En Dro

barndance

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on September 22nd 2007 by ceolachan.

This tune has been added to 16 tunebooks.

Also known as An Dro.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Ae Spark O Nature's Fire by Deaf Shepherd
• Galorn (1979) by Galorn
• Happy Daze by Battlefield Band
• Joe Can't's Reel by Gwendal
• La Harpe Irlandaise - The Irish Harp by Katrien Delavier
• O'er The Moor, Among The Heather by Deby Benton Grosjean
• Premiere by Kornog
• Raise The Rafters by Molly's Revenge
• Re-echo by Finlay MacDonald
• Riverdance And Other Famous Irish Songs And Dances by Various Artists
• The Crooked Stair by Cran
• The Gloup by Mark Roberts

X: 1
T: En Dro
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: barndance
K: Ador
|: E2 AB cAAB | ccBA G2 AG | EEAB cAAB | c2 B2 A4 :|
|: c2 AB cAAB | ccdc B2 AB | cAAB c2 AB | c2 B2 A4 :|

"En Dro" / "An Dro" ~ a simple limited range tune from Breizh / Brittany

I was sure I had words for this somewhere but haven't been able to find them.

I dug this out when Sarah the flute was seeking one octave tunes. It isn't in D, but only covers 7 notes. It could be played in the relative key of E Dorian, but then would extend out of the range between D & d... A c natural shouldn't be all that difficult to squeeze out for most instruments...

Discussion: What One Octave Tunes in D exist? (D to d in this case)
# Posted on September 19th 2007 by Sarah the Flute
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/15202

I've a couple more limited range tunes I'll contribute before returning to the task of dealing with other promises tune-wise...

# Posted on September 22nd 2007 by ceolachan

The transcription given here is simple, straight, but it can also be played swung... I remember playing some tunes in and out of both ways, straight and swung, when in Britanny. It was fun on both sides, as a musician and as a dancer...

# Posted on September 22nd 2007 by ceolachan

Swung, and with other possibilities ~

X: 2
T: En Dro
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: barndance
K: Ador
|: E2 A>B c2 A>B | c2 B>A G4 | E2 A>B c>AA>B | c>cB>G A4 :|
|: c2 A>B c2 A>B | c2 d>c B4 | c2 A>B c>AA>B | c2 B>G A4 :|

# Posted on September 22nd 2007 by ceolachan

Parallel fourths...

played above make for a nice Gregorian chant-like experience. The mode, in that case, would be aeolian, not dorian.

# Posted on September 22nd 2007 by muspc

Yes! I have played a version of this that rattled in the occassional F#, my reason for giving it as A Dorian instead of Aeolian, but since it can stand without the F at all, yes, and parallel 4ths are fun...

# Posted on September 22nd 2007 by ceolachan

I still haven't found those lyrics...

# Posted on September 22nd 2007 by ceolachan