Does anyone have any original traditional Irish tunes that you’ve written that you would like to share with the board?
I’m not fishing for material for a specific project. I just thought it would be fun to see what people are coming up with.
Thanks,
John
Well, I’m not eager to raise the whole “original traditional” debate, but here are some tunes I’ve written that are intended to be played in a traditional Irish style, at any rate:
The Platinum Ring (still haven’t gotten around to putting the fifth part on-line)
The Pink Ribbon Reel
Slow Road to East China
I fear some of the MP3s are pretty shaky – the problem is that I’m usually recording them as soon as I can play them through without mistakes, rather than after months and months of playing the tune in. I really should go back and make new ones at some point.
The full list of my tunes is in my sig after every post I make here…
I have a nice little whistle tune called ‘The Moth in the Lantern.’ You can find it on the session.org.
Arbo
Here’ a tune that a fiddler player friend of mine wrote. The transcription isn’t exact and you can snazz it up a bit with cut, rolls, and the usual:
X: 1
T:Wayne's Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
C:Wayne Kahre
R:Reel
D:Kilkenny Road
Z:John Norvell
K:ADor
|: c2 cB A2 AB | cBcd cB A2 | G2 G2 G2 A2 | BABc dc B2 |
c2 cB A2 AB | cBcd cB A2 | GFGA BAGE |1 AGAB A2 AB :|2 AGAB A2 e2 |
|: e2 a2 a2 e2 | aeab c'b a2 | e2 g2 g2 d2 | gdga baga |
e2 a2 a2 e2 | aeab c'b a2 | edef gedB |1 AGAB A2 ee :|2 AGAB A2 AB ||
Here’s a link to a sound clip: http://members.cox.net/928572663/Waynes_Reel_KilkennyRoad_c_2002.mp3
-John
Here are a couple of tunes I composed. The Humors of Teddy used to be posted on a web site played by a whistler and myself. The web site is still there but the links to the tunes don’t seem to be available.
X:1
T:Humors of Teddy
M:6/8
L:1/8
C:Steve Kendall
R:jig
K:Bm
FBB FBB|EFA F3|FBB FBB|ABc dcB|FBB FBB|EFA F3|EFA B2e|dBA B3:||
faf fed|cec dcB|FBB FBB|Bee ede|faf fed|cec dcB|EFA B2e|dBA B3:||
X:1
T:Slip Into This
M:9/8
L:1/8
C:Steve Kendall
R:slip jig
K:G
||:BAG AGE G3|BAG Bcd ceg|BAG AGE G3|BAG AFD D3:||
||:Bcd cde deg|Bcd ceg afd|Bcd cde deg|afd afd d3:||
Steve
Okay, here’s the abc for Moth in the Lantern! Sorry to send you all on a research mission… I think this is the setting I play.
Arbo
X:1
T:Moth In The Lantern
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
K:Bmin
|:FBd ~f3|FBd ~e3|FBd ~f3|~e3 ~f3|FBd ~f3|FBd ~e3|fed efg|fdc B3:|
|:FBd ~c3|dcd ~e3|FBd ~c3|dcB =cBA|FBd ~c3|dcd ~e3|fed efg|fdc B3:|
fBB dBB|eAA cAA|fBB dBB|efg efg|fBB dBB|eAA cAA|fed efg|fdc B3|
fBB dBB|eAA cAA|fBB dBB|efg EFG|fBB FBB|eAA EAA|fed efg|fdc B3|
Yes that is a nice one also. Does he have “Edinburgh Rock” on the board also? I did a search but didn’t see it.
-John