Pete Dunk

That must be from a later version of Walsh. Thanks Wolf, it answers all of my questions!

I have to say that the copy I have is slightly clearer that this as I used Print Screen to copy it from the 200 + page PDF I have to work from.

I've just transcribed a tune from the scan of an old manuscript and I've had to make a few assumptions due to the poor reproduction of the music. All was well until I played about with the key signature, which I had assumed to be F as this is the note that all three sections of the music ends with. Just out of interest I changed the key to C (or more correctly in my thinking F Lydian) and it sounds fine in that key too. I'm still inclined to leave it in F because that's my gut feeling but I'm appealing to those with better musical knowledge than I have to check this through and give an opinion on my transcription including the assumed time signature of 2/2. The abc and picture of the tune in the manuscript book are below. X:145 T:Bury Fair. Walsh4 volume1.145 N:Title, key and time signature are all indistinct in N:the manuscript and have been assumed as written here. % N:The F minim at the end of the second section has N:been dotted to correct an obvious musical error. % M:C| L:1/8 Z:vmp. Peter Dunk 2013 B:Walsh, The Compleat Country Dancing Master Volume 4. 1740 Q:1/2=120 K:F d2|c2A2 A2F2|G4 C3d|c2A2 A2GF|\ F4F2||f2|c2f2 e2f2| g2G2 G2g2|c2f2 efge|f6||\ c2|dcBA BAGF|GFED C2c2| dcBA BAGF|F6||d2|c2f2 e2f2|\ g2G2 G2f2|c2f2 efge|f6|]

This was my immediate reaction too. The moment I become blasé and think I can run on auto pilot (as I did for so very many years on guitar because I was carrying the chordal structure rather than the tune albeit with flashy fills that actually become reflex and easy to do on the fly) it all goes wrong at an alarming rate! Playing top line melody with or without self accompaniment demands constant attention, for me at least. Finger picking a rhythmic guitar part whilst the voice did all of the hard melody stuff was somehow much easier!

As a way of making my last post sound a little less harsh than it may appear at first sight I'm happy to say that if anyone would like a PDF copy of any tune that's posted as an ABC file on this forum you should send me a PM naming the tune and giving an email address to which the PDF should be sent. Dirge, is that enough? CYBA enough to reply???

That really says it all to be honest, back with the same old chestnut. Why is it so difficult for you to understand that posting PDF attachments uses an allotted amount of space on the forum and before too long you will be obliged to delete older PDFs in order to post new ones thus making your posts from last year obsolete because they are full of dead links. An ABC file is just text in a post and as such is unlimited by the forum software. The whole point of Tune of the Month is to create a learning resource that can be accessed for years to come. Putting Jim over a barrel isn't big and it isn't clever, after all you've already declared extreme disinterest in anything that might be described as 'folk music'. Your post here is off topic too, this is a thread for suggesting future tunes for Tune of the Month not for belittling others because they don't conform to your idea of what is right. When you offer to host unlimited PDFs or other photographic images of staff notation on your own web-space I'll happily post links to many space hungry PDFs GIFs and PNGs for you to enjoy. Until then I would respectfully suggest that you spend more than a little time researching what it is that you expect of others.

Well played Steve! Naragonia are simply stunning, I think Ill have to stump for the tune book and a few CDs. Glad you liked the tune Wolf, I think I'll be buying the Boldwood CD too . . .

Here's a tune that's new to me, The Miller of Perth. Listen to it being played very well here by Boldwood and check out more tunes on their Soundcloud page. X:1 T:Miller of Perth, The M:3/2 L:1/4 Q:1/2=120 Z:Peter Dunk. 2013 K:G D3/G/G ABd|EcA GF/G/A|D3/G/G ABd|egA FG2:| e3/d/e fge|aba gfd|e3/d/e fge|fde ^cd2| gee cBd|ecA GF/G/A|D3/G/G ABd|egA FG2|]

Here's a later recording of the whole tune, what a player! Brian Peters plays the Dallas Rag

Ah, the old chestnut about classifying time signatures as tune types. It doesn't work and it never has. A 6/8 tune may be a jig, a slow march or, as in this instance, a very pretty slow air. Lovely tune but it's not a jig!

To be honest I'd not heard of the tune and simply googled for an abc, several came up but they were all variants of the same file. Pete.

Rather than saying we want something that isn't a dance tune why don't we settle for tunes with a slower tempo? Here's one I was going to post in Something For The Weekend, a 9/8 mazurka (!) that is simply stunning. It's up for Tune of the Month over on melnet but many people here will probably miss that. So here is the very gifted Pascale Rubens playing a tune she wrote a few years ago, played here as a demo for a workshop, Le lac de St-Croix. Originally in C, the dots here are offered in G too. X:144 T:Le lac de St-Croix C:Pascale Rubens O:Belgium B:Naragonia Tune Book, 2010 M:9/8 L:1/8 K:C |:"Cmaj7"D2C3G3C|"Em7"D2B,3G3B,|"Dm7"D2Fc2B3A|"G7sus4"G3D6| |"Cmaj7"D2C3G3C|"Em7"D2B,3G3B,|"Dm7"z3d2cB2c|"G7sus4"[G3B3][D6G6]:| |"Dm7"F2Ae2d3c|"G9"B3B2cd3|"Cmaj7"z2E[c2e2]E[c2e2]E|"Am"c3B3A3| |"Dm7"F2Ae2d3c|"G9"B3B2cd3|"Cmaj7"E2Gd2c3B|"Am"c3B3A3:| W:©2008 Pascale Rubens. Used by permission. All rights reserved. X:146 T:Le lac de St-Croix C:Pascale Rubens O:Belgium B:Naragonia Tune Book, 2010 M:9/8 L:1/8 K:Gmaj |:"Gmaj7"A2G3d3G|"Bm7"A2F3d3F|"Am7"A2cg2f3e|"D7sus4"d3A6| |"Gmaj7"A2G3d3G|"Bm7"A2F3d3F|"Am7"z3a2gf2g|"D7sus4"[d3f3][A6d6]:| |"Am7"c2eb2a3g|"D9"f3f2ga3|"Gmaj7"z2B[g2b2]B[g2b2]B|"Em"g3f3e3| |"Am7"c2eb2a3g|"D9"f3f2ga3|"Gmaj7"B2da2g3f|"Em"g3f3e3:| W:©2008 Pascale Rubens. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

ABCs for those who want the dots, I don't know any of these tunes so I can't vouch for the accuracy of the transcriptions. X:1 T: Julianne Johnson M: 4/4 L: 1/8 R: reel K: D |"D"fafe dfed| Bd- de d2fg| a2 a2-aab2|"A" a8| "D"fafe dfed| Bd- de d2fg|f2 e2 dA B2| [1 "A" A8:|[2 "A" A6|| |:A2|"G" B4 d3 A|BABc d3 A|BABc dA B2 |"D"A6- AA| "G"BABc d2 AA|BABc d2 e2|"D"f2ff edB2| [1 "A7"A6:|[2 "A7" A8 |["Transition""A"A3A- Ace^g|| X:1 T:La Luna Dins l'Aiga (Pierre-Marie Blajà) C:Trad 2, 35 M:2/4 L:1/16 K:C e2gf e2ge|fgaf d2ef|g2ge c2de|fedc BABc|\ e2gf e2ge|fgaf d2ef|g2c2 edcB|c4 c2B2:| a2ag abc'2|b2ba g2e2|fgaf g2e2|fef^f g4|\ a2ag abc'2|b2ba g2e2|fgaf g2e2|1 dcBd c4:|2 g2^f2 g2=f2|| X: 1 T: Kilnamona Barndance R: barndance M: 4/4 L: 1/8 K: Fmaj |:cFAc FGAc|c2 B2 G3 A|B2 G2 d3 d|d2 c2 A4| |cFAc FGAc|c2 B2 G3 A|B2 G2 d2 c2|F4 F4:| |:a4 agfa|g3 g gfde|fgfd c2 Ac|d2 (3ggg g2 fg|a3 a agfa| |g3 g gfde|fgfd c2 (3ABc|1 d2 (3fff f4:|2 d2 f2 [Af]4| "variation for Part B measures 5 and 6" |acaa acfa|gBgg gfde|

One of my current favourites is Anthony Robb's lovely slow air 'Lament for Ian Dickson', which I learned a few years ago from a music book. Someone recently mentioned that there was . I was delighted to find that I had the interpretation and timing spot on but surprised that my tempo, although slow and graceful in my opinion, was noticeably faster than the almost dirge like tempo of the original. I'm so used to playing it at a faster speed now that I'll probably stick with it for no better reason than that I like it that way. X:1 T:Lament for Ian Dickson C:©Anthony Robb C:Slow Air M:3/4 L:1/8 Q:1/4=110 K:G D2|G3 B AF|G4B2|c4B2|A6|d3c BA|c3B AG|B4d2|A4D2| G3B AF|G4B2|c4e2|A6|d3c BA|c3B AG|d4F2|G4:| d2|e3 fg2|fd3g2|fd3B2|d4d2|e3fg2|fd3B2|e3c e<c|A4d2| e3fg2|ae3 ag|e3fg2|e6|e3c BA|d3B AG|d4F2|G4d2| e3fg2|fd3g2|fd3B2|d4d2|e3fg2|fd3B2|e3c e<c|A4D2| G3B AF|G4B2|c4e2|A6|d3c BA|c3B AG| d4F2|G4|]

I never met Kautilia either although we exchanged music and concertina information both on here and by email fairly often, I didn't even know his name was Pete! I recall being perplexed by his more bizarre postings both on here and even more so over on melodeon.net but he was a mine of information albeit erratically presented. I'm am deeply saddened by his passing and would have liked to have met him for a beer and a chat. Thanks for the heads up Dirge. Pete.

Nicely played Ruediger! I think there is way too much concern about the volume of posts in Tune of the Month and not enough enthusiasm about the quality of the contributions. I think Tune of the Month is alive and very well at concertina.net and it's looking forward to your next contribution with great anticipation! Pete.

I wouldn't worry too much if I were you Jim, you have the balance just right but some tunes attract more responses than others. The reason for that isn't always obvious, Parson's Farewell is a bonnie tune that isn't too difficult to play as written and I'm sure that very few people would be intimidated by it. . .

Upload to Dropbox and post a link?

members of the International Concertina Association received a clearer reprinted version as the music supplement with Concertina World number 433. note that the arrngements were the copyright of Frank Butler and I believe he donated this to the ICA. - John Wild John I'm unclear about what you are saying here, do you mean that Concertina Two was reprinted and is in copyright with the ICA or that Concertina Mini-Tunes was reprinted and the ICA have the copyright for these arrangements? I've removed the links to the files in my first post until I'm sure of the position. Pete.

I recently saw an enquiry about Frank Butler's second tutor book and rummaged through my collection because I knew I had something else other than the first tutor book but I was unable to find the booklet sized publication anywhere. As so often happens I found it by accident this morning tucked inside a larger book. This isn't very exciting, an A5 sized booklet that looks as if it was printed on a Gestetner duplicating machine but some of the arrangements might be of interest to someone. There are individual scans of the booklet and a PDF of the whole thing. Concertina Mini-Tunes. Edited and Arranged by Frank Butler. PDF. Pete. Edit: links removed as there may be copyright issues I was unaware of.

Hello Dean, I don't think you should feel that you're not qualified to vote because you're not yet ready to post a recording. On the contrary, if the concept captures your imagination and you feel like you'd like to join in as and when you're ready then it's important that you vote every month for the tune you'd like to hear explored, or pulled apart and rebuilt. Voting is important because it shows your support for Tune of the Month and maintains a visible interest in this musical sporting event! Pete.

Interesting that a tune in 3/4 is inextricably linked to a Viennese waltz when it may be anything but. The time signature is simply that, it tells you the number of beats to the bar and the duration of each beat but it doesn't suggest tempo or style, more information is needed to describe that.

Smashing little tune Mike, keep them coming!

If you don't have a website it's very easy to link to a Dropbox account on a forum like this but I'm unsure what it is you want to achieve. Are your tunes freely shared or copyright? Either way do you need help creating abc or PDF files in order to share/sell your tunes?

Definately The Banks of the Dee!