The Fiddler’s
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Notation
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[AK] |
WRAGGLE TAGGLE GYPSIES. English, Morris Dance Tune (4/4
time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. From the area of
WREATH THE BOWL. See “Maid
at the Spinning Wheel.”
WRECKER'S DAUGHTER [1]. AKA and see "The Wild Goose Chase [3]" (
WRECKER’S DAUGHTER [2].
American, Quickstep March (2/4 time).
X:1
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:March
S:Howe – Complete
Preceptor for the Accordeon (1843)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
G/G/G/z/
G/G/G/z/ | G/G/G/z/ G/G/G/z/ | EG c2 | cBAG | A/A/A/z/ A/A/A/z/ |
A/A/A/z/
A/A/A/z/ | Ac f2 | fedc | B/B/B/z/ B/B/B/z/ | B/B/B/z/ B/B/B/z/ |
GB/d/ g2 | edce
| dcBd | c/c/c/z/ c/c/c/z/ | [G2c2] :: ggag | eefe | ddag |
e>B c/d/e/f/
| ggag | eefe | ddag | c’3c | ggag | eefe | ddag | e>B c/d/e/f/ |
ggag | eefe |
ddag | cz c’2 :: e2 gc’ | e2 gc’ | f2 ac’ | e2 gc’ | d2fa | g2 c’e’ |
d’g/g/ gg | gz
G2 | e2 gc’ | e2 gc’ | f2 ac’ | e2 gc’ | d2 fa | g2 c’e’ | d’(3g/g/g/ aa | c’2
z2 :|
WREN, THE. AKA –
“Rann Polka.” AKA and see “Johnny
Mickey’s,” “Johnny Mickey
Barry’s,” “Polca an dreoilin,”
“Tourniore Lasses.” Irish, Polka. Green Linnet GLCD 3065, Jackie Daly – “Music from Sliabh
Luachra” (1992. A reissue of the 1977 Topic Records album).
WREN HORNPIPE [1], THE. Irish, Hornpipe. A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB
(O'Neill). Reminiscent of "Cuckoo's Nest." O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No.
316, pg. 156. O’Neill (Dance Music of
X:1
T:Wren
Hornpipe [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:O’Neill
– Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
Minor
ed|cBAG
AcBA|GEDE G3B|cBAG ABcd|eaag (3efe de|
cBAG
AcBA|GEDE GABd|c2 BA GABG|A2 AB A2:|
|:g2|a2
a2 ac’ba|gede g3^f|g^fga b2a2|gede d3B|cBAG AcBA|
GEDE
GABd|c2 BA GABG|A2 AB A2:|
WREN’S HORNPIPE [2], THE (Cronphiopa an Dreoilin).
Irish, Hornpipe. A Mixlolydian. Standard. AAB. Source for notated version:
fiddler Tom Barrett, 1971 (
WREN’S NEST [1]. Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard. AABBCC. Composed by
fiddler Frankie Gavin. De Dannan – “Anthem.”
X:1
T:Wren's
Nest
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:De
Dannan
R:jig
Z:Barney
K:D
D|:GAB
ded|cAA A2 c|BGE ~E3|AFD AFD|
GAB
ded|cAA A2 c|BGE AFD|GEE E2 D:||
EBe
deB|cAA B2 A|GAB ded|cAA BGD|
EBe deB|cAA
B2 A|GAB cAB|GEE FED:||
B,DE
GED|B,DE E2 D|B,DE GAB|AFD AFD|
B,DE
GED|B,DE E2 D|GAB cAB|GEE E2 D:||
WREN’S NEST [2]. AKA and see “Padraig O’Keeffe’s (Jig) [2],”
“The Cordal Jig,” “Julia Clifford’s Favourite,” “Tom Billy’s (Jig) [4].”
WREXHAM QUICK MARCH. English, March (2/4 time).
WRIGGLY’S REEL. American, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB’.
Composed by a ten-year-old Jerry Holland.
WRIGHT SCHOTTISCHE, THE. American,
Schottische.
WRIGHT'S HORNPIPE. Irish, Scottish; Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3;
No. 321, pg. 35. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish
Music), 1915; No. 381, pg. 182.
X:1
T:Wright’s
Hornpipe
M:C
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:O’Neill
– O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
Ac |
dcdA FDBA | GFED CEA,C | DDFD ADdD | FADF E2 Ac | dcdA BGgf |
edcB
AGFE | FdBG FAGE | D2D2D2 :: cd | ecA^G Aceg | fdA^G Adfa |
gbeg
fadf | edcB AABc | dcdA BGgf | edcB AGFE | FdAg fdce | d2d2d2 :|
WRIGHT’S HUMOUR [1]. English, Country Dance Tune (3/4
time). G Major. Standard tuning. ABC. The melody appears in Daniel Wright’s Extraordinary
Collection of Pleasant and Merry Humours (London, c. 1715). Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 20.
WRIGHT’S HUMOUR [2]. English, Country Dance Tune (cut
time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. From Wright’s Compleat Collection of
Celebrated Country Dances, published by Johnson in London, c. 1740. Barnes
(English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 146.
WRIGHT'S QUICKSTEP. American, Quickstep (6/8 time).
X:1
T:Wright’s
Quickstep
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
or quickstep
S:Page
– Northern Junket, vol. 6, No. 11
(1959)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(3DEF|G2G
GFG|D2G D3|G2G BGB|d2c A3|G2G GFG|
E2G
D3|G2G ABc|B2A G3::g2d e2d|g2d e2d|
BdB A3|BdB
A3|g2d e2d|g2d e2d|BdB ABA|(G3 G3):|
WRIGHT'S RANT. AKA and see “The Stool of Repentance.” Scottish, Jig.
A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest
appearance of this tune in print in Robert
Bremner's 1757 collection. The tune also appears under this title in Aird’s Airs
and Melodies, vol. 1. Bremner (Scots Reels), c. 1757; pg. 92.
X:1
T:Wright’s Rant
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Bremner – Scots Reels (c. 1757)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Mixolydian
cAA eAA | cAA
“tr”e2c | dBB gBB | aBB “tr”f2e | cAA eAA | cAA “tr”e2c |
def efg |
(f/^g/a)c “tr”B2A :: cAA (f/g/a/g/f/e/) | cAA “tr”e2A | dBB (f/g/a/g/f/e/) |
aBB “tr”f2e |
cAA (f/g/a/g/f/e/) | cAA “tr”e2c | def efg | (f/^g/a)c “tr”B2A :|
WRIGHT’S WHIM. AKA and see “Black Mary’s Hornpipe,” “The Butcher’s Hornpipe [2],"
“The Piping Pie Man.”
WULL
WHITE. Scottish,
Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Scottish fiddler and
bandleader Angus Fitchet. Miller (Fiddler’s
Throne), 2004; No. 270, pg. 161. SPCD002, Kenny
Thomson & the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band – “We Twa.”
WULLAFJORD. AKA
and see “Willafjord.”
WULLY
HONEY. AKA -
“Walley Honey.” Scottish. The melody appears in the ballad opera An Old Man Taught Wisdom (1735) and in
the
WURBURN, THE.
Canadian, Reel.
WYLAM
AWAY. AKA and see "To
Wylam Away," "Gingling
Geordie," "Wile Him Away."
English, Jig.
X:1
T:Wylam Away
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian
Minstrelsy (1882)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:G
e/f/|gdB gGB|gdB A2 e/f/|gdB gGB|gdB G2:|
|:e|dB/c/d dB/c/d|dB/c/d A2e|dB/c/d
dB/c/d|dB/c/d G2:|
|:c|BAG edB|gdB ABc|BAG edB|gdB G2:|
WYPERS. AKA and see “Ferry Bridge Hornpipe.”
WYZEE HAMILTON SPECIAL. AKA and see "Y.Z.
Special."
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