soloduet Posted February 3, 2019 Posted February 3, 2019 I have found this tune on Youtube played by belgium folk band Trio Trad (first video), which gave me the idea to play it on the concertina (second video), but does somebody know its name? 2
Rich C R Posted February 3, 2019 Posted February 3, 2019 Afraid I cant help with the name of the tune but I did enjoy listening to it.
soloduet Posted February 9, 2019 Author Posted February 9, 2019 Thank you very much Saguaro and Rich! It seems that it's difficult to find the name of this tune, but Rich, as you are living in Scotland, if you happen to meet some musicians from the Hebrides, please let me know if they have a clue. Didie
Don Taylor Posted February 9, 2019 Posted February 9, 2019 Didie Obviously you really want to name this tune so here are a few options to try: If you have, or can write out, the first few bars of the tune in abc notation then try putting that into abc tune finder: http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/tunefind You could post your question on the Session web site. I know it says it is for Irish music, but there are often non-Irish topics discussed there. https://thesession.org Another good site to post your question would be the Mudcat Cafe: https://mudcat.org There other traditional music sites out there, but these two have lots of active members, a lot more than on concertina.net. Finally, Jack Campin is probably the online authority on Scottish traditional music, his email address is the bottom of this long web page: http://www.campin.me.uk Let us know if you solve the mystery. Don.
mathhag Posted February 9, 2019 Posted February 9, 2019 Someone, I think Halifax, mentioned an app called TunePal. It will “listen” to a tune and try to give you the name 1
soloduet Posted February 17, 2019 Author Posted February 17, 2019 Thank you so much Don and Mathhag for the very detailed information. I didn't have enough time to make more research yet but I will try and a friend of mine living in the north of England asked some Scottish musicians who have all come back with the same answer: they believe it could be from an old scottish tune called " Ye Jacobites by Name" which was adapted from an older tune written in Orkney about 1794, "My Love's in Germany". 1
John Wild Posted February 17, 2019 Posted February 17, 2019 It is similar in parts to this song but overall I think it is not the same tune, perhaps from a common origin?
Don Taylor Posted February 17, 2019 Posted February 17, 2019 1 hour ago, soloduet said: " Ye Jacobites by Name" Yes, that sounds right to me, or maybe "Variations on a Theme of ..." Don.
Pete Dunk Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 On 2/17/2019 at 1:49 PM, soloduet said: Thank you so much Don and Mathhag for the very detailed information. I didn't have enough time to make more research yet but I will try and a friend of mine living in the north of England asked some Scottish musicians who have all come back with the same answer: they believe it could be from an old scottish tune called " Ye Jacobites by Name" which was adapted from an older tune written in Orkney about 1794, "My Love's in Germany". Here's a link to Vin Garbutt singing My Love's in Germany, fast forward to 2:12 to hear the song, Vinny's intro is good but he was from Teesside with a very strong accent which may be difficult for non-native UK English speakers to understand.
David Barnert Posted February 21, 2019 Posted February 21, 2019 Sounds to me like the question is answered. Both “Ye Jacobites by Name” and “My Love’s in Germany” are clearly the same tune as the mystery Hebridean Air. As an aside, since this thread started, I have been struck by the similarity of the Air to the American shape-note song, “Wondrous Love,” although that’s probably a case of parallel evolution rather than actual relation. I didn’t post this earlier in the thread before a viable answer emerged because I didn’t want to confuse the issue with what I suspected was a tempting but wrong answer.
soloduet Posted February 23, 2019 Author Posted February 23, 2019 Very happy to receive all these beautiful recordings. My first impression was that it was not the same tune but after listening to it more carefully I noticed that I could almost play the Hebridean air together. Tempo and keys are different but the melodic and harmonic structures are very similar, with just a slight difference for the last phrase which is repeated. So maybe the same tune evolved in quite different versions when passed on orally. And it makes me want to play it also in a faster way, maybe for a summer version...
Wolf Molkentin Posted February 23, 2019 Posted February 23, 2019 I‘m not so sure - the harmonic succession is so much standard and applies to a wide variety of tunes. Whereas „My Love‘s in Germany“ sounds in fact very similar to the well-known „Jacobites“ tune, the tune presented and discussed here lacks the call-and-response pattern of the other two, and the minor/major shift from section A to section B sounds much less distinct. Not the same tune neither a variant to my ears (unless in the sense of „we are all descendants of Adam and Eve“, or similar). Best wishes - ?
David Barnert Posted February 24, 2019 Posted February 24, 2019 In another thread, On 2/22/2019 at 6:37 AM, SimonThoumire said: I’ve been delving into the tune book The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and The Isles this week. It’s full of tunes chiefly acquired during the period 1715 to 1745 It occurred to me that he might have some insight into what’s going on here, so in that thread, I suggested he have a look at this one. Meanwhile, I have been listening to the Hebridean tune, Ye Jacobites by Name, and My Love’s in Germany a lot. I’ve even notated them. Sure, there are small differences among them, but unlike Wolf, I have no doubt they are all essentially the same tune. And as I said earlier, I don’t feel that way about “Wondrous Love.” It just has a lot in common with the others.
Little John Posted February 24, 2019 Posted February 24, 2019 22 hours ago, Wolf Molkentin said: ... Not the same tune neither a variant to my ears (unless in the sense of „we are all descendants of Adam and Eve“, or similar). That's my view, too. LJ
Don Taylor Posted February 24, 2019 Posted February 24, 2019 (edited) A somewhat more modern version of the song. I am really quite grateful to Mrs T, if it wasn't for her I might not have emigrated to Canada. Edited February 24, 2019 by Don Taylor
SimonThoumire Posted February 25, 2019 Posted February 25, 2019 I agree that it is possibly a wrong version of "Ye Jacobites by Name"! Sounds like they've not listened to it properly or it has been wrongly transcribed. If it is not that then I've never heard it before. I think Robert Burns' 1790 rewrite can be a message for all governments today. Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear, give an ear, Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear, Ye Jacobites by name, Your fautes I will proclaim, Your doctrines I maun blame, you shall hear, you shall hear Your doctrines I maun blame, you shall hear. What is Right, and What is Wrang, by the law, by the law? What is Right and what is Wrang by the law? What is Right, and what is Wrang? A short sword, and a lang, A weak arm and a strang, for to draw, for to draw A weak arm and a strang, for to draw. What makes heroic strife, famed afar, famed afar? What makes heroic strife famed afar? What makes heroic strife? To whet th' assassin's knife, Or haunt a Parent's life, wi' bluidy war? Then let your schemes alone, in the state, in the state, Then let your schemes alone in the state. So let your schemes alone, Adore the rising sun, And leave a man undone, to his fate, to his fate. And leave a man undone, to his fate. 1
David Barnert Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 Thank you, Simon. That’s just the kind of answer I hoped you’d be able to provide.
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