Trip to Pakistan

I was at the Purbeck Folk Festival this last weekend and I attended Brian Finnegan's workshop. He taught us the Trip to Pakistan together with a harmony line he made up on the spot. Here is the transcription that Tina and Rachel did. Any mistakes are in my ABCing their transcription.

X: 1
T: Trip To Pakistan, The
M: 4/4
C: Niall Kenny
C: Brian Finnegan (Harmony)
L: 1/8
R: reel
N: Transcribed by Tina and Rachel from Brian F's workshop at the Purbeck Folk Festival 2011
K: Emin
V:1 
|:EGBE G3 B|A3 B AGFG|EGBE G3 B|AGFG E4:|
V:2
|:GBeG B3 e|d3 e dBA2 |GBeG B3 e|dBAG B4:|
V:1
|:EFGE c3 A|B3 d ABAG|EFGE c3 A|BAGB A4:|
V:2
|:GABg e3 c|d3 e dcB2|GABg e3 c|dcBG [A4D4]:|
V:1
|:FGBF GBGF|EFGE FGFE|DFAD FADF|AGFG E4:|
V:2
|:ABgA BgAB|GABG ABGA|FAdF AdFA|edAF B4:|

The Lost Kings

Not very Sri Lankan, but this came to me while sat on the top of Sigiriya. I admit its slightly derivative, but I still like it. I hope to post a recording soon.

X:01
T: The Lost Kings
L:1/8
M:3/4
C: Fremantle
K: G
gfg | e3 gfd | B3 ABd | e3 dBG | A3 gfg | e3 gfd | B3 ABd | e3 dBD |1 G3 gfg |2 G3 ABd :|
e3 gfg | e3 gfd | B3 ABd | A3 GBd | e3 gfg | d3 gfd | A3 BAD | G3 :|

Waldron

Waldron is the place in East Sussex where my grandmother grew up, and my father had a house for many years. I guess I should mention its where my great-grandparents, my grandmother and my father are buried.

Here is a very rough recording done in the kitchen with the laptops built-in mike.

Waldron by paulfremantle

Its a fairly simple tune. Its too soon after writing it to know how it will turn out. If I've made any transcription mistakes its because its my first slow-ish tune.

Here is the ABC:
X:1
T:Waldron
M:3/4
K:G
DE |: G3 BAG | AGE2 DE | G3 BAG | A4 DE | G3 BAG | AGE2 dB | A3 BAF | G4 :|
Bc |: d3 ged | edB2 Bc | d3 ged | e4 Bc | d3 ged | edG GAB | B3 cAF | G4 :|

Reencaheragh Strand

I'm on holiday in Kerry, staying on Valentia Island - surfing a lot, playing some music, walking, and generally having a good time. One of our favourite spots is Reencaheragh Strand. I hope you enjoy the tune:

We also had a poetry writing competition. Well not really a competition. Here is the sonnet I discovered Shakespeare had written when he visited St Finan's Bay for a quick surf:

The hard Atlantic Sea doth break
With plunging force and passing cold
And each successive wave doth make
A fresh endeavour for my soul.
The piercing light with greenest flash,
Through glist'ning sea delighteth me,
Preceding just the foamy crash -
My worries cleans'd, my aches do flee.
A glassy board beneath my toes,
Slicing through water cold, fresh, wet,
Ahead sweet calm, behind the throes,
As wave by wave here breaks the set.

So Dude - pop up - and grab that ride:
This is your time - to carve, to glide.

Here followeth the ABC for the tune:
X:1
T:Reencaheragh Strand
C:Fremantle
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
ABA FDF | dcB AFD | ABA FDF | def e3 |
ABA FDF | dcB AFD | EFG efg | fde d3 :|
fgf gfg | afd efg | fgf gab | afd e3 |
fgf gfg | afd ecA | BGB efg | fde d3 :|

Blessed Margaret Pole

Blessed Margaret Pole by paulfremantle

One of my first tunes (I wrote in 2006). Originally posted here.

Named after http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Pole,_8th_Countess_of_Salisbury

The ABC is at the Session. Here are the dots:

The Crab Pool

The Crab Pool by paulfremantle

Inspiration for the name: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1366232

Recording coming soon.

ABC:
X:1
T:The Crab Pool
M:3/2
L:1/4
K:D
d3/2A/ (3FGA  B3/2A/ | d3/2A/ (3GFE F3/2D/ | d3/2A/ (3 FGA B3/2A/ | d3/2f/ (3edc d2 :|
a3/2g/ (3 fef g3/2f/ | a3/2g/ (3fed e3/2A/ | a3/2g/ (3 fef g3/2f/ | d3/2f/ (3edc d2 :|

Another tune blog!

I was looking up a tune on Folktunefinder this morning and I noticed the site redesign. Firstly, congratulations - it looks great. Secondly I noticed that the good folks there (i.e. Joe) have set it up so that you can blog ABC and it puts a nice page of notation in the blog too. Since it also indexes your tunes, I thought it would be a good place to repost the tunes I've written. Ok maybe this is just duplication, but it only took 10 minutes :-)

So here is my folktunefinder blog.