Key signature: Amajor
Submitted on December 25th 2007 by ceolachan.
This tune has been added to 8 tunebooks.
Also known as Welcome Christmas Morning.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: A Welcome Christmas Morning
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Amaj
E2 | A,6 | C4 E2 | c4 B2 | A6 | A6 | c4 B2 | A4 E2 | F2 E4 |
C4 C2 | C4 A,2 | E4 F2 | E6 | F2 FF B2 | B4 c2 | B6- | B4 E2 |
A,6 | C4 E2 | c4 B2 | A6 | A6 | c4 B2 | A4 E2 | F2 E4 |
F6 | A4 d2 | c4 B2 | A6 | G4 E2 | F4 G2 | A6- | A4 ||
E2 | c6 | c4 E2 | c4 B2 | A6 | A6 | c4 B2 | A4 E2 | F2 E2 E2 |
F6 | F6 | E4 A,2 | C6 | B,6 | B4 A2 | G2 E4 | EF GA B=c |
c6 | c4 E2 | c4 B2 | A6 | A6 | c4 B2 | A4 E2 | F2 E4 |
F6 | A4 d2 | c4 B2 | c2 A4 | G4 E2 | F4 G2 | A6- | A4 |]
"A Welcome Christmas Morning" ~ by Jimmy Shand
It was a nice morning too, fog, cold and beautiful and spent on a stroll admiring the lovely contrasts on trees and branches of a Winter sun's yellow cast against dark shadow ...
Here's an opening if you want a few bars to introduce the tune, courtesy of 'Jim Johnstone & His Band' from "A Tribute to Jimmy Shand" ~
A2 | G4 E2 | F4 G2 | A6- | A4 |:
The basic transcript given here is from their playing of this melody and then from that of "The Occassionals"...
# Posted on December 25th 2007 by ceolachan
Jimmy Shand ~ minus a recording of the man himself paying it
What is crazy, with all the Jimmy Shand recordings we have, despite the lack of our LP collection, I haven't got him playing this one, his own waltz. If anyone does I'd welcome a recording to do a transcription from, of the composer himself playing it... I tore this place apart last week but couldn't find one... But I'd welcome a transcription of that from anyone else as well...
# Posted on December 25th 2007 by ceolachan
~ playing it...
The bubbly had gotten the better of me...
# Posted on December 26th 2007 by ceolachan
Welcome Christmas Morning
Shand's playing of it was on one of the Radio Scotland programmes over the past seven days, so you could hear it on Listen Again - I think it was The Reel Blend, but the playlist isn't up yet. If that doesn't work I can send you a copy.
# Posted on December 26th 2007 by nigelg
Thanks Nigel, much appreciated. I'll try to chase that up...
# Posted on December 26th 2007 by ceolachan
Welcome Christmas Morning
Reel Blend. About 9 minutes in. Playlist still not up.
# Posted on December 27th 2007 by david_h