Key signature: Adorian
Submitted on June 26th 2006 by The Merry Highlander.
This tune has been added to 28 tunebooks.
Also known as Emyvale.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Emyvale, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ador
eA A/2A/2A edBc|dBgB aBgB|eA A/2A/2A edBc|dBgB BAAf|
eA A/2A/2A edBc|dBgB aBgB|e/2f/2e df edBc|dBgB BAAf|
edef ~g2fg|edef gdBd|edef ~g2fg|edgd BAAf|
edef ~g2 e/2f/2g|ageg a2ga|bgaf gfed|B/2c/2d gd BAAf||
The Emyvale
I know this one goes by other names but I couldn't find the tune already posted. So Here it is... my favorite Irish reel of course by Altan.
# Posted on June 26th 2006 by The Merry Highlander
Lovely tune.
# Posted on June 27th 2006 by PaddyCmusic
Emyvale
Im surprised that it wasnt already posted here on the session... Its so classic of whats great bout Irish music... This tune slowed down also makes a very scottish sounding march... since its a Donegal tune I wouldnt be surprised if it came from a Scottish March. There are fife and fiddle tunes in the US that are in the same tune "family" that I play so it has a very familiar melody to me. ANyway its about time I posted a "real" irish tune!
# Posted on June 27th 2006 by The Merry Highlander
By the way
Now Im getting "Dowish" in my multiple comments... the chieftans recorded a very similar reel to this... anyone know what they called it ? Its on the BEst of the CHieftans CD.
# Posted on June 27th 2006 by The Merry Highlander
LOL I'm not that bad am I?
Are you thinking of Repeal Of The Union http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/545?
# Posted on June 27th 2006 by Dow
From this album http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/331.
# Posted on June 27th 2006 by Dow
Thanks Dow!
That is indeed the tune. Very similar... I enjoy your posts and find the info about Northumberland music very interesting.
# Posted on June 28th 2006 by The Merry Highlander
11 tune books
I see this has only been added to 11 tune books! It deserves more than that!
# Posted on June 30th 2006 by The Merry Highlander
Uh oh, he's got the score keeping bug... Don't fret Maryland, some folks don't check the box even though they might print out the music or learn the tune...
# Posted on June 30th 2006 by ceolachan
11 in just a few days is a damned good score...
# Posted on June 30th 2006 by ceolachan
"The Repeal of the Union" / "The Emyvale Reel" - in D Mixolydian
Submitted on February 13th 2002 by Josh Kane.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/545
Yeah, I know, Dow already noted this, but it is also relevant to the previous comments. 11 for a score is damned good considering that basically it's a duplication and is already here though in a different key. BUT ~ what amazes me more is that Dow / Mark didn't comment on the key signature ~ this version is not A Dorian as given. It is A Mixolydian, Mixolydian just as its parent and reflection "Repeal of the Union" is. In other words those would be c# (= ^c) for this version, not naturals...
I know your mind is elsewhere Dow, but you've got me worried, it's not like you to not stand in defense of the measly under represented cult of Mixolydians...brothers in arms...
# Posted on June 30th 2006 by ceolachan
"The Emyvale Reel" ~ K: D Mixolydian ~ for comparison
|: c |
AD (3DDD AGEF | GEcE dEcE | AD (3FED AGEF | GEcE EDD :|
|: B |
AGAB c2 Bc | AGAB cGEG | AGAB c2 Bc | AGcG EDDB |
AGAB c2 (3ABc | dcAc d2 cd | ecdB cBAG | (3EFG cG EDD ||
"Repeal of the Union" ~ B-part:
Adde fdec | ABcA dBcB | Adde fdcA | GEcE EDD2 |
Adde fdec | ABcd eg~g2 | afge fdcA | GEcE EDD2 ||
# Posted on June 30th 2006 by ceolachan
Sorry, a mistake, there is no repeat for the B-part... But as I'm having to make that correction, here's Josh Kane's transcript of the A-part for "Repeal of the Union" for further comparison:
|: ADED A2 AG | E2 cE dEcB | ADED A2 AG | E2 cE ED D2 :|
# Posted on June 30th 2006 by ceolachan
Thanks for the support
11's not bad. Are you saying my c's should be sharped?
Im not sure Altan sharped the c's... although Ive experimented with playing the c's sharped... so many tunes can go that way....
# Posted on June 30th 2006 by The Merry Highlander
It works either way and I like it both ways, c natural or c#. I haven't listened to the Altan version in awhile but will give it an ear. I've heard "Repeal" probably more frequently and the Mixolydian mode in general has been in discussion lately, and probably clouding out any impartiality on my part...
# Posted on July 1st 2006 by ceolachan
I think I'm starting to favour this version and B-part though, but in the lower key...
# Posted on July 1st 2006 by ceolachan
The b part
The B part is pretty in this setting can really drive the tune forward...
# Posted on July 2nd 2006 by The Merry Highlander
Dow 1 --- Ceolachan 0
Ha I just read this today and checked the Altan recording. They play it dorian, with C nats. You often find Ador tunes being transposed down into Dmix and vice versa. Check out Dervish's Dmix version of Scotch Mary http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/96 for an example. You also often find tunes that have been transposed up to the higher fiddle strings have to change their high B-parts to make them manageable. This version of Repeal The Union is a good example of this. Another example is the B-part of Matt Molloy's First Month Of Spring http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3806 versus the First Month Of Summer http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/493.
# Posted on December 2nd 2006 by Dow
Humility ~
You are too humble Dow, hey you used 'Dow', not 'Nox' ~ anyway, as I was about to continue ~ I don't have enough fingers and toes to count the number of times you've flushed me out...
I love the mutability of keys, as you well know, that you can answer your moods with a simple slip up or down and suddenly your in another mode / mood... It is all in the magic, great shtuff. I did say I liked it both ways ~ but I do favour it more with the c nats, probably the Northern blood in me...
I had been listening to the Altan take on it just yesterday too, and had forgotten all about the discussion here...
# Posted on December 2nd 2006 by ceolachan
Can ceolachan squirm his way out by the "distraction technique"?
"what amazes me more is that Dow / Mark didn't comment on the key signature...I know your mind is elsewhere Dow, but you've got me worried, it's not like you..."
C'mon, I have you in a headlock. What are you going to do about it?
# Posted on December 2nd 2006 by Dow
Hey, I'm bald, if I wasn't enjoying it I'd just duck out... :-X
# Posted on December 2nd 2006 by ceolachan
Emyvale Reel
This tune is actually a Monaghan Tune. Emyvale is a small village in the North of County Monaghan. Mairead would have learned it from a fiddle player called Jimmy Doherty, who lived in Sheskin, Scotstown. Was put out on a radio programme by RTE on a traditional singer called Peter Mc Kenna, also from the Scotstown area.
Check out the website of the Scotstown Festival - 'Scoil Cheoil na Botha' - www.anbhoth.ie
# Posted on July 9th 2008 by ScoilCheoilnaBotha