name that fragment...?

Whistle
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Hi

excuse the vagueness of this one but I’m sitting at work with a fragment of a reel going round my head from a session the other day and I can’t for the life of me think what it is… any ideas?

???..bfaf edBd|e3f edBd|A2AB defa|bfaf edBd|e3f edBd…??? etc. or something like that :confused:

The fragment (which I doubt I’ve remembered precisely, and might have missed a bar out) repeats itself somehow then there’s a key change for the other part of the tune.

To be honest I don’t know if I even have the right key but not more than one step down from there.

Cheers, M

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It looks/sounds a bit like the B part of MacArthur Road played in D instead of E:

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2221

John Williams (at 2:58, after Earl’s Chair and Seán sa Cheo)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo0GmURVpYY
Sarah Hubbard (at 1:12)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u4wqUe-LJs
Some French guy (at 1:36)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFlDNBAcjS4

3

ah, yes, you might have it there, as posted on thesession comments page February 20th 2008 by JACKB… although probably with a few differences in the playing of it.

X: 1
T: MacArthur Road
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|: dA A2 ABde | f2 fd edBd | e2 ef edBd | effd edBe |
dA A2 ABde | f2 fd edBd | e2 ef edBA | Bdde d3e :expressionless:
|: fA A2 fAgA | fAgA fdBd | e2 ef edBd | effd edBe |
fA A2 fAgA | fAgA fdBd | e2 ef edBA | Bdde d3e |
fA A2 fAgA | fAgA fdBd | e2 ef edBd | effd edBe |
dA A2 ABde | f2 fd edBd | e2 ef edBA | Bdde d3e ||

4

Hm, that setting is weird. Here’s closer to a “standard” setting in D:

X:1
T:MacArthur Road
Z:MTGuru
M:C|
K:D
~A3F ABde|~f3d edBd|e2fd edBd|gefd edBd|
AF~F2 ABde|~f3d edBd|e2fd efdB|ABde d4:|
ad~d2 adbd|ad~d2 edBd|e2fd edBd|gefd edBd|
ad~d2 adbd|ad~d2 edBd|e2fd efdB|ABde d2cd||
ad~d2 adbd|ad~d2 edBd|e2fd edBd|gefd edBd|
AF~F2 ABde|~f3d edBd|e2fd efdB|ABde d4|]

5

thanks for confirmation, I knew it had to be either my head or that setting that was weird!