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The Drunken Acrobat

reel

Key signature: Emajor

Submitted on April 8th 2009 by bogman.

This tune has been added to 18 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Drunken Acrobat, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Emaj
|: B,EFG BGFE | B,CCB, C2 FE | B,EFG BGFE | BccB cB G2 |
B,EFG BGFE | B,CCB, C2 EC | B,CEC EFcc | BGFG E3z :|
|: e3 f c2 BG | FFGF FECE | B,CCB, CEEC | FGFE FGBc|
e2 ef c2 BG | FFGF FECE | B,CEC EFcc | BGFG E3z :|

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The Drunken Acrobat sheetmusic
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Drunken Acrobat

This is a great tune by Colin Farrell that I got from the Flook album 'haven'. They play it in E so that's how I've submitted it but for whistlers it's best played on an A whistle for Emaj. Here it is in A.

X: 1
T:The Drunken Acrobat
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
||: EABc ecBA | EFFE F2 BA | EABc ecBA | effe fe c2 |
EABc ecBA | EFFE F2 AF | EFAF ABff |ecBc A3z :||
a3 b f2 ec |BBcB BAFA | EFFE FAAF | BcBA Bcef |
a2 ab f2 ec |BBcB BAFA | EFAF ABff |ecBc A3z :||

# Posted on April 8th 2009 by bogman

The Drunken Acrobat

And here they are playing it. It's the second tune.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQBfFrefaLE

# Posted on April 8th 2009 by bogman

Egad, this means he must be playing the "Asturian Way" set on a B whistle!... Thank goodness I own one...

# Posted on April 8th 2009 by JosephofCK

Or wait, nevermind...

# Posted on April 8th 2009 by JosephofCK

I do quite love Colin Ferrel's tunes. All of the ones I've heard thus far I've loved.

# Posted on April 8th 2009 by JosephofCK

Aye, he's playing it there on an Overton B, the above is for an A whistle as they're more common but obviously just transpose the above down one note the the G shape scale to get E major on a B whistle (if that makes any sense :-))

# Posted on April 8th 2009 by bogman

I own an E Low Whistle:

K:Dmaj
||: Adef afed | AB2A B2 ed | Adef afed | abba ba f2 |
Adef afed | AB2A B2 dB | ABdB debb |afef d3z :||
~d3 e B2 af |e2fe edBd | AB2A Bd2B | efed efab |
~d2 de B2 af |e2fe edBd | ABdB deB2 |afef d3z :||

# Posted on April 9th 2009 by swisspiper

Actually, from watching the video, it looks like Brian's playing in A on an A whistle, but I may not have seen right. It wouldn't be a shock if it were a B, seeing how as he used one on the "Mouse Jigs" set.

# Posted on April 9th 2009 by JosephofCK

Joe, so my version it is he plays !?

# Posted on April 9th 2009 by swisspiper

No Swisspiper, either way he is not playing your version. Some notes are in the wrong octave and you've also missed out notes.

# Posted on April 10th 2009 by bogman

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