Lark In The Clear Air

waltz

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on August 18th 2007 by davidsavage.

This tune has been added to 38 tunebooks.

Also known as The Lark In The Clear Air.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Born On St Patrick's Day by Kathleen O'Sullivan
• Gerry MacFadden by Gerry McFadden
• Handprints by Donna Long
• Milltown Lass by Rose Murphy
• My Lagan Love by Anne-Marie O'Farrell
• The Border Minstrel by Billy Pigg
• The Coolin': Classic Slow Airs And Laments by Various Artists
• The Half Door by Packie Byrne And Bonnie Shaljean
• The Irish Music Anthology (40 Classic Songs, Jigs And Reels) by Various Artists
• The Lark In The Clear Air by Geraldine O'Grady
• The Lark In The Clear Air by Various Artists
• The Piper Calls The Tune by Joe Finn
• The Steeplechase by Brendan Mulvihill And Donna Long
• The Wild Hills O'Wannie: The Small Pipes Of Northumbria by Various Artists
• Tru The Years by Jim McKillop

X: 1
T: Lark In The Clear Air
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Gmaj
d4-dB|G3/2F/2 FG EC|D4D/2E/2F|G2 (3ABc B2|A2d2dB|
G3/2F/2 FG EC|D4DE/2F/2|(3GAB E2AF|G4DE/F/|
G3F G/2A/2B/2c/2|d4e3/2d/2|dB GA Bd/2c/2|B2A2dB|
G3/2F/2 FG EC|D4DE/2F/2|(3GAB E2AF|G6||

A great tune which brings back memories of Ciarán MacMathúna's early morning RTE radio programme. It was also played on a recording by fiddle (or should I say violin) player, Geraldine O'Grady some years ago with a slightly classical flavour to it !

# Posted on August 18th 2007 by Bannerman

Reading this as a waltz

In reading this notation I find it difficult to see it as the air it is. The 3/4 would make the uninitiated to play this too fast and as a waltz.
Some time ago I wrote this down from a recording by Noel Pepper on mouth organ. To do it justice I found it best to count it in six beats to the bar (6/4) with occassional bars of 3/4 and 5/4.
I've just asked my eldest daughter (music teacher and oboeist) to compare the twonotations and to say which conveys the slower tempo. She suggested 6/4.
I'll put the abc in shortly for comparison.

# Posted on August 23rd 2007 by hetty

It just might also help the Midi playback as well.

# Posted on August 23rd 2007 by hetty

Reading this as a Waltz

I am sure that you are right..... 6/4 with the occasional 3/4 and 5/4 bars does make more sense and when I first noted it down (without bars) it played OK. However, I thought that I ought to submit it with bars, so have effectively messed it up! Would be most grateful if someone better at ABC than me would sort it out and re-submit it! Thanks,

David Savage
(PS I guss that the MID would also sound better then too!)

# Posted on November 4th 2007 by davidsavage