In response to another thread and out of interest lately what are some nice tunes using the footjoint keys:
I think this type of thread has been done but let’s do it again
Here is a nice one I’m working on from this website: http://www.reavy.us/Reavycom.abc
X: 13
T:The Gypsy Girl
M:4/4
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
S:The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy
R:Reel
N:Like Sarah Casey, Synge’s “beauty of Ballinacree,”
N:the gypsy girl represents those strange
N:beauties of the road who have
N:such devilish wild appeal, unlike any
N:others we know. And you’ll never
N:see the likes of them in any other setting
N:however far you venture.
Z:Joe Reavy
K:A
ED|CEAc fedc|(3gfe fg aece|(3dcB BA GBEG|Bdgf edcB|
cAED CEAc|dcBc defg|aece dbfg|afec A2:|cd|eaag aece
|dBgB aBgB|Aaag aece|dcBd cAcd|eaag aece|(3dcB Bc defg|
aece dbfg|afec A2:|
using the low c sharp but can be played an octave up no problem
A setting of the Broken Pledge:
X:594
T:Broken Pledge, The
R:Reel
B:Treoir 1997
M:C|
L:1/8
S:Submitted by Michael Rooney
K:F
%
dcAG AD D2 | cAGF ECCE | DEFG Addc | AcGc Acfe |
dcAG A2 AB | cAGF ECCE | DEFG Addc | ((3A=Bc) GE ED D2
dcAG ((3A=Bc) de | fAdf ecA=B | cAGE GAcd | ec c2 eage |
dcAG ((3A=Bc) de | f2 fd ecAG | F2 FE FGA=B |cAGE ED D2
can be played an octave up as well
I have one eight key where the keys work perfectly and seal every time the other one takes thinking about
and too much pressure so octave up
I don’t play flute anymore, but when I did I liked to use the low C# key for a gracenote on bottom D on the tune Bunker Hill, on that bottom D near the beginning of the tune that fiddlers usually “scoop” up to:
cA | GE3~ (C#)D4 |
It gave a fair approximation of the effect that the fiddlers got.
It’s one of the things I miss on the Low D whistle.
Another Low C# tune was that Kevin Burke jig in A Major that began
Fisherman’s Island is another nice Ed Reavy tune that goes down to C#.
Music in the Glen: sometimes I play the CB in the A part up an octave, sometimes I stay low on the C and just go high on the B (all the while wishing these things had a B foot joint). But jumping an octave on just the one note is a little jarring to me, somehow.
Does anyone know anything about the tune Chris Norman plays called “The Iron Ring”? He uses the foot joint keys in it. Anyone know where a recording is available? See here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVl-0VkrbHc
Here’s a few I play and there’s others that I can’t currently think of.
Morgan Magan
Planxty Irwin (in D)
The Fairy Queen (in C)
The Road to Skye
Rachel Rae / Danny Meehan’s
Angus Ronald’s Big Tune
I also use the C# key sometimes in the 2nd octave for d-c#-d
Cheers
Graeme
A Swedish tune (?) that I like is “Metsakukkia” or “Flower of the Forest.” It is in the key of Bb. Don’t know who wrote it; however, it’s a lovely tune. Makes good use of Eb.
