X: 1
T: Macedonian Oro
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amin
M:7/8
|:ABB Bz Bc|d{A}c2 BA AB|^G2 F Fz Fz|E2 B, Ez Ez:|
|:DED ({D}F)z ({D}F)z|FED ^GA AB|^G2 F Fz Fz|E2 B, Ez Ez:|
|:({E}B4)-B3- |B4-B3 |A4-A3- |A3-A2 ({A}B)c|
dd/d/c BA AB|^G2 F Fz ^Gz|^G2 F Fz Fz|E2 B, Ez Ez:|
|:^G2 F Fz Fz|^G2 F Fz ^GA|^G2 F Fz Fz|E2 B, Ez Ez:|
The other Macedonian Oro
This is the second tune described as Macedonian Oro on Flook's Flatfish cd. I wasn't going to post it (it not being very celtic sounding), but people showed an interest in the first Macedonion Oro tune, so I thought I would share it after all.
Despite the information in the headers, the tune is in 7/8 and is in E Phrygian Dominant, or E Hijaz. (This is the 5th mode of the harmonic minor scale - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygian_dominant_scale).
I can't think of any whistle that it will work on, but Flook make it sound really cool with just 2 flutes (with guitar coming in second time through).
Enjoy
# Posted on April 6th 2007 by humblebum
wick - I mucked up the ABC again! The F# in the first bar of the bottom line should be an F natural. And the grace notes should be slurred onto the following notes (obviously).
# Posted on April 6th 2007 by humblebum
This is the way I've understood Hijaz or Freygish or Ahva Raba as the mode is called in Klezmer . The mode is based on Phrygian or the Third note of the major scale but with a Major rather than a Minor third.
Hijaz has slight variations in Arab and Turkish. A quater tone either way on a couple of notes. The Greeks and Klezmer use the mode based on the tempered scale.
I like the tune by the way
# Posted on April 6th 2007 by McMandolin
Ah - Someone who knows stuff (that they didn't learn out of Wikipedia)! I bow to your superior knowledge of unusual modes, sir...
Glad you like the tune
# Posted on April 6th 2007 by humblebum
Uilleann Pipes play:
K:Emin
|:eff fz fg|a{e}g2 fe ef|^d2 c cz cz|B2 F Bz Bz:|
|:ABA ({A}c)z ({A}c)z|cBA ^de ef|^d2 c cz cz|B2 F Bz Bz:|
|:({B}f4)-f3- |f4-f3 |e4-e3- |e3-e2 ({e}f)g|
aa/a/g fe ef|^d2 c cz ^dz|^d2 c cz cz|B2 F Bz Bz:|
|:^d2 c cz cz|^d2 c cz ^de|^d2 c cz cz|B2 F Bz Bz:|
it's in B phrygian then, isn't it?
Or play it on a G whistle....
# Posted on April 9th 2007 by swisspiper
Yup that looks ok, swisspiper. Transposed like that, it's in B phrygian dominant (because of the D#).
You could play that version on a G whistle, although I don't find D# to be a particularly easy note to get on whistle.
# Posted on April 11th 2007 by humblebum
one can do anything with practice!
(I mean this as an encouragement, that is: Nothing that seems impossible is impossible! with a bit of time and regular practice difficulty dissipates as by magic!)
How did this tune reached the west? Perhaps through Breton Master fluter Jean-Michel Veillon? His 'no fuss', sensitive version is well worth checking out!
# Posted on May 2nd 2007 by birlibirdie