Laura Lynn Cunningham

reel

Key signature: Bminor

Submitted on May 24th 2002 by Josh Kane.

This tune has been added to 87 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Otherworld by Lunasa
Wild And Beautiful by Silly Wizard
Year Of The Dog by Wolfstone

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

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Part swapping!

Hi, I wrote this tune for my sister Laura a long time ago.
The version posted here is actually backwards... It is starting with the B part. Will post the original version once I find out how!!

# Posted on July 28th 2004 by philbox

Chords to reel

In a few weeks, at my church, we have a little "talent night" spiel at my youth group, and I decided to do something with my friend James, who's a fiddler. I'm mostly doing guitar, but I can't quite get what chords to use in a particular tune. Can anybody tell me at least the basic chords that Lunasa uses in their version of a Phil Cunningham's tune, "Laura Lynn Cunningham"?

This would be a big help to me,
Thanks, and God bless

# Posted on May 23rd 2008 by JosephofCK

Re: Chords to reel

This is from Donogh's book:

Bm A Bm / | Em A | Bm | F#m A |

/ G / D | A F#m7 | F#msus4 | / / Bm / |

Bm | Em A / Bm | F#m A | G D |

A F#m7 | F#msus4 | F#msus4 Bm ||

Bm A | D A | Bm | F#m7 A |

Bm A | D A | Bm A | F#m Bm |

Bm A | D A | Bm | F#m7 A |

Gmaj7add9 F#m 7 | E D | F#msus4 | / / Bm ||

Chords hit on the 1 and 3 except where I've put the forward slashes.

# Posted on May 23rd 2008 by gw

Re: Chords to reel

Thanks a ton!

# Posted on May 23rd 2008 by JosephofCK

Re: Chords to reel

Think you could show me where that would go in the tune?

# Posted on May 23rd 2008 by JosephofCK

Re: Chords to reel

That is, put in the ABC, or copy it from this site, and show where the chords would go? This doesn't seem to tell me much of where to play the chords, unless I just have trouble understanding simple things.

# Posted on May 23rd 2008 by JosephofCK

Re: Chords to reel

I'm not good with abc's but I'd be willing to tune your guitar for you. :0)

# Posted on May 23rd 2008 by Ray Mariani

Re: Chords to reel

Play the tune on your CD player and listen to it. Your ears will tell you how to play the chords and where to make the chord changes.

I am not familiar with the tune, but it's very possible that Lunasa plays in DADGAD; the chords sound very different in DADGAD.

# Posted on May 23rd 2008 by Celtic Guitar

Re: Chords to reel

The vertical lines between the chord names are the bar lines, exactly as in the music and ABC.
Assuming your fiddler is playing from either of these, write the chord names under the music, lining up with the bar lines. Then he can tell you which bar he is on.
You might need a bit of practice to get up to speed.
Or possibly a simpler tune or arrangement ?

# Posted on May 23rd 2008 by Guernsey Pete

Re: Chords to reel

I know the tune well enough to hum it, but what's here doesn't seem to fit quite right to me, but I'll listen to it again.

I think Lunasa's original guitarist, Donogh Hennessy plays in DADGBD

# Posted on May 23rd 2008 by JosephofCK

Re: Chords to reel

Maybe I should just buy their tunebook?

# Posted on May 23rd 2008 by JosephofCK

Re: Chords to reel

Yes, buy their book, give them a bit more money, they deserve it.
BUT; also remember that how a tune appears when written never gives the full extent of how it is played, even allowing for errors of transmission, and if you also don't have their own notation for the tune, you may well be currently trying to play from a very dissimiler version.

# Posted on May 23rd 2008 by Guernsey Pete

Re: Chords to reel

The version posted in the tune section is reversed ("B" section first), and Lunasa does a variation of the "A" section rather than repeat (hence the chords as written in Donough's book in my original post), but the chords are basically the same. Here's the abc w/chords. Not perfect (I just did this in about 10 minutes and didn't really check it over for accuracy), but close enough for horseshoes ;-)

BTW, about the chords posted earlier:

The pipe, "|", separates the measures
Two pipes, "||", signifies the end of a section
A forward slash represents one beat

So, in a 4/4 tune a bar written like this, "| D A |" means the "D" hits on the one and the "A" on the three os the measure.

A measure written like this, "| / / Bm |", means the "Bm" is played on the third beat (obviously the last chord from the measure before is played through beats one and two.

The opening measure is "Bm A Bm / | " which means "Bm" on beat one, "A" on beat two and "Bm" on beats three and four.

...and the beat goes on

BTW, I'm a Pagan! 8-)

# Posted on May 24th 2008 by gw

Swapped parts

Here's a flipped around version with chords:

# Posted on May 24th 2008 by gw

I think I've got it down now, though, unless I'm playing with the recording, those 7th and suspended chords don't seem right, and the E chord too.

# Posted on May 28th 2008 by JosephofCK

Timing

There's something wrong here with the timing of the tune, in the sheet music version in bars 5 and 11 there are only 3 and a half beats... and no rests. I'm trying to figure out what it should be but not that easy, haven't been playing for very long. Anyone have any ideas??

# Posted on October 23rd 2008 by Ha'penny Pol

Timing

Pol, the fifth bar is usually the same as the first, and the crochet should be dotted in the 11th.

# Posted on October 23rd 2008 by Bogman

What is "ABC"?
I'm brazillian and, here, we say "cifra" to a conjunction of chords... So, I think that "ABC" is the same. I'm right?

# Posted on October 26th 2008 by jurehba

ABC music notation ~

http://www.lesession.co.uk/abc/abc_notation.htm
http://abcnotation.org.uk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abc_notation

# Posted on October 26th 2008 by ceolachan

Timing

Thanks Bogman.

# Posted on October 29th 2008 by Ha'penny Pol