Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on April 3rd 2002 by Josh Kane.
This tune has been added to 217 tunebooks.
Also known as Bird In The Bush, The Bird In The Tree, The Bird On The Bush, Bird On The Tree.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Bird In The Bush, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|: d2eB dB~B2 | dBAB GAAG | EGAd BG~G2 | BGBd g2ge |
d2eB dB~B2 | dBAB ~G2GE | DEGA B2eB | dBAd BG~G2 :|
|: Bdef g2fg | afdf gfed | Bdef g~g2b | agab g~g2a |
bg~g2 agef | ~g2fe dBGE | DEGA B2eB | dBAd BG~G2 :|
The Bird In The Bush
What a shame nobody has bothered to comment on this classic tune - a standard in all Irish sessions I'm sure. This is one of the first reels I learnt when I first started playing Irish music. Some people I know call it the Bird In The *Tree*. In bar 3 I've always played |EA~A2 BG~G2| or |EAAc BG~G2| but I quite like Josh's version |EGAd BG~G2|.
# Posted on June 3rd 2006 by Dow
Here's an alternative that carries the feel of Dow's third bar rolls and also makes use of the C natural giving a different tonal feel in the passing notes (I think this is pretty much what's played on the Conhaltas Foinn Seisiun CD, although not everyone is playing exactly the same thing)
X: 1
T: Bird In The Bush, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|: d2eB dB~B2|dBAB G2AG|EA~A2 BGGA|BG (3Bde g2ge|
d2eB dB~B2|dBAB ~G3E|DEGA B2Bc|dBAc BG~G2:|
|:(3Bcd ef g2fg|afdf gfed|Bdef ~g3b|agab ~g3a|
bg~g2 agef|~g3e dB~B2|DEGA B2Bc|dBAc BG~G2:|
# Posted on April 6th 2007 by WhistlinLeeds
You can check out the Foinn Seisiún version at http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/bird_in_the_bush/ which is very similar to Mark's transcription.
# Posted on April 7th 2007 by Bannerman
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# Posted on May 8th 2007 by dinn2
"The Birds In The Tree" ~ hornpipe ~ all in the family
Key signature: A & G Major
Submitted on June 26th 2007 by ceolachan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7409
# Posted on June 26th 2007 by ceolachan