Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on October 22nd 2008 by ceolachan.
This tune has been added to 10 tunebooks.
Also known as Sipsi Megan.
X: 1
T: Gypsy Meghan
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|: c2 AB cFAB | c/e/c Ac BEGB | c2 AB cFAB | cdec BEGE :|
|: cFAF cFAB | c2 FA BEGB | cFAF cFAB | cdec BEGE :|
|: c2 Af FcAB | cAAf eB G/A/B | c2 Af FcAB | cfec BEGE :|
|: cFfF eF G/A/B | cFfF eE G/F/E | cFfF eFdF | cFBF AEGE :|
"Gypsy Meghan" ~ F Phrygian (not available here, so relative D Major)
This one is for bb, whether or not there's approval. I suspect some folks will go round the twist on this, but we have so few Phrygian tunes here... Oh yes, musn't forget the credits ~ with thanks to jdgraham & Lionel Winship...
# Posted on October 22nd 2008 by ceolachan
"Sleepy Maggie" ~ all in the family
Key signature: B Dorian
Submitted on June 19th 2002 by no longer exists.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/787
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# Posted on October 22nd 2008 by ceolachan
Gypsy Meghan
Another relative - "Small Coals and Little Money" a northumbrian (pipe) tune, that is almost impossible to get out of one started
--- oh, I see Dow has that already in the Sleepy Maggie comments.
# Posted on October 22nd 2008 by spindizzy
See what Phrygian does to you spin... I'm layered up and still shaking. It's cold in here ~ brrrrrr!!!
# Posted on October 22nd 2008 by ceolachan
Frydgian ...
What a terrible pun... I cringe!
# Posted on October 25th 2008 by spindizzy
# Posted on October 25th 2008 by ceolachan
Yes, it' very very similar to Sleepy Maggie. Also to the Morning Dew. And, all in all, are you *sure* about those G nats, ceol? Even if they really are natural, I don't agree that this tune if Phrygian. It's doesn't have the right shapes for a proper Phrygian tune. The Gs are just passing notes, and don't play an important enough role to turn the tune from what it sounds like - Aeolian, or even Dorian, with the right adjustments - to Phrygian.
# Posted on October 25th 2008 by benhall.1
G#...??
funny.. i just typed 'G' into the subject and predictive typing gave me G#... I agree those naturals sound just plain flat....
# Posted on October 27th 2008 by paulflute
Exactly as intended... But if you want to play it as minor by raising the Gs up a half step, do so... The fact that they jar is why they are nats, and that hadly makes them 'just' passing notes...
# Posted on October 29th 2008 by ceolachan
Brrrrrrr!!!
Ben ~ challenge time ~ go ahead, you show us how to make it 'proper' phrygian, helping to educate us as to what the 'right shape' would be... How's that for a musical gauntlet? Maybe with a phrygian chord sequence too?
We must be nuts. We've both decided to keep the heat off until November... I need to get some of those insulated gloves where you can remover the fingertips for fine work ~ like typing...
# Posted on October 29th 2008 by ceolachan
# Posted on October 29th 2008 by ceolachan
Proper Phrygian
I will, I will, ceol ... my turn not to be well ... nothing too serious, I don't think. Man flu, probably, but enough to stop me concentrating, so you'll have to bear with me ...
btw, I don't remember telling you that I was determined to keep the heat off until November?!??!
# Posted on October 30th 2008 by benhall.1
Not you, us!!! Brrrrrr!!! I'm sitting here with a hot water bottle in my lap... People do the craziest things, and I guess we are amongst the more unstable...
# Posted on October 30th 2008 by ceolachan
'Both' = me and the significant other...not that you and yours aren't also considered 'significant'...
# Posted on October 30th 2008 by ceolachan
F# Phrygian
Of course. As you knew, ceol. A simple missing keystroke. Still, since many find modes mind-muddling enough, I thought I'd point that out.
Pedantically yours,
Peter, the "p" in "muspc"
# Posted on October 30th 2008 by muspc
A selective use...
of E sharps, say, for example, in the descending upper part of the fourth section, could be used to highlight the Gypsyness. If you're interested in playing solos while the rest of your session-mates look on in bewilderment, this is probably the way to go.
# Posted on October 30th 2008 by muspc
F# ~
Yes! ~ Thanks muse... I'm not exactly been in the peach of health lately, but I've now qualified for the flu jab, so I'm obviously better. The real confusion is a slow brain in a cold climate. We decided, and are stubbornly keeping to that, not to turn the heat on till November... Daft, yes, I know... At least the hail and snow hasn't stuck yet... Brrrrrr!!!
# Posted on October 31st 2008 by ceolachan
We have a raised appreciation for hot water bottles...
# Posted on October 31st 2008 by ceolachan
Some Ideas...
X: 2
T: Gypsy Meghan
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|: c2 AB cFAB | c/e/c Ac BEGB | cA- AB cFAB | cd^ec BEGE :|
|: cF/A/GF cFAB | cF- FA BEGB | cF/A/GF cFAB | cd^ec BE/G/FE :|
|: c2 Af FcAB | cAAf eB ^G/A/B | cA- Af FcAB | cfec BE^GE :|
|: cFfF ^eF G/A/B | cFfF ^eE G/F/E | cFfF ^eFdF | cFBF AEGE :|
# Posted on October 31st 2008 by muspc
The changes...
followed the irrationale of:
highlighting the raised seventh (the e sharps) in parts 1, 2, and 4 in a way you might find in Gypsy, Persian, Indian music (and NOT like the Western harmonic minor);
strengthening the supertonic to tonic relationship (G to F#) in part 2 to emphasize the phrygianness; and
refreshing the pallate a bit in the thrid part by using G sharps.
I meant to change the key sig to "K: F#Phrygian" but I forgot--alas! Of course , this doesn't change the notes one jot, but as this is mostly intellectual lunacy anyway....
# Posted on October 31st 2008 by muspc
And not a new arrangement...
but simply variations on ceol's original.
# Posted on October 31st 2008 by muspc