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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
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work fine in most abc conversion programs. For example, I use abc2win and
abcNavigator 2 with no problems whatsoever with direct cut-and-pasting.
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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
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GLACAN’S REEL. Irish, Reel.
GLACKIN’S
FANCY. Irish, Reel. G Dorian. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Treoir.
X: 1
T: Glackin's Fancy
S: Treoir
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Q: 350
R: reel
Z: Transcribed by Bill Black
K: Gdor
GF |: DG G2 DG G2 | FGAB c2 Bc | dg g2 fdcA |
BGAG F2 EF |
DG G2 DG G2 | FGAB c2 Bc | dg g2 fdcA |1 BGAG F2
G2 :|2 BGAG FGEF ||
g2 g2 fdcA | Bcde f2 gf | dg g2 fdcA | BGAG F2
EF |
DG
G2 DG G2 | FGAB c2 Bc | dg g2 fdcA |1 BGAG FGEF :|2 BGAG F2 G2 ||
GLADIATOR. American, Reel. G Major. Standard. AABB. Composition credited to G.L.
Tracy in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883). George Lowell Tracy
(1855-1921) was a young man who later composed light opera and composition
books, according to musicologist Charles Wolfe. Evidently
GLADLY WOULD I GO. Scottish (?),
March (6/8 time). D Major. Standard. AB. O’Neill (1922) says: “This fine old
march was memorized from the playing of William McLean a famous
X:1
T:Gladly Would I Go
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Capt. F. O'Neill
R:March
K:D
A/2G/2|F2 A AFA|BGB AFD|F2 A AFd|EFE E2 G|
F2 A AFA|BGB AFD|FA>F GEC|D>ED D2||
A|dBd cAc|BGB AFD|dBd cAc|BGB A2 B/2c/2|
dBd cAc|BGd AFD|FA>F GEC|D>ED D2||
X:1
T:
C:J. Scott Skinner
L:1/8
M:2/4
K:A
d/|c/A/d/B/ e/f/g/a/|a/4a/4a/ c/A/
B/G/E/d/|c/A/d/B/ e/f/g/a/|e/c/d/B/ A:|
g/|a/f/b/a/ g/e/a/g/|f/d/g/f/
e/c/f/e/|d/B/e/d/ c/A/d/c/|B/A/G/A/ B/e/f/g/|
a/f/b/a/ g/e/a/g/|f/d/g/f/ e/c/f/e/|d/B/e/d/
c/e/a/f/|e/c/d/B/ (A A/)||
|: d/|c/A/d/B/ e/f/g/a/|a/4a/4a/
c/A/ B/G/E/d/|c/A/d/B/ e/f/g/a/|e/c/d/B/ A:|
||g/|a/4a/4a f/a/ g/4g/4g
e/g/|f/4f/4f/ d/f/ e/4e/4e/ c/e/|d/4d/4d/ B/d/ c/4c/4c/ A/c/|
B/A/G/A/ B/e/f/g/|a/f/b/a/ g/b/e/g/|f/d/a/f/
e/a/c/e/|d/B/e/d/ c/e/A/a/|e/c/d/B/ (A A/)||
GLAFIS HORNPIPE, THE. English, ‘Old’ Hornpipe (3/2 time). D Major.
Standard. ABCDEF. Knowles (1995) notes that his source, John Walsh, was a
contemporary of Handel and also published his work. Source for notated version:
John Walsh’s 3rd Collection of Lancashire
Tunes (c. 1731). Knowles (A Northern
Lass), 1995; pg. 37.
GLAISIN OG NA G-CRAOBH. AKA and see "The
Little Grey mare of the Branches."
GLÂN MEDDWDOD MWYN (Good Humored and Fairly Tipsy). Welsh, Air. The tune appears in
Blind Parry’s collection of Twelve Airs
for one and two Guitars (1760-65), repeated in the 1781 edition. Kidson
(
GLANADH CHRÓ NA gCEARC. AKA and see "Cleaning
the Henhouse."
GLANBRAN. Welsh, Air (2/4 time). G Major.
Standard tuning. AABB.
X:1
T:Glanbran
M:2/4
L:1/8
K:G
G/A/|B2 Bd|G>A BG|c2B2|AA/B/
cA|B>A Bd|G>A BG|
Ad FA|G3::G|F>A GB|Ac BA|G>B A>c|
Bd BG|B>A Bd|G>A BG|Ad FA|G3:|
GLAS AGUS AN BUI, AN. AKA and see "The Orange
and Green [1]."
X:1
T:
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
{c}BA|GDB,D G2 GB|AGAB {d}c2 BA|Ggfg
edcB|{d}c2A2 A2BA|
GDB,D G2 GB|AGAB {d}c2 BA|Ggfe
dcBA|B2G2G2:|
|:Bc|dgfg edcB|cBce dcBA|Ggfg
edcB|{d}c2A2 A2Bc|
dBBd ecce|fdef {a}g2 fe|dgfe
dcBA|B2G2G2:|
GLASGOW LASSES [1],
THE. Scottish,
Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AB (Gow, Surenne): AABB' (Athole).
"Old" (Gow). John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of this
tune in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection
(pg. 49). Glasgow is Gaelic for ‘green hollow.’ Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 422. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806; pg. 28. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
219. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland),
1852; pg. 113.
X:1
T:
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
C|F>GFA cAAf|FGFA BGGA|FGFA cAAc|dfeg af~f:|
|:f/g/|a>gfc Ac cf/g/|agfc eg gf/g/|1 agfc d/e/f cA|B/c/d GB AFF:|2 a>fg>e fcfA|B/c/d GB AFF||
GLASIS HORNPIPE. English, (Old) Hornpipe (3/2 time). D Major. Standard. AABBCCDDEEFF.
The melody appears in Walsh’s third collection of
X:1
T:Glasis Hornpipe
B: Walsh
M:3/2
L:1/8
K:D
d3 B ABAG F2 A2| G2 B2 =cBAG F2 A2| d3 B ABAG cBcA| d3 B ABAG F2 D2::\
G2 B2 =cBAG F2 A2| B2 G2 gfed c2 A2|d2 f2 gfed cdec |A2 d2 cdecd2 D2 ::\
f3 g fgaf b2 B2 | g3 f gfed c2 A2| d3 f gfed cdec|A2 d2 cdec d2 D2::\
fedf edce dcBd| d2 ef gfed c2 A2| abag fagf egfe| fedf edce d2 D2::\
BAGB AGFA F2 D2 | d2 ef gfed c2 A2 | d2 b2 c2 a2 B2 g2|bagf efga f2 d2::\
A,B,CD
DEFD E2 A,2| B2 G2 gfed c2 A2| dfbf gbge dfad| A2 d2 cdec d2 D2:|
GLASS BOWL, THE. Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard. AABB.
Composed by fiddler and pianist Josephine Keegan (b. 1935), of Mullaghbawn,
south
GLASS MHEUR. Scottish. A favorite tune in the late 18th
century. Emmerson (1972) reports that in 1785, at the Exhibition of Martial
Music held in Dunn’s Assembly Rooms, that twenty-four pipers played the tune
(along with “Failte a’ Phrionsai” and “Grim Donald’s Sweetheart;” all
long-standing favorites).
GLASS OF BEER, THE. AKA and see “John Stenson’s No. 2,” “Listowel
Lasses,” “McFadden’s [2].” Irish, Reel.
B Minor. Standard. AB (Mulvihill): AABB (Mallinson). A well-known traditional
session tune, perhaps composed by John McFadden, an Irish traditional musician
in
X:1
T:Glass of Beer, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:B Minor
|:fB~B2 fBaB|fB~B2 e2de|fB~B2 ~f3e|1
dfaf e2de:|2 dfaf ~e3c\
|:~d3e ~f3e|defd edBA|~d3e ~f3e|1
dfaf ~e3c:|2 dfaf edba||\
fB~B2 fBaB|fB~B2 e2de|fB~B2
~f3e|dfaf e2de|\
fB~B2 bBaB|fBeB fede|fB~B2 ~f3e|dfaf
e4||
X:2
T:Glass of Beer
L:1/8
M:C|
B:Mulvihill - 1st Collection (207)
S:Bridge Ceili Band
K:E Minor
de|f~B3 fBaB|f~B3 e2 de|f~B3
fgfe|dfaf e2 de|
f~B3 fBaB|f~B3 e2 de|f~B3
fgfe|dfafe2 dB||
d3e fgfe|d2 fd eA (3cBA|dcde|fgfe|dfaf
e2 dB|
d3e fgfe|defd eA (3cBA|d3e fgfe|dfaf
e2 de||
GLASS OF POTHEEN, A. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard. AAB. Potheen,
or 'poteen', is an alcoholic beverage distilled from potatoes, usually locally,
in stills. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol.
2; No. 243, pg. 27.
X:1
T:Glass of Potheen, A
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 2, No. 243
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
e | dBB AGA | GAG GAB | dBB BAB |
Bee efg | dBB AGA | GAG GAB | dBB BAB | Bee e2 :|
|: f | g2g faf | ded def | g2g faf |
efe e2f | g2g faf | ded def | gfe dBA | Bee e2 :|
GLASSA HOUSE. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard. AABB'. From Issac Cooper's 1783
collection. Glen (The Glen Collection of
Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 7.
X:1
T:Glassa House
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Glen Collection, Vol. 2
(1895)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d>fe>c d>BA>F|G&g