Key signature: Bminor
Submitted on June 4th 2002 by seara.
This tune has been added to 114 tunebooks.
Also known as Jig Brest Of St. Marc.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Thunderhead
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Bmin
|~B3 fBB|eBB dBA|~B3 fgf|edB ABd|
|~B3 fBB|eBB def|gfe ~f3|edB ABd:|
|:afd edB|ABd c2c|Bcc Bcc|
dcB ~c3|afd edB|ABd c2c|
(3Bcd B c2a|1gec dfg:|2gec dc=c||
Thunderhead
I just learned this jig and think it's pretty nifty---try it going Stan Chapman's jig or---into the reel Maggie's Pancakes--I think it's an interesting transition. Both tunes are great, and I particularly like them because both can be played on the Highland Pipes (I play with a GHPiper regularly, so it's a challenge to find tunes that work on fiddle and pipes!)
# Posted on June 8th 2002 by aoife
Is this the Thunderhead that Gray Larsen wrote, anybody know? A nice, nice man, Gray Larsen (and Paddy too, of course!). Looking forward to learning the tune especially if it's his! http://www.larsonandleague.com/bios.html
Zina
# Posted on June 8th 2002 by Zina Lee
Grey Larsen
Yes, it is Grey Larsen's tune - there's also a very neat mix-meter version of it that Lunasa and also Hamish Moore plays on his album, 'The Bee's Knees'. Great tune!
# Posted on December 25th 2003 by jamminben
Original Version
Here is ABC notation for the original version of Grey Larsen's Thunderhead (from the album "Thunderhead").
It is played first in 6/8:
X:1
T:Thunderhead
R:Jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:BPhr
~B3 fBB|eBB dBA|~B3 fgf|edB AGc|
~B3 fBB|eBB def|gfe fdB|ADF ABc:||
|:dGG AGE|DEG ~F3|EFF EFF|GFE~F3|dGG AGE|
DEG FGA|1BdB ceg|f/2g/2af gfe:|2Bde fgf|edB AGc||
And it finishes in 7/8 (with a tiny bit of 6/8 at the end of the 2nd part):
X:1
T:Thunderhead
R:"Balkan"
M:7/8
L:1/8
K:BPhr
~B3 fBBf|eBB dBBA|~B3 fggf|edB AGGc|
~B3 fBBf|eBB dBef|gfe fddB|1ADF ABBc:|2ADF ABc2||
|:dGG AGGE|DEG EF~F2|EFF EF~F2|GFE EF~F2|
dGG AGGE|DEG EF~F2|1BdB ceeg|f/2g/2af g3e:|2M:6/8 Bde fgf|M:7/8 edB AGGc||
# Posted on February 29th 2004 by turophile
Sounds great in a set with Tommy Whelan's jig, The Rookery, also a flute tune.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1447
# Posted on September 12th 2004 by s1m0n
Thunderhead, Copyright 1982 Grey Larsen
Yes, this is definitely Grey Larsen's Thunderhead. I have a copy of the tune noted in his handwriting and "(c) 1982 Grey Larsen" written on it There are minor differences between the sheet music posted here and the actual sheet music. The online version is a bit smoothed out. And in the original, the 7/8 section has amazing drive and energy.
# Posted on January 28th 2007 by BarryM