New Tune....please add!

Irish Flute
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I thought it would be nice to have a thread of ABC tunes, when people are working on something they like feedback or just wanna share.
Let’s hope this thread gets really big.

Here’s the latest to my repetoire. A neat tune by Liam Kelly of Dervish fame.

T:Hungry Rock, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
C:Liam Kelly
R:jig
K:Edor
EB GEB|EFF dAf|z EB GEB|EFD E{F}ED|
EB GEB|EFF dAf|z {f}gf edB|ABd EE{F}D :expressionless:
AF AB/c/d|efe dAB|z AF AB/c/d|efg fed|
AF AB/c/d|efe dAB|z {f}gf edB|AB/c/d ede/f/ :expressionless:
EF {F}GFE|EFF {F}GFE|z EF {F}GFE|{c}BGE cEd|
EF {F}GFE|EFF {F}GFE|z {c}BG Ec(A|d)Ae {f}gfe :expressionless:

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Let’s see… here’s a polka that I recently learned from others at session. I don’t think it’s
particularly common (correct me if I’m wrong). Guitar accomp. is also fun (do yourself a
favor and Capo on the 2nd fret).

T: Finnish Polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Bmin
B>B Bc|dB Bd|cA Ac|d/c/B/A/ BF|B>B Bc|dB B2|ef/e/ dc|B2 B2:|
|:f>d df|ec cd|ef/e/ dc|Bc de|f>d df|ec cd|ef/e/ dc|B2 B2:|

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It’s pretty common out here in California… Usually paired with “The Taur” polka. Kevin Burke and Dan Beimborn have recorded nice versions of it. Fun tune!

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Monkey, how about posting The Taur for us here?

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Ah - I thought I recognized that one – It’s on WFO I, CD1, track 15.

I took the liberty of putting the rests in at the beginning of each phrase in the quote above - although without them the MIDI file sounds positively Arabic … :roll:

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And to get in one of my own while the thread is still young …

I found this one originally on scottish-fiddle.com, through a friend.
It’s listed there in Bflat, which is OK for a fiddle, I guess, but hell for a keyless flute player. I play this on the fife, so as this is written below (in Gmaj/Emin) it sounds in EbMaj/Cmin, concert pitch (and recall, fifes usually read an octave up, so those low A’s and B’s are really first octave notes).

Here’s my transcription:

T: Princess Beatrice
C: W. B. Laybourn
M: C|
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: G
BA|GB,EG FB,DF|EB,EG BAGF|GBed cBAG|FEDC B,AGF|
GB,EG FB,DF|EB,EG BAGF|d^c=cA GEDF|G2 B2 G2::DC|
B,GCG DGCG|B,DGB dgdB|B,ACA DAEA|FAcA FDCA,|
B,GCG DGCG|B,DGB dgdB|d^c=cA GEDF|G2 B2 G2:|

P.S. If you post ABC, make sure you click the “Disable Smilies” checkbox.
Otherwise, you get some funny things in your ABC code, like a D after a repeat: :smiley: ← that’s one of these

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Here’s the Taur, from Henrik Norbeck’s Abc Tune Index. I’m not proficient enough with ABC to notate it myself without a program to check it for me, but I think this is more or less as we play it here.


X:24
T:Taur Polka, The
R:polka
S:Session at Fleadh Ceol in Sligo, 1990
Z:id:hn-polka-24
M:2/4
L:1/8
K:Dmix
AD FA|d^c AB|=c>B cE|EF GE|AD FA|d^c AB|=c>B cE|ED D2:|
|:fg/f/ ed|^cA Ae|fg/f/ ef|ag e=f|fg/f/ ed|^cA AB|=c>B cE|ED D2:|

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Whoa, David, that’s kinda weird–I just started working on “Hungry Rock” this week.

–Doc

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A set from the second Frankie and Maread/first Altan album, containing two different versions of the Humours of Whiskey. Note that Frankie does a neat mixing of the octaves (the Hammy is the only flute in my stable that does this as well) on the D’s in the A part of the second tune. Another thing that makes him one of the Best Ever, despite my not remembering to cite him the the Best Ever thread. :blush:

X: 1
T:Humours of Whiskey
M:9/8
L:1/8
K:Edor
G2A Bee Bee|GFG BGB AFD|G2A Bee Bee|dcd A2G FED:|
|:d2e fdf ecA|dcd fdf gfe|d2e fdf ecA|Bcd A2G FED|
!d2e fdf ecA|dcd fdf gfe|d2e fga ecA|Bcd A2G FED||

X: 2
T:Fairy Jig
M:9/8
K:Dmix
A2G Add Add|ABG Add fef|A2G Add Add|cAG A2G FED:|
abf add Add|a2f add bag| a2f add Add|abf a2g fed|
abf add Add|a2f add bag| a2a baf abg|fed cAG FED||

X: 3
T:the Humours of Whiskey
M:9/8
K:Bm
gfe fBB fBB|gfe fBB fga|
gfe fBB fBB|agf efd cBA:|
d2e fdf ecA|dde fed gfe|
d2e fdf efg|agf efd cBA:|

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This is my ‘key practice’ tune.
Uses all 6 keys on a 6key floot.
and a nice tune to boot

X:13
T:Waltzin’ to Mongolia
T:The Hills of Manchuria
T:Na sopkakh Manchurii
A:Mongoli"e
M:3/4
L:1/4
K: Dm
\def\QR{\lower4pt\hbox{\kern3pt\musicsmallfont\char62}}
“Dm” A3-|A F G| A3-| A3| “A7” A^ce| f2 e|“Dm” d3-|d3|
|Adf| “A7” ^c2d| “Gm6” edB| e2d| “A7” A^ce| f2 e|“Dm” d3-|1d3
:|2 “Dm” d “\QR” A/2B/2 “\QR” A/2B/2 |
“A7” AE2-|EFG| “Dm” F3-|F c/2d/2 c/2d/2| “C” c G2-|GAB|“Dm” A3-|A3|
“Dm” dA2-|A^GA|“Gm6” cB2-|B AG|“Bb” F2A|“A7” E2A|“Dm” D3-|D3|:
“D7” d2 _e| d2 c| “Gm” c2B| BAB| “C” c2d|c2B| “Dm” B2A|A^GA|
“Dm” d A2-| “m” A “\QR” ^G “\QR” A|
“Gm6” c B2-| “m6” B “\QR” A “\QR” G|
“Bb” F2A| "A7"E2A| “Dm” D3-|D3:|


there’s some background on the tune here:
http://www.accordionlinks.com/mongolia.cfm

(no, I did not come across this tune whilst browsing accordion sites :smiley: )

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Thanks for the tunes so far. When I tried plugging them into the convertor at concertina.net, however, it couldn’t convert the following into sheet music or a midi file:

The Hungry Rock
Finnish Polka
Princess Beatrice

It said there must be an error in the file. The other tunes converted with no problem. Anyone have an idea where the problem is?

Terry

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Concertina.net likes to see “X:1” as the first line

Try this and see if it works

Chuck

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and apparently my “z” rests were deleted from the Rock…
so here it is again, Terry:

T:Hungry Rock, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
C:Liam Kelly
R:jig
K:Edor
z EB GEB|EFF dAf|z EB GEB|EFD E{F}ED|
z EB GEB|EFF dAf|z {f}gf edB|ABd EE{F}D :expressionless:
z AF AB/c/d|efe dAB|z AF AB/c/d|efg fed|
z AF AB/c/d|efe dAB|z {f}gf edB|AB/c/d ede/f/ :expressionless:
z EF {F}GFE|EFF {F}GFE|z EF {F}GFE|{c}BGE cEd|
z EF {F}GFE|EFF {F}GFE|z {c}BG Ec(A|d)Ag {f}gfe :expressionless:

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Inserting X:1 as the first line did the trick! Thanks, Chuck.

Thanks also, David, for starting this thread and for the submission of “The Hungry Rock.” It seems like a really nice tune. How’s that Clementi-Nicholson doing? I still think about that flute.

Terry

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I’m having trouble trying to figure out how to write a glide (gliss.) up or down, and how to control the timing of it in ABC. Any help?

Thx,

djm

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hey, terry
the Clementi-Nicholson is doing famously.
I sent it off to John Gallagher for measurements as he’s about to restore one just like it that I purchased and “gave” to board member Don Lambert. It’s a dandy and should play nicely. NOt as old as mine, but still nice.
I often grab the Clementi whenever my hands hurt from playing baseball or whatnot. I have a boxwood Rudall with the same ergonomics, but the sound isn’t near as dark and foreboding.

Anyway…it’s still a dandy flute.

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Here’s a nice reel that gets confused sometimes with King of the Faeries

T:Scollay’s Reel
M:C|
R:Reel
K:Em
|"Em"E3FG3A|B2Bc BAGA|B2E2E2G2|"D"FGAF "Bm"D2F2|
|"Em"EDEF GFGA|"G"B2Bc BAGA|"Em"B2Bc "B7"BAGF|"Em"G2E2E4:|
|:"Em"efgeB2B2|g2g2B4|"Am"c2BA "G"G2G2|"D"FGAF "Bm"D2F2|
|"Em"EDEF GFGA|"G"BABd "Am"e2d2|"Em"B2Bc "B7"BAGF|"Em"G2E2E4:|

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Here’s a couple of Polkas I’ve heard (at least I’m pretty sure they’re polkas).
Sorry for transcription errors, I’m doing this from memory.


X:1
T:Mrs Crowley’s
K:G
M:C|
|:D2G2E2GE|D2G2E2GE|D2G2A2GA|B2A2A3E|
|D2G2E2GE|D2G2E2GE|D2G2A2GA|B2G2G4:|
|:d2B2g2B2|d2B2g2B2|d2B2g2B2|c2A2A3c|
|d2B2g2B2|d2B2g2B2|G2B2A2GA|B2G2G4:|

X:2
T:Ballydesmond no. 3
K:G
M:C|
|:{B}c 2B2AB/2A/2 GA|Bded g2ed|
|ea (3g/2a/2g/2 edBG A/2B/2|cedBA2A2:|
|:{d}eaa g/2e/2 dggd|ea ab g2ed|
|ea (3g/2a/2g/2 edBG A/2B/2|cedBA2A2:|


(edited to give the polkas their proper names – thanks, boomerang!)

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fearfaoin,
the 2 unnamed polkas you posted are Mrs Crowley’s for the first
and the ballydesmond no 3 for the second
curiously enough they follow each other in the book
Irelands best polka’s and slides, which i may add is a very good book
Regards
David

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Here’s a jig one of my friends and I wrote a few weeks back.

X:1
T:Bremen Jig, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
C:Jeff Ksiazek & Heather Lewin-Tiarks
R:jig
K:Amix
|:AGA ece|dcB AGF|G3 ece|AcB dcB|
| AGA ece|dcB AGF|E3 G3 |BAG A3:|
|:ece a3 |g3 fed|g3 ece|AcB dcB|
| ece a3 |g3 fed|e3 g3 |bag a3:|