Key signature: Eminor
Submitted on August 16th 2006 by ceolachan.
This tune has been added to 13 tunebooks.
Also known as An T-Iarla Diùrach.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Earl Of Jura, The
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Emin
|: B B>A |
B2 E>G F>E | E3 E G>A | B2 AG A<B | g2 f>g eB |d2 eA A>G | G3 A B>A |
B2 EG F>E | E4 B>d | e2 Bg f>g | e3 G B>d |
e2 B2 A>G | F3 E G>A |B2 AG A<B | g2 fg eB | d2 eA A>G | G3 B B>A |
B2 E>G F>E | E3 :|
"An t-Iarla Diùrach" / "The Earl of Jura" ~ a mournful air
Alright, it is my first 'air', I think, so forgive me if it doesn't quite work as a waltz, but it is in 3's. I did consider doing it in 3/2 but when I'd finished it was far to complex, so I wadded that version up and tossed it, missing the waste basket as I'm no netball whiz, and I'm too short for basketball.
Someone had requested this, and then I recieved a nice email from that someone, so I decided to contribute this friendly version of the air here at TheSesh, as I confessed, my first 'air', and 'airs' are particularly ornery when it comes to trying to tie them to their skeletal forms, whether ABC's or the dots. I hope this is a reasonable attempt, or at least near to fair.
This lovely air can be played in a number of keys, starting low and growly and below the staff ~ a minor, b minor & d minor. A version in d minor can be found at Andrew Kuntz's "Fiddler's Companion":
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/index.html
"The Earl of Jura" ~ K: d minor
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/EA_EG.htm
# Posted on August 16th 2006 by ceolachan
I'm hoping Kenny or someone else will offer the tale of the lass and tha laird and the slight that gave this tune it's tears... I have some accounts and lyrics in Gaelic and English, but it is always sweeter when someone else makes an effort to add their bit to this imperfect transcription. I also hope there will be other versions contributed in the future...
# Posted on August 16th 2006 by ceolachan
Earl of Jura
1,000,000 THANKS
) Ceolachan - I am very grateful for this - fingers crossed it takes me back to the tune I fell in love with when when Angus Grant played it in Scotland. Will see if I can contact him direct about the tune.
Fiddler's Companion states: Scottish, Canadian; Slow Air. Canada, Cape Breton. D Minor. Standard. One part. Angus Grant identifies the tune as the air to an old song said to have been composed by a lass who was in love with the Earl, a Campbell, although her love was unrequited. Atlantica Music 02 77657 50222 26, Lloyd MacDonald - “Atlantic Fiddles” (1994).
# Posted on August 27th 2006 by jinksy