Wednesday 25 November 2009

The Fairy Ring Counterpoint

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My attempt to write a counterpoint for the Fairy Ring.

ABC
ABC source follows below
X:1
T:The Fairy Ring
C:Paul Fremantle
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
H:Written at the Lewes Elephant workshop on 14th November 2009
H:With help from Johnny Dyer and Vicki Swan
K: G
V:1
~G3 edB | AGE GED | ~G3 edB | Aed ~B3 |
~G3 edB | AGE GED | Ged BAG | AdF ~G3 :|
~d3 ~e3 | dBG AFD | ded eee | dgf ~e3 |
~d3 ~e3 | dBG AFD | dgf edB | AdF ~G3 :|
V:2
~E3 edB | dBG BGF | ~E3 edB | bag ~f3 |
~E3 edB | dBG BGF | Bgf edB | agf ~e3 :|
~G3 BBB | fdB dAF | ~G3 BBB | gef ~a3 |
~G3 BBB | fdB dAF | gef edB | agf ~e3 :|

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A variation of the Northumbrian Tune - "Welcome to the Town Again"

X:1
T:Out of the Town Again
C: Fremantle
R:Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
gfgd cBAG | gfgd eAA2 | gfgd cBAG | BdAc BGG2 :|
cBdA cBGG | cBdc BcAA | cBdc Bcde | fgdA cBGG :|

Sunday 15 November 2009

The Fairy Ring



I was at a workshop on smallpipes run by Vicki Swan and Johnny Dyer. One of the things we did was to write a tune. This is mine.

ABC source follows below
X:1
T:The Fairy Ring
C:Paul Fremantle
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
H:Written at the Lewes Elephant workshop on 14th November 2009
H:With help from Johnny Dyer and Vicki Swan
K: G
GFG edB | AGE GED | GFG edB | Aed ~B3 |
~G3 edB | AGE GED | Ged BAG | AdF G3 :|
ded ~e3 | dBG AFD | ded ~e3 | dgf e3 |
~d3 ~e3 | dBG AFD | dgf edB | AdF G3 :|