Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on May 2nd 2009 by JACKB.
This tune has been added to 23 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Caoineadh Cu Chulainn
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Gmaj
|:F|G2 d2|gf d2|B3c|d2 F2|G2 G2|GF D2|D4|D2 zF|
G2 d2|gf d2|B2 c2|d2 F2|G2 G2|G4|G4|Gz d:|
|:e/f/|g2 a2|eA B2|Bz de/f/|ge a2|dB cd|e2 A2|A4|Az D2|
G2 d2|eA B2|B(3B/A/G/ A2|A(3A/G/F/ G2|G2 GF|F2 G2|G4|G2 G:|
|:d|a2 bd|a2 b2|g2 fg|a2 dB|cB/c/ Bc/d/|dz G2|G4|G2 zd|
a2 bd|a2 b2|g2 d2|B2 c2|cd/c/ Bc|d4|ga b2|c'2 ba|
a2 f2|g2 f2|d2 c2|c(3B/c/d/ eA|A4|A2 A:|
|:D|G2 d2|B2 cd/c/|B2 GA|B2 E2|F4|G4|G4|G3:|
Not A Polka
But a fantastic slow air, not to be played with strict metre, but freely. (Not sure of the musical term Rubarto?)
# Posted on May 2nd 2009 by JACKB
Riverdance
I think this was composed by Bill Whelan for Riverdance. Or am I mistaken?
Rubato, by the way, is the standard musical term for slight variations in tempo. This tune could be approached as "molto (very) rubato" or even "ad libitum" (i.e., "ad lib," meaning freely).
# Posted on May 5th 2009 by muspc
Pronunciation
In case anyone is wondering, the pronunciation is something like “kwinnuh koo ĥullin”—not scientifically exact, but a reasonably recognizable anglicization.
The transcription isn’t quite right, I think, but it works if you listen to it as well. There’s a great performance available online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSjmvU_8xLY.
Cú Chulainn is a mythological Irish hero—sort of the Celtic equivalent to Achilles.
# Posted on August 17th 2009 by walterboys