Key signature: Bmixolydian
Submitted on January 11th 2007 by Penfold.
This tune has been added to 9 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Dresden, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Bmix
GA Bd _d=d BG|AB AG _GA _d=d|B=G EB GE Bc|AB cB AG _Gd|
=GA Bc _d=d BG|AB AG _GA _d=d|gd Bd cA _GA|=GB A_G =G2 G_G|
=GA Bd _d=d BG|AB AG _GA _d=d|B=G EB GE Bc|AB cB AG _Gd|
=GA Bc _d=d BG|AB AG _GA _d=d|gd Bd cA _GA|=GB A_G =G2 gf|
ed cB Ac Fc|dB ga bg af|gd cf d2 cB|AB cB AG _Gd|
=Gg ab af dg|fd cA Bd cA|GB AG _GA D_G|=GD B,A, G,2 gf|
ed cB Ac Fc|dB ga bg af|gd cf d2 cB|AB cB AG _Gd|
=Gg ab af dg|fd cA Bd cA|GB AG _GA D_G|=GD B,A, G,3z|
It takes real perverted ingenuity to create such a bloody horrible tune. Who did it? Is it one of Cathal McConnell's? Must be by someone who knows exactly what he / she is doing, like Paganini or Stockhausen.
# Posted on January 11th 2007 by nicholas
Wrong Key Signature
The key signature is wrong! This should be in G minor (2 flats), not B Mixolydian. The first bars of the B part modulate to Bb major, with the same key sig. With 4 sharps it's pretty bizarre (or more than it's supposed to be!).
# Posted on January 11th 2007 by MTGuru
More specifically, it should be G harmonic minor, with the sharpened 7th tone F# (written here as Gb) throughout, except where it modulates to Bb major.
# Posted on January 11th 2007 by MTGuru
Nice
Beautiful little tune.
# Posted on January 11th 2007 by The Merry Highlander
My Bad
sh*te, sorry about that. I just changed it to G minor there, will the sheet music be updated accordingly or will it be stuck like that forever and ever?
# Posted on January 11th 2007 by Penfold
The Dresden
yes, it will be frozen behind its event horizon for all eternity
# Posted on January 11th 2007 by lazyhound
Dresden
It only appears on one recording, by Paul Kelly, who I think used to play fiddle with Sharon Shannon's band. There doesn't seem to be that many traditional tunes on that CD, so it's possible that he wrote it. The person who submitted the recording doesn't make any comment about it at all. The sheet music looks like a nightmare.
# Posted on January 11th 2007 by Kenny
Apologies
I submitted it with the wrong key signature, that's why the sheetmusic is such a nightmare. If you paste the abc in to MusicEase or one of those programs it should generate the correct sheet music. I've mailed Jeremy asking him is it possible to correct the sheetmusic or else delete the tune so I can re-submit it.
You're right Kenny. 'Tis indeed a tune written by Paul Kelly.
# Posted on January 11th 2007 by Penfold
To my way of thinking, the abcs are still a mess. Should those "d flats" and "G flats" be c sharps and F sharps, respectively?
No offense penfold, but I'd vote to have Jeremy wipe this whole submission and let you start over again.
# Posted on January 11th 2007 by Will CPT
I second that vote.
# Posted on January 11th 2007 by Penfold
Feed the ABC through something like ABCMus and it sounds fine in G minor - ignore the ABC and the dots and just listen. Now change the key in the ABC to E major, listen again ... and treat yourself to a stiff double
# Posted on January 12th 2007 by lazyhound
Dreasden Set
This certainly is from Paul Kelly 's mandolin album. I have transcribed the whole set (McGann's - The Graf Spey - The Dresden reel) some years back and you can find it from www.mandozine.com / Tabledit archives. The Dresden Reel is in Gminor.
# Posted on January 27th 2007 by Risto
PS. The Dresden Reel is Paul Kelly's orginal composition.
# Posted on January 27th 2007 by Risto