gamelan+theory&hl=da&gl=dk&ct=clnk&cd=16

# Posted on May 8th 2006 by fiel

From the shadows ~ initializing an earlier link courtesy of fiel ~

http://www.klezmershack.com/articles/horowitz/horowitz.klezmodes.html

# Posted on May 15th 2006 by ceolachan

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