Can you jig it, man?

Uilleann Pipes
1

A simple jig that sits nice on the pipes. Anyone know the name for it?

Thx,

djm

X:1
T:No Name
R:Double Jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
ABADEG | AGEAdc | AGE.cE{A}E | GE{A}EDEG |!
ABADEG | AGEAdc | AGE.cE{A}E | DED{A}DEG :||
Ad^cAB^c | d2ed^cA | GE{A}E.cE{A}E | GE{A}EDEG |!
Ad^cAB^c | defdcA |GE{A}E.cE{A}E | DED{A}DEG :||

2

I have it with a slightly different A part but the B part is the same. Still looking for the name…

3

Bill, do you think you could post your version of the A part? I might as well get as much as I can.

Thx,

djm … er … Mad Davy aaaarrrggg!

4

Your ABCs came out a little skewed in ABCNavigator but I believe that’s the Tynagh Jig, AKA the Little Black Pig, and so forth, a very old tune. Tynagh Jig I think is what the Coen brothers - no, not the wacky filmakers - called it, a town in Galway.

5

Damn, yer good, Kevin. How’d you do that? Did you already know the tune, or do you have a secret database that searches for phrases in ABC?

TYNAGH JIG, THE (Port Tineatha). AKA and see “Delaney’s Jig.” Irish, Double Jig. D Mixolydian. Standard. AABB. Paul de Grae notes the alternate title, “Delaney’s Jig,” refers to Ballinasloe piper Denis Delaney. See also the related “Jackson’s Silver Mines.” Sources for notated versions: fiddler Seán Ó Dorbáin (Ireland) [Breathnach]; flute player James Murray (b. 1947, Ougham, outside Tubbercurry, Sligo) [Flaherty]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 45, pg. 18. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 166 (appears as “Unknown”).

DELANEY’S JIG. AKA and see “The Tynagh Jig.” Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard. AABB. The title refers to piper Denis Delaney of Ballinasloe.

X:1
T:Delaney’s
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:G
A2 A DED|AFA dcA|GEE cEE| G2 E DEG| A2 A DED|AFA dcA|GEE cEE|DED D2 B:||
Adc ABd|ecA dcA| GEE cEE| G2 E DEG| Adc ABd| ecA dcA|GEE cEE|DED D3 :||

6

Crazy - this is exactly the tune I worked on over the weekend - great tune for the pipes. So many ways to milk that G in the A part and the back D in the B part. It wants much playing.

I first heard it from fiddle player Kim Vincent and came across it while leafing through “Trip to Sligo” last week (no name given there).

A flute player at my regular Monday session, not quite 2 hours ago, gave me the name “James Murray’s Jig” for this tune, to which I less than graciously replied, “Oh terrific…another one of those so-and-so’s tunes”, sure I’d be searching for a more unique name for some time.

How utterly pleasing to arrive home to find the answers to my pressing questions already laid out for me here. I wonder now if my bed already turned itself down for me, and whether my breakfast will be already cooked when I get up in the morning. I should go buy a lottery ticket. I now might be able to believe Ed McMahon when he tells me I may have already won.

Many thanks!

7

Can some one point me in the direction of this ABC dovilacky??

Thanks,

Liam

8

If this is the same PEI fiddler who just recently moved to Toronto, that would explain how it filtered down to me.

Are you looking for an on-line library of ABC tunes, or an ABC editor, or an on-line ABC translator?

djm

9

I don’t have any ABC programs. They seem a rather handy tool.

If you could me in the direction of where to find them that would be super. Unless they cost money. Finace is strained due to other hobby (74 Alfa GTV).

Thanks

Liam

10

Here’s what I use to convert from ABC to notation..and the price is within your budget. :slight_smile:

http://www.concertina.net/tunes_convert.html

Thanks for the tune, it looks like a fun one. -g

11

Liam, there are a number of programs available for ABC. Snoogie has given you the best of the free - Tune-otron at concertina.net.

For creating/editing there is AbcMus, Abc2Win, AbcNavigator.

djm

12

I’m merely good! :sunglasses:
Little Black Pig is what it’s called in Matt Cranitch’s fiddle tutor. It’s also in the Petrie collection - don’t recall the title there.
I’ve saved the entire Fiddler’s Companion to my hard drive, so I can look up fun tidbits or ABCs offline.
Must try that Tune-otron, ABCNav2 has worked very well though.

13

I like the interface in ABCNav2, but there are some things that it doesn’t seem to recognize, like tied notes across bars, trills, slides. Unfortunately, it is still in beta, and has no Help menues.

Most stuff seems to work in AbcMus, but it doesn’t have notation. Tune-o-tron is great if, like me, you are notationally-retarded and just want to play a quick midi file to hear the tune.

djm