Key signature: Eminor
Submitted on January 17th 2008 by JosephC.
This tune has been added to 47 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Doinna
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Emin
|:e3 def|g3 edA|B4 A2|A3 G=F2|
=f4 e2|e4 A2|e3 def|g3 edA|
[1B4 E2|A3 Bc2|B4 A2|A4 A2:|
[2B4 E2|A3 Bc2|B3 ABc|d3 cB2|A4 E2||
|:A3 Bce|B3 AG2|g4 a2|e3 d^c2|d3 Ade|
[1=f6|e4 d/c/B/d/|c4 A2|B4 A2|G3 BcA|B4 A2|A4 E2:|
[2=f4 a2|e4 d/c/B/d/|c4 A2|B4 A2|G3 BcA|B4 A2|A4 A2||
Forgive me for doing such a bad job on probably most of the tune but that's about how it went in my head... I couldn't figure out what time signature this would be in but most of you know, and for those of you who don't, this is a lament, so it's played freely.
# Posted on January 17th 2008 by JosephC
And I think this is a Breton tune?
# Posted on January 17th 2008 by JosephC
"Doinna" ~ Breton, played by John McSherry on the uilleann pipes...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0KQTv8qvkE
http://www.irishtune.info
http://www.irishtune.info/tune/4116/
# Posted on January 17th 2008 by ceolachan
This tune might be more correctly referred to as a traveler tune brought to the Isles through the gypsy tradition from Romania where women sing the Doina. Or perhaps someone has been sessioning with a Klezmer band.
http://aris.ss.uci.edu/rgarfias/kiosk/doina/doina4.html
# Posted on January 22nd 2008 by baglady
I'm not so sure you can consider them to be the same baglady, "Doinna" & doinas... At least, for me, this bears little resemblance in melody, key or time signature, or treatment, to the few doinas I've experienced...
# Posted on January 22nd 2008 by ceolachan
!!! nice link though...
# Posted on January 22nd 2008 by ceolachan
On second consideration, after listening to all those examples and to McSherry again ~ well ~ yes, I do hear a similarity beyond just the title... The uilleann pipes and the Breton take on it had blinded me to the possibilities... I so wish those examples were WAV or MP3, or that they'd at least listed the recording sources...
# Posted on January 22nd 2008 by ceolachan
All that in 15 minutes...
# Posted on January 22nd 2008 by ceolachan
Sorry baglady, a pain in two backs has me being less than reasonable lately, sporting for a fight of some sort ~ not really. One back is my own, ouch, no, I mean OUCH!!! The other is the back of our car. It seems it wants an upgrade and the boot (trunk) is now a Jacuzzi, and we've had record wet weather here to meet that goal...
Also, I'm fond of the form ~ doinas...and Romanian music, something an old friend gave me a good taste of, including the music and dance of the Vlacchi... I particularly love the Taragot... I wish that friend were still around so I could get an occassional fix... It is good for the soul and the circulation...
# Posted on January 22nd 2008 by ceolachan
Romanian huh.... Well, none of the mp3s work on my computer.... they all say that a codec(?) is missing
, so, as far I know right now, it's Breton...
# Posted on January 24th 2008 by JosephC
You need Realplayer for those, and there is a free one available. They aren't MP3s...
# Posted on January 24th 2008 by ceolachan
I thought this song was made/composed by John McSherry, or is this a very dumb thing to say
# Posted on March 27th 2008 by ainekenaz
No, it may be his take (composition) on the form, 'doinna', but am not absolutely sure as I haven't the recording to check the notes for it. With Hungarians and Ukranians having a take on Irish there's not likely to be anything to stop an Irish musician having a go at a 'Doinna'...
# Posted on March 27th 2008 by ceolachan
I've got this recorded by Gwerz, a Breton band from the early 1980s, played on Biniou & fiddle.
# Posted on August 12th 2008 by piperjon
Doinna
Doinna was composed by Breton musician Jackie Molard. It is a slow air. It was recorded first by Gwerz of which Jackie was a member. They still do the odd gig. Jackie Molard along with his brother has been one of the most influential musicians in Breton music over this past thirty years. He has played in many well known B. bands.
# Posted on November 21st 2009 by sligeach
His brother's name is Patrick.
# Posted on November 21st 2009 by sligeach
I've just been learning this. I have written it down thus for those who are interested. My apologies to Jackie Molard.
X: 1
T: Doinna
M: 3/4
R: Waltz
K: Ador
A2|:e4de | g4e2 | d4cA | B4A2 | A4G2 |=f6 | e6-|e4A2|
|e4de | g4e2 | d4cA | B4E2 | A4Bc | B4A2 |[1 A6-|A4A2:|[2 B/c/d2c/B/A2-|A4E2|
|:A4B2 | c4e2 | B4AG | g6 | g4a2 | e4de | ^c4d2 | e4d^c | d6 | A4de|
|=f4a2 | e4dB | c4A2 | B4A2 | G4Bc | B6 |[1 A6-|A4E2:|[2 A6-|A4
# Posted on April 10th 2010 by gam