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The Gladys

reel

Key signature: Eminor

Submitted on December 9th 2008 by CTick.

This tune has been added to 4 tunebooks.

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X: 1
T: Gladys, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Emin
|:BF~F2 GDEB,|A,D~D2 FDFA|BF~F2 GDEB,|DEFA BAdc|
BF~F2 GDEB|Ad~d2 fdga|bf~f2 gfef|1 edBA BAGA:|2 edBA Bdeg-||
gfed edBA|Bdeb-bagf|edBA Bdeg-|gfed efga|
bf~f2 gfef|edBA Bdeg-|gfed edBA|Bdeb-bagf|
edBA Bdeg-|gfed efga|bBba BBaB|gBgf BBfB||
|:eB~B2 fBgB|~B2fB gBeB|fdAg dAfd|AgdA fdef|eB~B2 fBgB|
~B2fB gBaB|1 gfef eded|BdBA BAFD:|2 bf~f2 gefd|~d2eB dA~A2||

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The Gladys sheetmusic
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Original by a mighty Winnipeg fiddler

This is a favourite of mine, written by the fabulous Canuck fiddler Jesse Hull. Born a Winnipegger, he's currently hanging his cap in Melbs, Australia. So look out for him down under.

He apparently wrote this one in honour of a friend's newly purchased accordion, whom she named Gladys. Sounds reasonable.

# Posted on December 9th 2008 by CTick

E minor?

Not having access to anything but the abc.s and the related midi file, and despite that one "c" in the abcs, my ear persists in wanting to hear it in B minor of some sort. Could be way off base, I've never heard any other version.......
cheers,
Trish

# Posted on December 14th 2008 by mandolala

E minor-ish

Hey Trish - the first section is somewhat ambiguous in terms of key, but I can hear it being accompanied in something vaguely E-minorish. All those F#s would give it the "Em9" or "Emsus2" vibe I think, although I bet one could do a Bmin vamp and make it work. The second and third sections come across more clearly in E minor.
Thanks for checking it out!

# Posted on December 16th 2008 by CTick

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