Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on December 29th 2006 by nicholas.
This tune has been added to 5 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Finchale
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
G2 AG F2 G2|E2 D2 D2 GA|B3 G A2 G2|d3 G c2 d2|
g3 b a2 e2|g3 e d2 e2|G3 B A2 G2|E2 D2 D2 DE|
G3 A/G/ F2 G2|E2 D2 D2 GA|B3 G A2 G2|d3 G c2 d2|
g3 b a2 e2|g3 e d2 e2|G3 B A2 G2|E3 D E G3|
d2 BA B2 g2|B2 AG A2 Bd|e2 BA G>A Bg|ed eg a2 d2|
g3 b a2 e2|g3 e d2 e2|G3 B d2 e2|B2 A2 A2 Bc|
d2 BA B2 g2|B2 AG A2 Bd|e2 BA G>A Bg|ed eg a2 d2|
g3 b a2 e2|g3 e d2 e2|G3 B A2 G2|E3 D E G3||
Finchale
This is not a reel but a 4/4 slow air I wrote in the 80s, with the Northumbrian pipes in mind (which I don't play). Tempo, similar to the Scottish song "Will Ye No' Come Back Again?", or maybe the Irish one "Mo Ghille Mear".
Finchale (pronounced "Finkle") is a secluded riverside spot near Durham (UK) that hosts a ruined abbey and a caravan site. It's not my favourite place but when I wrote the tune the name came into my head and stuck there. Both the place and the tune are somewhat solemn and sepulchral. Maybe the tune doesn't have to be...
# Posted on December 29th 2006 by nicholas
really there should be a section for airs on this site.
and for set dances too....
myself, i don't even really understand what on earth a barn dance is?
mabye its more of an american thing? cos i ve never seen one in any of the books or heard them played anywhere in Ireland?
anyway i'm just rambling on here...
# Posted on December 31st 2006 by saxwhistle
You must lead a secluded life Sax...
# Posted on December 31st 2006 by ceolachan
There are a number of discussions on the subject, and even dance notations, in the 'Comments' for a number of the barndances on site here, as well as in 'Discussions', if you do a search. You can also link to my 'Details' for a few of these... And, there are numerous recordings of such on a hell of a lot of Irish recordings stretching back into the dark ages of 78 rpm... Other names for the form include 'German' and 'Schottische'...
# Posted on December 31st 2006 by ceolachan
Nearer to home, yours Sax, Armagh ~ the McCuskers and the Savages all had barndances in their repertoire... The dances (plural intended) were popular in the ceilis around your area as well...
# Posted on December 31st 2006 by ceolachan
Finchale
Nice tune but rIMHO rather more Scottish than Northumbrian in style. The snapped ending and internal rhythms are defintely Scottish influenced and the modality is more North than South of the border.
Still we've been stealing Scottish tunes for centuries, so that shouldn't be a barrier to playing it.
Noel
# Posted on January 2nd 2007 by noelbats