Speed the Knitting

[LDT]

Here's a little tune I wrote (hopefully not channeling any other tune - I've listened to it back so many times I can't tell).

 

So here it is....

 

X:2

T:Speed t' Knitting

C:LDT

N:Inspired by a challenge set by TSMB

N:Composed on C/G Tedrow Anglo Concertina

N:Thanks to Steve for transcription of my playing

M:6/8

K:G

P:A

HD [| "G"G2A BGB | "D"B2A B2 c | "C"c2B "G"ABA | G2 F G2 E |

G2A BGB | B2A B2 c | "C"c2B ABA | "G"G2 F "D"D3 :|]

P:B

"G"G2A B2A | G2B "C"GFE | "G"G2A B2A | "D"G2B "C"FED |

"G"G2A B2A | G2B "C"GAB | "G"G2A B2A | "G"G2B "D"HD3 :|]

 

comments welcome

 

p.s. I have no idea with the chords....they are just a guess-timate.

Edited November 22, 2010 by LDT

[Steve Mansfield]

Won't even contemplate commenting on the tune itself until I get home and run it through the Wheatstone - but I can see that you've got a transcription error in the final bar, a rogue H has crept in.

 

"G"G2B "D"HD3 :|]

That's assuming you're not writing some specialist variant of abc that allows H to stand for Bb, thus enabling you to do the old 'Variations on BACH' thing ...

 

[LDT]

Won't even contemplate commenting on the tune itself until I get home and run it through the Wheatstone - but I can see that you've got a transcription error in the final bar, a rogue H has crept in.

 

"G"G2B "D"HD3 :|]

That's assuming you're not writing some specialist variant of abc that allows H to stand for Bb, thus enabling you to do the old 'Variations on BACH' thing ...

 

he, he. Paste it into the tune o tron then you'll see what it does

[Steve_freereeder]

Won't even contemplate commenting on the tune itself until I get home and run it through the Wheatstone - but I can see that you've got a transcription error in the final bar, a rogue H has crept in.

 

"G"G2B "D"HD3 :|]

That's assuming you're not writing some specialist variant of abc that allows H to stand for Bb, thus enabling you to do the old 'Variations on BACH' thing ...

It's not a transcription error. 'H' is ABC coding for a fermata or pause.

[fernando]

Can anybody please play this tune? I learn everything by ear, and I feel curious about this tune. I don't mind if the recording has mistakes, if this is the case, a few rounds to the tune will be enough to understand it. Or maybe someone can play it with another instrument that allows to play the melody line in an easier way. Or maybe someone can whistle it!

 

Fernando

[Chris Drinkwater]

Can anybody please play this tune? I learn everything by ear, and I feel curious about this tune. I don't mind if the recording has mistakes, if this is the case, a few rounds to the tune will be enough to understand it. Or maybe someone can play it with another instrument that allows to play the melody line in an easier way. Or maybe someone can whistle it!

 

Fernando

 

Hi Fernando

My whistling is not very good but you can listen to a midi version of the tune by clicking here .

 

Chris

[LDT]

Won't even contemplate commenting on the tune itself until I get home and run it through the Wheatstone - but I can see that you've got a transcription error in the final bar, a rogue H has crept in.

 

"G"G2B "D"HD3 :|]

 

That's assuming you're not writing some specialist variant of abc that allows H to stand for Bb, thus enabling you to do the old 'Variations on BACH' thing ...

It's not a transcription error. 'H' is ABC coding for a fermata or pause.

 

Ta! I wondered what it was called.

Looked like Dalek head looking straight on to me.

[LDT]

Can anybody please play this tune? I learn everything by ear, and I feel curious about this tune. I don't mind if the recording has mistakes, if this is the case, a few rounds to the tune will be enough to understand it. Or maybe someone can play it with another instrument that allows to play the melody line in an easier way. Or maybe someone can whistle it!

 

Fernando

 

Hi Fernando

My whistling is not very good but you can listen to a midi version of the tune by clicking here .

 

Chris

Thanks for adding it Chris.

[Steve Mansfield]

Won't even contemplate commenting on the tune itself until I get home and run it through the Wheatstone - but I can see that you've got a transcription error in the final bar, a rogue H has crept in.

 

"G"G2B "D"HD3 :|]

That's assuming you're not writing some specialist variant of abc that allows H to stand for Bb, thus enabling you to do the old 'Variations on BACH' thing ...

It's not a transcription error. 'H' is ABC coding for a fermata or pause.

 

 

Well you've both taught me something there. Cheers!

[JimLucas]

It's not a transcription error. 'H' is ABC coding for a fermata or pause.

Another word for it is "hold", as in "

hold

onto this note a little longer than normal".

I suspect that's where the H comes from.

[LDT]

This is my original recording...with 'mistakes'

http://www.onmvoice.com/play.php?a=31996

[fernando]

Thanks for this tune, I like jigs, and this style is the one I usually play. Never mind the mistakes, I always do them, and If I'm recording or there is someone listening I do even more, I wouldn't make a good professional player! But enjoy the playing... that's my speciality!

[LDT]

Already got two people record versions on another forum

http://www.fiddleforum.com/fiddleforum/index.php?topic=33124.msg295493

[LDT]

Speed the knitting (basic mix - fiddle & melodeon)

http://www.onmvoice.com/play.php?a=34622

 

Speed the Knitting (every instrument in the house)

http://www.onmvoice.com/play.php?a=34624

 

Thanks goes to zaivanbujis on fiddle forum for recording the main fiddle part.