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The Dawn Chorus

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on November 26th 2006 by slainte.

This tune has been added to 18 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Dawn Chorus, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
~B3 BAB|dBB B2d|DFA ABA|DFA AGE|
D2B BAB|dBB BAG|AB/c/d BAB|FEE E2D|
~G3 BAB|~d3 BGE|DFA ABA|DFA AGE|
D2B BAB|dBB BAG|AB/c/d BAB|FEE E2f||
g2e eag|f/g/af def|gfg aga|bge e2f|
gag gfe|ded dBd|~g3 ~B3|1 dBG G2f:|2 ~d3 DEG||

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The Dawn Chorus sheetmusic
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The Dawn Chorus (jig)

This is another lovely composition by Charlie Lennon, learned from Angelina and Peter Carberry's banjo and box duet playing. They actually recorded it in F before O'Sullivan's March in the same key, but I suspect it's originally in G. Could you inform which key Teada or Johnny Connoly recorded it in?

# Posted on November 26th 2006 by slainte

It's a lovely tune alright and Angelina Carberry's duet with Peter is fantastic. I love that album!

# Posted on November 26th 2006 by PaddyCmusic

Teada

teada plays this tune in A, which is such a bright key and it sounds so pretty. For flute and whistle players, it can be difficult because theyre are a lot of G sharps, but I tried out a version with no G sharps that sounds good if you have other people playing to back you up. Its like good harmony. Teada also has a very different setting than what's written here, but I like both!

# Posted on January 16th 2007 by gebbytoo

Woooooah, two different settings indeed! I wonder where Teada got their setting from.. Or maybe I should ask which one is closer to Charlie Lennon's actual setting of the tune?

Nevertheless- GORGEOUS tune. So beautiful.

Cheers,
Armand

# Posted on January 16th 2007 by fiddlinviolinin

The Dawn Chorus (jig)

I asked Martin Quinn about the tunings used on Angelina's album; he said tracks recorded with Peter Carberry are tuned a tone down so I guess whilst the recording is in F, it is the G setting as you've written it that she is playing. A fantastic tune whatever the key anyway.

# Posted on May 18th 2007 by ginjaninja

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