Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on April 30th 2008 by ceolachan.
This tune has been added to 5 tunebooks.
Also known as Bert McDonald, Bert McDonald's, Francis 'Bert' McDonald, Francis 'Bert' McDonald's, Francis (Bert) McDonald, Francis (Bert) McDonald's, Francis McDonald.
X: 1
T: Francis McDonald's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|: d2 c | BDG Bdg | b^ab gdB | cBc ABc | dBe dBG |
BDG Bdg | b^ab gdB | cBc Aaf | g3 :|
|: gg/a/b | c'2 a a^ga | b2 g gfg | a2 c cBc | dBe dBg |
caa a^ga | bgg gfg | afd c'fa | g3 :|
"Francis 'Bert' McDonald's Jig" ~ a composition by the person of the title
This Cape Breton Jig is also played in F Major and can start of low as well ~
|: A,CF Acf | aga fcA | BAB GAB | cBd cAF | ~
# Posted on April 30th 2008 by ceolachan
B-part, bars 5 & 6 (1 & 2) ~ alternate takes ~ giving you choices
c'aa a^ga | bgg gfg |
caa a^ga | bgg gfg |
caa a^ga | Bgg gfg |
c'aa a^ga | Bgg gfg |
&, of course, you could mirror bars 1 & 2 as they've been given in the transcript, the long-short, N2 N ~
c'2 a a^ga | b2 g gfg |
c2 a a^ga | b2 g gfg |
c2 a a^ga | B2 g gfg |
c'2 a a^ga | B2 g gfg |
& combinations of the like... Here are more examples of possibilities ~
c'2 a a2 c' | b2 g g2 b |
c2 a aa/a/a | B2 g gg/g/g |
c'ac' a^ga | BgB gfg |
c'ac' c'a/b/c' | bg/a/b g2 g |
# Posted on May 1st 2008 by ceolachan
c'2 a c'2 a | b2 g b2 g |
c'2 a c'ba | b2 g bb/a/g |
Oops! I'd cut those off in the cut-and-paste...
# Posted on May 1st 2008 by ceolachan