Key signature: Eminor
Submitted on September 2nd 2008 by beardflute.
This tune has been added to 14 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Glass Island
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Emin
EFGA BAGF | EFGA B3 B | cGEc GEcG | AFDA FDAF |
BGEB GEBG | BG G2 AF F2 | BAGB AFDF | EFGF E4|
EFGA BAGF | EFGA B3 B| cGEc GEcG | AFDA FDAF |
BGEB GEBG | BG G2 AF F2 | BAGB AFDF | EFGF EFGA |
Be e2 Bege | ce e2 cege | df f2 dfaf | gaba gfed |
Be e2 Bege | ce e2 cege | df f2 dfab | agfg e4 |
Be e2 Bege | ce e2 cege | df f2 dfaf | gaba gfed |
Be e2 Bege | ce e2 cege | df f2 dfab | agfg e4 |
Searched for this tune but did not find it here; please forgive me if the tune appears under another name.
A great fun tune for flute, whistle, or fiddle.
# Posted on September 2nd 2008 by beardflute
nice tune!
# Posted on September 3rd 2008 by Amckay
Hope I will never hear it played in the future.
# Posted on September 3rd 2008 by slainte
Origins...
So where did it come from ?
# Posted on September 3rd 2008 by Kenny
I learned this from a couple of the musicians in our session, Cory and Alec. I don't know where they originally learned the tune, though I have seen a photocopied page out of an unidentified tune book that had the tune pretty much as given here.
# Posted on September 3rd 2008 by beardflute
The tamlin's influence is everywhere. Unfortunately, it always gives the same tune at the end.
# Posted on September 3rd 2008 by protz
Arpeggio practice
# Posted on September 3rd 2008 by Dow
Sorry about the vomit on the floor guys, I'll clean it up.
# Posted on September 3rd 2008 by PaddyCmusic
Looks like the cleaner is away on holiday. Pity.
# Posted on September 4th 2008 by Dow
Well, *I* like it.
mind, beardflute's transcription is accurate enough, but I think that this is a textbook example why for this music, the dots give a very, very small part of the picture. Midis of tunes on this site tend to be godawful, but the midi for this one is especially so.
There's a recording of this Glass Island here - http://themovingviolations.com/images/stories/samples/wild_one_medley.mp3 - it's the third and last tune in the set. It's a relentless, driving thing, and no transcription can come close to capturing that rhythm. Still might not be everyone's cuppa, I realize - de gustibus, yadda - and I'm not sure how well this tune fit in at a session, where the backing on the recording I linked would be absent, but I rather like the one version I've heard of this tune played by real instruments.
# Posted on September 4th 2008 by Tall, Dark, and Mysterious
Y're dead right - NOT everyone's cup of tea!
Well, I listened to that link you posted, T,D & M. Eeeee-u-u-u-u-u-uch!!! Horrible, horrible, horrible. All of it was fairly horrible. But this wretched tune was the worst. It IS basically Tam Lin ... with added horrible bits.
# Posted on September 5th 2008 by benhall.1
No need to hold back, benhall.1, do tell us what you really think.
I will say that if there's a tune more polarizing than Tam Lin, I can't imagine what it would be. Me, I love it and its kin.
# Posted on September 5th 2008 by Tall, Dark, and Mysterious
I know, T,D & M - equivocating is a weakness of mine. If only I could be more direct.
You don't really like Tam Lin, do you?
# Posted on September 5th 2008 by benhall.1
Well, I don't much care for the way it sounds when *I* play it...
# Posted on September 6th 2008 by Tall, Dark, and Mysterious