Up Against The Flatirons

jig

Key signature: Dmixolydian

Submitted on June 26th 2006 by Zina Lee.

This tune has been added to 9 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Up Against The Flatirons by Eliot Grasso

X: 1
T: Up Against The Flatirons
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmix
|:Add cBc|ABc dcB|AdB c2A|GcA GEG|
Add cBc|ABc AB^c|dAF GAB|1 cAF GFG:|2 cAF GED||
|:EGG EAA|EFG GED|EFG AB^c|dAF GED|
EGG EAA|E/2F/2GE D2d|d^cA =cAG|EAA A3:|

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Eliot Grasso tune

I'm quite chuffed about this tune, which is my favorite of the six tunes Eliot gave us at the Tionol, not just because I love the melody of it, but also because he named it for the weekend.

The Flatirons, a rock formation above Boulder, Colorado, are called as such because they look like the plates of so many irons set up on end along the mountains above the city. It's pronounced "Flat Irons", just like it looks like. Kate, Eliot's wife, however, made a fairly common mistake while reading a sign and called them the "flat-ah-rons" (as in, Adirondacks).

So this tune is Up Against the Flatirons, which rhymes with Buchalawns.

# Posted on June 26th 2006 by Zina Lee

Eliot

Who the hell is Eliot.

# Posted on June 28th 2006 by JACKB

Type "eliot grasso" into the google seach box. That might help you.

# Posted on June 28th 2006 by Dow

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