Key signature: Dminor
Submitted on August 12th 2008 by frannyc.
This tune has been added to 9 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Easter Thursday
M: 3/2
L: 1/8
R: three-two
K: Dmin
|:"Dm"d4 de f2 e2 d2 |"Am"e2 A4 c2 B2 A2 |"Bb"B4 Bc d2 c2 B2 |
"F"c2 F4 c2 B2 A2 |"Gm"GA B2 "Dm"AG F2 "Gm"GF E2 |"Dm"FE D2 "Am"FG A2 "Dm"D4 :|
|:"Dm"agfe f2 a2 d2 a2 |"Gm"bagf "C"e2 g2 c2 g2 |"F"agfe "Bb"d2 f2 B2 f2 |
"A"gfed ^c2 e2 A2 (F2|"Dm"F2) (G2"Am"G2) (A2"Dm"A2) (B2|"Gm"B2) (A2"Dm"A2) d2 "A"e2 ^c2 :|"Dm"Hd8 |]
From 1733
That's the date that Peter Barnes notes for this tune in his volume 1 of English country dance tunes. The only chord change is: He adds an Edim above the G at the top of the fourth measure of the B part, then proceeds to the A chord (as you also have it) above the C# in that same measure.
# Posted on August 13th 2008 by vonnieestes
I submitted this because I love the tune - I was trying to find a copy of it on the internet to see if its the same as the one I learned from my fiddle teacher in Lancashire. I found this abc notation and thought I'd put it on here (I can't read abc really) to see if its the same tune as the one I know!
Thanks for your comment vonnie.
If anyone else knows anything about it - please enlighten.
# Posted on August 13th 2008 by frannyc
"Caledonian Country Dance's, John Johnson, 1733
http://www.colinhume.com/
http://www.colinhume.com/dances.htm
http://www.colinhume.com/instr.htm#EasterThursday
# Posted on August 13th 2008 by ceolachan
Nice Renaissance-like tune...
Has anyone encountered this in an Irish Session-like context?
# Posted on August 13th 2008 by muspc
Nope, not me, only Playford and other Country Dance settings...
# Posted on August 13th 2008 by ceolachan