Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on December 28th 2007 by JosephofCK.
This tune has been added to 11 tunebooks.
Also known as Dawns Flodau Nantgarw, The Nantgarw Flower Dance, New Year's Eve, Nos Galan.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Deck The Halls
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
|:d3c B2A2|G2A2 B2G2|1ABcA B3A|G2F2 G2Bc:|2ABcA B3A|G2F2 G2D2||
A3B c2A2|B3c d2A2|Bcd2 efg2|(3fgf(3efe d2Bc|
d3c B2A2|G2A2 B2G2|e3e d3c|B2A2 G4||
Guess I'm a little late for Christmas time, but I figured somebody already did this. I like playing it like this as a hornpipe, but it also works well as a polka:
X:1
T:Deck The Halls
L:1/8
M:2/4
R:Polka
K:G
|:d>cBA|GABG|1A/B/c/A/B>A|GFGB/c/:|2A/B/c/A/B>A|GFGD||
|A>BcA|B>cdA|B/c/de/f/g|fedB/c/|d>cBA|GABG|e>e d>c|BAG2||
# Posted on December 28th 2007 by JosephofCK
Deck The Halls
John K on his CD "Wassail" says this was a traditional Welsh tune, known as "Nos Galan" -Welsh for New Years's Eve - and hence played on New Year's Eve. So you're not too late!
# Posted on December 28th 2007 by ph
"Nos Galan" / "New Year's Eve" / "Dawns Flodau Nantgarw" / "The Nantgarw Flower Dance"
X:3
T: Nos Galan
T: New Year's Eve
T: Dawns Flodau Nantgarw
|: The Nantgarw Flower Dance
T: Deck the Halls
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: G Major
d>c BA | GG/A/ BG | A/B/c/A/ B>A | GF G2 |
dd/c/ BA | G>A BG | A/B/c/A/ B>A | GF G2 ||
AA/B/ cA | BB/c/ dA | B/^A/B/c/ dg | fe d/A/B/c/ |
d>c B>A | G/F/G/A/ BG | A/e/c/A/ d>G | GF G2 |]
another way to carry those last two bars ~
~ | A/e/c/A/ d>c | BA G2 |]
# Posted on January 31st 2008 by ceolachan
"Blodau'r Grug: 100 Popular Welsh Folk Dance Tunes"
Alex Hamilton & Robin Huw Bowen
Cymdeithas Ddawns Werin Cymru / The Welsh Folk Dance Society, 1992
Another transcript can be found here,
page 7, tune #1: "Dawns Flodau Nantgarw" / "Nos Galan"
# Posted on January 31st 2008 by ceolachan
Dawns Calan / New Year's Eve Dance ~ a Welsh Twmpath Dawns
Basic step: 1 2 3 hop (skip) ~ throughout (hornpipe step)
Formation: lines-of-3, usually a gent with a lady on either side, but any combination will do. All lines-of-3 face around the hall in Line-of-Direction (LOD), ACW, around the hall. Only the centers progress, around the hall one place forward, ACW, at the end of each turn of the dance, once through the melody...
1 - 8 ~ Advance & Retire twice
1 - 4 ~ (arches) Gent raises a R-arch with his R-hand partner, L-hand woman dances under and around back to place, followed by the man
5 - 8 ~ Gent raises a L-arch with his L-hand partner, R-hand partner dances under and around back to place, followed by the man
1 - 4 ~ Gent arms R with R-hand partner, turning CW
5 - 8 ~ Gent arms L with L-hand partner, turning ACW (=CCW)
9 - 16 ~ Hey for 3, starting with the Gent passing R-shoulders with his R-hand partner ~ finishing by progressing forward to join and take hands with the next line-of-3...
"Dawns Flodau Nantgarw" is a different dance, primarily for exhibition, danced 'in costume', and not from the Welsh Twmpath (barndance / ceilidh) tradition...
# Posted on January 31st 2008 by ceolachan
"Nos Galan" ~ in F Major ~ 1840
This is also described at times as a Welsh 'hornpipe', and transcribed in 4/4 or 2/4, and also played and danced to in the key of F Major... The following is adapted from ABCs found online, courtes of Z: brian_martin...
From a facsimile c.1840: A Choice Collection of Fifty-One Welsh Airs adapted for The Harp, Piano-Forte, Harpsichord, Violin, or Flute by Edward Jones "Harper to His Late Majesty King George IV, when Prince of Wales".
X: 4
T: Nos Galan
T: New Year's Eve
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: Hornpipe
K: F Major
|: c3 B A2 G2 | F2 F2 A2 F2 | GABG A3 G| F2 E2 F4 :|
G3 A B2 G2 | A3 B c2 G2 | A/B/ c3 B/c/ d3 | e2 d2 c4 |
c3 B A2 G2 | F2 F2 A2 F2 | GdBG A3 G | F2 C2 F4 |]
# Posted on January 31st 2008 by ceolachan
I've just found it in F in a couple of books within reach...pretty much as given or close...
# Posted on February 1st 2008 by ceolachan
The Dance: Dawns Calan / New Year's Eve Dance ~ ABAB
I've just realized I wasn't clear on the music to the dance ~ once through the dance is twice through the music, or ABAB...
# Posted on February 1st 2008 by ceolachan