Shandon Bells

[maki]

So I have the Mary McNamara cd Blackberry Blossom and the first tune is Shandon Bells.

I got these ABCs from The Session but it can't get it to convert to dots on the Tune-O-Tronic.

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No image available -- there's probably a error in the ABC source causing the conversion to fail.

 

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Any idea how to make this work? I have issues with trying to play from ABC having learned the dots

in band class long ago.

 

Thanks for any and all assistance.

 

 

Mary McNamara plays this in G major rather than D. On fiddle and banjo, all we need to do is keep the same fingering but play on a lower string. It will be out of range for whistles, flutes and pipes but can still be played in a session environment I would imagine. There are only some slight variations in Mary’s version. Here is it for those interested.

K: G maj

|:DB,G, G,B,D|GAG GED|ECA, A,B,D|E2 D EFG|DB,G, G,B,D|GAG GED|EFG AFD|1 G3 GFE:|2 G3 G2 A:|

|B2 G GFG|B2 d dBG|FDD ADD|FEF ABc|B2 G GFG|Bdd dBG|EFG AFD|G3 G2 A|
|B2 G GFG|B2 d dBG|F2 D ADD|FEF Abc|B2 G GFG|Bdd dBG|EFG AFD|G3 GFE|

 

[JimLucas]

So I have the Mary McNamara cd Blackberry Blossom and the first tune is Shandon Bells.

I got these ABCs from The Session but it can't get it to convert to dots on the Tune-O-Tronic.

"

No image available -- there's probably a error in the ABC source causing the conversion to fail.

 

"

 

Any idea how to make this work? I have issues with trying to play from ABC having learned the dots

in band class long ago.

 

Thanks for any and all assistance.

 

You've apparently copied the tune from a comment posting, not from the tunes library at thesession.org, and the ABC is missing most of its header, including the obligatory "X:" line. If you look it up using their Tunes Search, you'll find five versions, one of which is in G and identical to what you copied, except that it has the full header. Here it is:

X: 4
T: Shandon Bells
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:DB,G, G,B,D|GAG GED|ECA, A,B,D|E2 D EFG|DB,G, G,B,D|GAG GED|EFG AFD|1 G3 GFE:|2 G3 G2 A:|
|B2 G GFG|B2 d dBG|FDD ADD|FEF ABc|B2 G GFG|Bdd dBG|EFG AFD|G3 G2 A|
|B2 G GFG|B2 d dBG|F2 D ADD|FEF Abc|B2 G GFG|Bdd dBG|EFG AFD|G3 GFE|

I just tried the above in the Tune-O-Tron, and it works a treat.

 

[maki]

Thanks JimLucas!

[Pete Dunk]

There were a number of errors in the abc coding that I've corrected, I've also spread the music out a bit as it was ridiculously cramped.

 

Pete.

 

X:4

T:Shandon Bells

R:jig

M:6/8

L:1/8

Q:3/8=110

K:Gmaj

|:DB,G, G,B,D|GAG GED|ECA, A,B,D|E2 D EFG|DB,G, G,B,D|GAG GED|

EFG AFD|1 G3 GFE:|2 G3 G2 A|B2 G GFG|B2 d dBG|FDD ADD|FEF ABc|

B2 G GFG|Bdd dBG|EFG AFD|G3 G2 A|B2 G GFG|B2 d dBG|

F2 D ADD|FEF ABc|B2 G GFG|Bdd dBG|EFG AFD|G3 GFE|]

Edited September 14, 2013 by tallship

[maki]

Cool.

I try that one too.

That tune goes pretty low, it sounds lovely.

Thank you very much.

[Pete Dunk]

Cool.

I try that one too.

That tune goes pretty low, it sounds lovely.

Thank you very much.

 

Does this mean you've now figured out how to make sheet music from the ABC code? If not and you would like a PDF copy, message me with your email address and I'll send it to you.

 

Pete.

[maki]

I cut and paste into the tune-o-tronic and most of the time I can get the dots.

All of the ABCs I've got from the folks on this forum have worked just fine.

Thank you all very much.