[COMMENT3][COMMENT4] The
Fiddler’s Companion
© 1996-2008 Andrew Kuntz
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Notation
Note: The tunes below are recorded in what
is called “abc
notation.”
They can easily be converted to standard musical notation via highlighting
with your cursor starting at “X:1” through to the end of the abc’s, then
“cutting-and-pasting” the highlighted notation into one of the many abc
conversion programs available, or at concertina.net’s incredibly handy “ABC
Convert-A-Matic” at http://www.concertina.net/tunes_convert.html **Please note that the abc’s in the Fiddler’s
Companion work fine in most abc conversion programs. For example, I use
abc2win and abcNavigator 2 with no problems whatsoever with direct cut-and-pasting.
However, due to an anomaly of the html, pasting the abc’s into the
concertina.net converter results in double-spacing. For concertina.net’s
conversion program to work you must remove the spaces between all the lines
of abc notation after pasting, so that they are single-spaced, with no
intervening blank lines. This being done, the F/C abc’s will convert to
standard notation nicely. Or, get a copy of abcNavigator 2 – its well worth
it. [AK] |
CT. BROWN’S MARCH. AKA and see “Bodmin Riding,” “Grand Turk’s March,” “St. Ives Feast,” “St. Ives Well Procession.” English,
March (4/4 time).
CÚ UÍ MHURCHÚ. AKA and see "Murphy's Greyhound."
CÚ UÍ RAGALLAIG. AKA and see "O'Reilly's
Greyhound."
CUAICHIN GLEANN NEIFIN. Irish, Slow Air (9/8 time). G
Major. Standard tuning. One part. Ó Canainn’s note states this is the “Glenroe”
theme. Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs),
1995; No. 81, pg. 71.
CUAIN BEANTRAIGE. AKA and see "Bantry Bay."
CUAIN GAILLIM. AKA and see "Galway Bay."
CUAIN PADRAIC. AKA
and see "Portpatrick."
CUAIRT DONNCHAIDH DO'N MHEINN GUAIL (
CUAIRT GO h-EIRINN. AKA and see "(A)
Visit to Ireland."
CUAN BHAILE SEOIN (The
CUAN BHEIL INSE. AKA and see “Amhrán na Leabhar”
(Song of the Books). Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). E Dorian. Standard. AAB. See
note for “Amhran na Leabhar” for more information. Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs), 1995; No. 31,
pg. 31.
CUAN MILIS AN CHALLAIDH. AKA and see "Sweet Portaferry."
X:1
T:
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Quickstep March
S:Giles Gibbs manuscript copybook (c.
1777-1780)
K:E Minor
BGE EDE|GAB AGA|BGE EDE|G2A B2A|BGE EDE|
GAB AGA|BGE EDE|GBA G3::d3 d2e|d2B AGA|
e3 e2g|d2B BAB|d3 d2e|d2B AGA|BGE EDE|G3
G2:|
CUBAN, THE. AKA
and see “Bill
the Weaver’s [3],” “The Old One.”
Irish, Polka. D Mixolydian (‘A’ part) & G Major (‘B’ part). Standard. The
tune was played by source Johnny O’Leary at a tempo slower than usual for a
polka, more as a listening piece. The
name
X:1
T:The
Old One
T:The
Cuban
D:Jackie
Daly, "Many's a Wild Night", track 12(b)
M:2/4
N:"The
Old One/Cuban" is one case where the chord sequence
N:might
be misleading. The A chords shown in the
first part
N:are
much better as "A no‑3rds", and the Gs as some G‑chord
N:notes
against an A bass, as described previously.
L:1/8
R:polka
Z:Paul
de Grae
K:Amix
"A"
e>e fe | e/f/g/e/ a2 | "G" BB/B/ d/B/A | BA/B/ d/B/A |
"A"
e>e fe | e/f/g/e/ a2 | "G" BA/B/ dB | "A" A2 A2 :||
||:
"D" fA fA | ff "G" g>f | "A" ed ef/e/ |
"D" d/c/d/f/ "A" a>g |
"D"
fA fA | ff "G" g>f | "A" e/f/e/d/ c/A/B/c/ |
"D" d2 d2 :||
***
A / |
/ / | G / | / / | A / | / / | G / / | A / :||
||: D
/ | / G | A / | D A | D / | / G | A / |
D / :||
CUBAN TWO-STEP (RAG). Old-Time, Two-Step. B Flat Major.
Standard. The tune was recorded by the
CUBANOLA GLIDE. Old‑Time,
Piece.
CUCANANDY. AKA –
“Cuaichin Aindi.” AKA and see “The Whistling
Thief [2].” Irish, Air and Slip Jig. E Dorian. Standard.
AABB’. The alternate title “The Whistling Thief” comes from a song set to the
air by Samuel Lover. The title "Cucanandy" derives from a lilt meant
for baby-dandling, sung by Elizabeth Cronin of Ballyvourney,
X:1
T:Cucanandy
R:slip
jig
D:Cran:
The Crooked Stair
Z:id:hn-slipjig-44
Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:9/8
K:Edor
~B3
B2A G2A|B2d d2c d3|~B3 B2A G2A|B2e e2d e3:|
|:e2f g2f g3|B2d d2c d3|1 e2f g2f
g3|B2e e2d e3:|2 e2B B2A G2A|B2e e2d e3||
CUCKOLD COME OUT OF THE AMREY. AKA and see "Struan Robertson(‘s Rant) [1]."
English, Reel.
X:1
T:Cuckold Come
Out o’ the Amrey
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Bruce &
Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy (1882)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
A/B/c/A/ c>d
e>deg|GG B>c d/B/A/G/ B/c/d/B/| A/B/c/A/ c>d e>deg | dB/A/ gB A2e2
:|
|: g>ecg ec
e/f/g/e/|d/c/B/A/ Gd BG B/c/d/B/| g/f/e/d/ c/d/e/f/ gc e/f/g/e/|dc/B/ gB A2e2:|
CUCKOLDS ALL AWRY. See "Cuckolds All in a Row."
CUCKOLDS ALL (IN) A ROW. AKA and see “Cuckolds
All Awry,” "Hey Boys,
Up Go We [1]." English, Jig (6/4 or 6/8 time). G Major
(Raven): C Major (Chappell): D Major (Johnson). Standard tuning. AAB
(Chappell): AABB (Johnson, Raven). The air appears in Playford's English Dancing Master of 1650. It was
used as a party tune by the Cavaliers, according to Chappell (1859), who states
that they sang the words of "Hey, boys, up go we" and "
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called for; which was, says he, “Cuckolds all awry,”
the old
dance of
mistress, and my Lady Castlemaine (the
King’s mistress) , and a daughter
of Sir Harry de Vicke’s, were the best. The
manner was, when the King
dances,
all the ladies in the room, and the Queen herself, stand
up; and
indeed he dances rarely, and much better than the Duke
of
stayed there as long as I thought fit, to my infinate
content, it being
the greatest pleasure I could wish now to see at
Court, I went home,
leaving them dancing.
***
Interestingly,
Pepys was a fiddler, and wrote in his entry for
***
After dinner all the afternoon fiddling upon my
viallin (which I have
not done many a day), while Ashwell (his wife’s female
servant)
danced above in my upper best chamber, which is a rare
room for
musique.
***
Barnes
(English Country Dance Tunes), 1986
(appears as “Hey Boys, Up Go We”). Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 1, 1859; pg. 306. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 14: Songs, Airs and
Dances of the 18th Century), 1997; pg. 5. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg.
9 and pg. 44. Familiar FAM 47, Pyewackett ‑
"
X:1
T:Cuckolds
all a row
M:6/4
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:D
a4 a2
a4 g2|f4 g2 a4 d2|e4 e2 f3e f2|(g6 g6):|
|:B2|c2d2c2
B2A2B2|A4A2 f2e2f2|g4d2 e2d4|
B6 G3AB2|c3d
c2 B3AB2|A4A2 f3ef2|g4 d2 e2 d4|B6 G6:|
CUCKOLDS COME DIG. Scottish. A punishment tune when whores were flogged
in
CUCKOLD’S NEST. See “Cuckoo’s Nest [14].”
CUCKOLD’S SONG. AKA and see “Back of
the Change House,” “Hame Cam Oor
Gude Man.”
CUCKOO [1], THE. AKA‑ "Murray's Fancy (Hornpipe) [1]," "The Dublin Hornpipe [2]." Irish, Hornpipe. G Ma