Key signature: Gmixolydian
Submitted on May 4th 2002 by Mad Baloney.
This tune has been added to 103 tunebooks.
Also known as The Girl That Broke My Heart.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Girl Who Broke My Heart, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmix
(dc) | BGFD EC~C2 | DG{A}G^F GABc | defd cAGF | DE{G}FE F2 (dc) |
BGFD EC~C2 | DG{A}G^F GABc | defd cAGF | DG{A}G^F G2 ||
D^F | G2 (Bd) gdBG | F2 (Ac) fcAF | G2 (BG) gdBd | "tr"cBcd cAFA |
G2 (Bd) gdBG | F2 (Ac) fcdB | GABd cAGF | DG{A}G^F G2 ||
The Girl Who Broke My Heart
This is a good example of flubbed transcription from O'Neill's 1850. They had the Key signature in G Minor which sounds nice but most of the time I've heard it played in D Dorian. I transcribed this striaght from O'Neill's 1850 including all slurs & stuff, but changed the key signature. I think the B's could be flatened occasionally as an ornament (a la Clare) but all instances of the e's are natural anyway. So I went with D Dorian.
It's a really nice tune & although flatish is not horribly impossible on the whistle or flute.
I think I originally heard this either from a M Coleman or H Gillespie 78. Can't remember which & I'm pretty sure it went by a different name.
# Posted on May 4th 2002 by Mad Baloney
Looking at this tune from a distance - I'm almost positive that modern players have probably transposed this to A Dorian. Only having it from memory & O'Neill's I can't say - but that is *exactly the danger of learning tunes from the dots!*
# Posted on May 4th 2002 by Mad Baloney
You're confusing me!
The key/mode you've written it in is G mixolydian (which, incidentally, is the key I know it in). By 'A dorian', do you actually mean 'A dorian', or Dmixolydian, perhaps.
On minor keys: If you listen to Kevin Burke's recording of it on 'If the Cap Fits', he throws in some B-flats now and again to keep us on our toes. I wouldn't say it's a definite Gminor, but he certainly imparts a minor-ish feel to it.
Please excuse my pedantry. And count yourself lucky - I have to live with it 24-7.
# Posted on May 4th 2002 by granama
Modes & Misunderstandings
I didn't mean to confuse, when i submitted the tune I thought it was DDor but Jeremy corrected it to GMix (both have no sharps or flats) when I said they probably play it in Ador I meant it's probably been shifted up a 5th with one sharp.
# Posted on May 9th 2002 by Mad Baloney
Listen to this recording
This reel appears on Swap's album (the blue one). Karen Tweed plays it in Gmix on the accordion, and she makes it rock!
# Posted on November 26th 2002 by Dow
On a flute. . .
This works best in A Mix.
# Posted on March 29th 2005 by wormdiet
Definitely Dorian
Having puzzled over this tune for a long time I am convinced that part A should be in G dorian (one flat) and part B should in G mixolidian (no sharps or flats). Otherwise all O’Neill’s dots are great.
Miles Krassen also took exception to O’Neill’s G minor (aeolian) key signature and changed it to G major (one sharp). However, in “Fiddler’s Companion” his version is notated “G major – with a hint of minor (!)”. Win other words, an invitation to throw in the B flats, F naturals, F neutrals, and drive the accompanist crazy. (This of course being a fiddle viewpoint)
Compare this tune with one of the few other G minor reels in O’Neill’s 1850 - No. 1474 - “Fairhaired Mary” . This has a key signature of G aeolian but all the E’s are naturalized to make it come out in G dorian.
# Posted on June 18th 2005 by Jimmy F
Kevin Burke's version: GDor & GMix
Based on Kevin Burke's version in Sweeney's Dream, I call the A part GDor and the B part Gmix. Both parts resolve to G, and Kevin's consistent use of Bflats in the A part and B naturals in the B part make it pretty clear to me. Trust me, I'm a lawyer. I can't speak for other versions of the tune though.
X:1
T: The Girl That Broke My Heart
S:based on Kevin Burke's' version from 'Sweeney's Dream'. Transcribed by Mark MacDiarmid.
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: GDor
ABAG FD[CD]F | DG{A}GF GABc | defd cAGF | DF{G}FE FAdc|
ABAG FD[CD]F | DG{A}GF GABc | defd cAGF | D2G2 [G,4G4] |
ABAG FD[C2D2] | D~G3 GABc | defd cAGF | DF{G}FE FAdc|
(3AcdAG FD[CD]F | DG{A}GF GABc | defd cAGF | DG{A}GF GDE^F|
K:Gmix
|:G2Bd gdBG | (3FFFAc fcAF | FGBd gdBd|~c2 Bd cAFA |
~G2 Bd gdBG | EFAc fcAF | GABd cAGF |1 DG{A}GF GDE^F:|2DG{A}GF GAdc|
# Posted on August 20th 2006 by Ger the Rigger
Similar to:
I am not familiar with this tune, however, the B part of the tune sounds exactly like the French-Canadian tune "Growling Old Man and Cackling Old Woman," as I originally learned to play. I believe that there is another version of Growling... with a variation of the B part that has been recorded elsewhere.
rogmc
# Posted on October 13th 2006 by rogmc
For flute/whistle, try this...
X:1
T:Girl Who Broke My Heart, The
R:reel
K:Ador
ed|:cAGE FD~D2|EAAG ABcd|efge dcAG|EGGF G2ed|
cAGE FD~D2|EAAG ABcd|efge dcAG|1 EAAG A2ed:|2 EAAG AEFG||
|:A2ce aecA|G2Bd gdBG|A2ce gdce|dcde dBGB|
A2ce aecA|G2Bd gdBG|ABce dcAG|1 EAAG AEFG:|2 EAAG A2||
or
X:1
T:The girl who broke my heart
N:usually played in G (with a hint of minor)
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Amix
ed|cA ~A2 FEDF|EAA^G ABcd|efge dcAG|EGGF G2 ed|
~c2 BA FD ~D2|EAA^G ABcd|efge dcAG|1EAA^G A:|
2 EAA^G AEGB||
A2 ce aecA|G2 Bd gdBG|A2 ce aece|dcde dB^GB|
A2 ce aecA|G2 BD gdBG|ABce dcAG|EAA^G A4:|
# Posted on July 4th 2007 by WhistlinLeeds
... ie. if you play something like the first version on a C whistle/pipes/concertina (e.g. as Kitty Hayes does on 'They'll Be Good Yet') you're in the right key.
# Posted on July 4th 2007 by WhistlinLeeds
Tune to follow on from "Girl that broke my heart"
Its a lovely tune, I prefer to play it a wee bit more slowly than others do at my session....any suggestions for a follow on tune to make a nice set out of it?
# Posted on April 16th 2008 by BanjoBongo
Re: Tune to follow on from "Girl that broke my heart"
Try The Youngest Daughter (O´Neill 1001).
# Posted on April 16th 2008 by alexweger
Re: Tune to follow on from "Girl that broke my heart"
And: Bobby Casey´s (=The Porthole of the Kelp)
# Posted on April 16th 2008 by alexweger