Key signature: Cmajor
Submitted on October 7th 2008 by fynnjamin.
This tune has been added to 5 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Vallafield
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Cmaj
|:G | c2 e c2 e | ecA A2 A | Bcd dBG | Bcd dBG |
c2 e c2 e| ecA A2 A | Bcd dBG | c3 c2 :|
|: d | cBA GAB | dBA B2 G | cBA GAB | cBA GAB |
dBA B2 G | dBA B2 G | cBA GAB | c3 c2 :|
Vallafield
supposed to be a 'trowie' tune, heard in Unst, Shetland
# Posted on October 7th 2008 by fynnjamin
Vallafield (jig)
"VALLAFIELD Traditional
This is the only trowie tune we know of from Unst. The story goes that a man heard it on his way home one evening when he stopped to have a smoke in the shelter of Gullahammer at the south end of Vallafield. The music seemed to be coming out of the face of the rock and was very eerie. Belief in those days was that cold steel fended off evil spirits, so he reached for his pocket knife. As his fingers touched the steel, the music stopped. He still retained the tune in his memory, so when he got home he could sing it over to his daughter who played the fiddle. It was she who gave the Westing a new tune called Vallafield."
- Tom Anderson and Tom Georgeson, 'Da Mirrie Dancers' (Lerwick 1970)
# Posted on October 10th 2008 by nigelg
The B part has a very Early Music feel to it...
which I'm enjoying playing. Thanks for sharing it!
# Posted on October 10th 2008 by muspc
|: G | c2 e c2 e | e2 A A3 | B2 d dBG | B2 d d2 G | ~
Yes! ~ very 'country dance', a la Playford. I suspect it would have had a more pronounced single jig bounce to it too, more slow-quick, or N2 N, like the first measure...
# Posted on October 10th 2008 by ceolachan
Great whistle tune!
I mean on D whistle. You can do some really cool turns on those C nats. Love it. Then, it would be good to go into something appropriate in D to really confuse people. Any suggestions?
# Posted on October 12th 2008 by benhall.1
A Dorian ~ ?
I think the natural inclination from C would be either G Major or A Dorian rather than D Major, don't yuh think?
# Posted on October 12th 2008 by ceolachan
Gear shift ...
Well, the point was, a truck driver's gear shift like going up from C to D, on a D whistle, would be dramatic. And cheeky. I thought it would be a good joke.
# Posted on October 13th 2008 by benhall.1
What? You're not taking this music seriously enough...
# Posted on October 17th 2008 by ceolachan
Grinding gears! Think of your bicycle. What use is just one extra cog in a gear, eh? Drama, or 'effect', would be a leap like from that last c, either going up or down by more than a third...
# Posted on October 17th 2008 by ceolachan