Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on September 10th 2006 by Pere.
This tune has been added to 12 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: McDonnell's Rant
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Gmaj
c|:BAG GAG GDG|BAG GDG ABc|1BAG GAG GDG|
cAF FAF ABc:|2GBd gag gdB|cAF FAF ABc||
|:ded/2c/2 BGG BGG|ded/2c/2 BGG ABc|1ded/2c/2 BGG BGG|
cAF FAF ABc:|2GBd gag gdB|cAF FAF ABc||
McDonnell's Rant
I started a discussion about this cool tune and Noxious Blanket found its name and the ABC on this website:
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/Mc_MEN.htm#McDONNELL'S_(SLIP_JIG
It says it's Irish:
"McDonnell?s Rant.? Irish, Slip Jig. G Major. Standard. AABB?. The dates for the O?Farrell collection, printed by John Gow in London, England, vary: O?Neill gives 1797, while Pat Sky gives 1804, based on an entry in the Stationer?s Hall Registers. Source for notated version: copied from O?Farrell?s National Irish Music (1797)"
And old tune as you can see.
I knew it from some mp3 played by Northumbrian pipes (I think) so probably that's why I didn't know the second endings, because those pipes can't play those high notes.
I can't get used to the second endings and I think I like it better without them.
Here's my transcription of that mp3:
X: 1
T: Gan Ainm
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Gmaj
BAG GAG GDG|BAG GDG ABc|BAG GAG GDG|cAF FAF ABc:|
d2d BGG BGG|d2d BGG ABc|d2d BGG BGG|cAF FAF ABc:|
# Posted on September 10th 2006 by Pere
Ah and the discussion:
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/11151
with some interesting comments about Northumbrian and border pipes etc.
# Posted on September 10th 2006 by Pere
Oh my bad... those pipes were Scottish smallpipes...
# Posted on September 4th 2009 by Pere