Something For The Weekend?

[Pete Dunk]

I inadvertently posted a pulled quote from one of my earlier posts here which I have now removed. I don't understand how it happened as I was merely searching for an ABC which I then copied and pasted elsewhere. Somewhere along the line the whole of the very old post that I got the abc from ended up here.

Edited September 6, 2014 by tallship

[Pete Dunk]

For those who like a good 3/2 hornpipe here's one that I came across recently, it may well have been on this very forum but I really can't recall.

 

X:1
T:Downfall of a Ginn, a Hornpipe, The
C:Ravenscroft
S:Walsh 1731
M:3/2
L:1/8
Q:1/2=85
K:G
E4G4B4|e2dc BAGF G2E2|gfeg fe^dfe2B2|A2cB AGFE^D2B,2|
E4G4B4|e2dc BAGFG2E2|gfeg fe^dfe2BA|GFEG B,2^D2E4||
G4B4d4|g2fe dcBA B2G2|bagb agfa g2dc|BAGBD2F2G4|
BA^G^F EdcB c2A2| AGFE DcBA B2G2|gfeg fe^dfe2BA|GFEGB,2^D2E4||

[shelly0312]

Didn't there use to be a "midi" associated with the "tune-o-tron"? I'm not sure I'll get the tempo correct on The Winter Night Schottische without a little help? Do I need to paste that into some other translator ya' think?? mmh

[Anglogeezer]

Didn't there use to be a "midi" associated with the "tune-o-tron"? I'm not sure I'll get the tempo correct on The Winter Night Schottische without a little help? Do I need to paste that into some other translator ya' think?? mmh

 

Hi shelly0312,

 

The mandolin people here :- http://www.mandolintab.net/

 

have an ABC converter here : - http://mandolintab.net/abcconverter.php

 

this has a MIDI button for playing the ABC. If you want to slow the speed of the playback then alter the tempo by putting a lower number in the "Q" field.

 

If your ABC has no "Q" field then then just add it yourself. (No tunes will be harmed if you do this!)

 

regards

Jake

[Pete Dunk]

Sadly the MandolinTab converter screws it up too. Bit by bit all of the online converters are being corrupted and if you want to continue using abc files it's imperative that you download and use one of the dedicated and FREE software packages that make life so much easier to work with abc! Q for The Winter Night Schottische would be Q:1/4=140.

 

Download and get used to:

 

ABC Explorer (my recomendation)

 

Easy ABC - a close second

 

ABC Navigator - my least favourite bit of software but it is well proven and totally bomb proof!

 

Ignore this at your peril, the online convertors are being made toast one by one!

 

Pete.

[shelly0312]

Thank-you TallShip; as always you are the wealth of information. I double appreciate that you explain why such is happening. As I read the descriptions I found your first preference did not seem compatible with my new Mac--so I moved onto "Easy ABC"--then my new mac computer scolded my for trying to download something NOT from the Apple store. I scolded back and I think I've got it all set up with only 2 extra clicks than I'd really like. And this new program did play a MIDI for me of that "the Winter Night Schottische". Now if I can just figure out all the repeats......? snort I think my fingers will get tired just playing once straight through!

[Pete Dunk]

Here's a cracking tune!

 

X:1
T:Hommage A Gilles Laprise
C:Phillippe Bruneau
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dmaj
|:a3 a gfeg|fefg afdf|edef gecA|defg agfg|
a2 aa gfeg|fefg afdf|edef gecA|[1 dfec defg:|[2 dfec d3 A||
|:Afed B3 B|Bgfe a2 aa|Afed cAce|ageg fafd|
Afed B2 BB|Bgfe a3 a|Afed cAce|[1 agec d2 dd:|[2 agec d2 d2|]

 

Edited to correct error in the code (Thanks to John and Patrick for picking it up!)

Edited October 26, 2014 by tallship

[John Wild]

Hi Peter

Should there be a repeat mark on the last line at the end of the first time ending, as on the second line?

 

- John

[Pete Dunk]

Yes John, well spotted! Now corrected in the post.

[John Wild]

Yes John, well spotted! Now corrected in the post.

It was really the midi playback which found it.

[Pete Dunk]

This is a jolly little tune in a minor sort of way, I transcribed this today from a book published in 1740 so it may have a bit of dust left in the corners.

 

X:150
T:Sally's Fancy. Walsh 4 Volume 2.150
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:vmp. Peter Dunk 2014
B:Walsh, The Compleat Country Dancing Master Fourth Edition. 1740
Q:3/8=105
K:Am
cBA ceB|cBA ^GBE|ABc B2A|B2^GE3|edc def|
edc BdG|cde dcB|c2c c3::GFE CGC|GFE CGC|
ABc B2A|B2^G E3|cec BdB|cec BdB|ceA ^GEG|A2A A3:|
W:
W:Each Strain Twice. (repeats added to notation accordingly)

 

Edited to include missing bar!

Edited November 22, 2014 by tallship

[Pete Dunk]

Whoops! I missed a bar out of the last line of Sally's Fancy. Try it now if it didn't make sense!

[Pete Dunk]

This is a quirky tune that manages to have the feel of odd meter which it isn't of course. Quirky tunes are sometimes popular so maybe someone will like it.

X:165
T:Sally in Our Alley. Walsh 4 Volume 2.165
M:3/4
L:1/8
Z:Peter Dunk 2014
B:Walsh, The Compleat Country Dancing Master Fourth Edition. 1740
Q:1/4=140
K:C
zg/f/ ef|(e2 d)(e/d/) cd|(c2 c)(c/B/) AG|FEDC Cc-|c2:|
|:ze/f/ ge|agfe fd|gfed ec|fedc BG-|
G2 zg/f/ ef|(e2d)(e/d/) cd|(c2B)e/f/ gd|fedc Gc-|c2:|
W:
W:Each Strain Twice. (repeats added to notation accordingly)

[Pete Dunk]

This one is quite a challenge and I still can't reliably get my fingers around it. Others of course may find it very straight forward, difficulty rather like beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

 

X:1
T:Bernadette, Valse
C:Marcell Messervier
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=160
%% barnumbers 1
K:D
|:F2G2|A2 AF AB|A2F2G2|A2 AF AB|A2F2E2|D2 FD FA|d2B2 zd|
c3B AF|G2E2F2|G2 GF GA|G2E2F2|G2 GF GA|G3G EF|
GF EF GA|cB AG FE|B3c BF|A2F2G2|A2 AF AB|A2F2G2|
A2 AF AB|A2F2E2|D2 ED FA|d2 cd ed|B2G2D2|B3B AB|
e4 ee|e2d2B2|A2 AF df|a2 A3B|c2 B3A|ag fg Bc|
d2A2F2|1D2:|2D4 GB|:d4B2|e4 B2|d2 Bd GB|d2 Bd ef|
g4g2|e2 g3e|f6|f6|e4 ee|e2f2g2|
f4f2|f4e2|d4d2|d2 cd ef|e3f ec|d2 Bd GB|
d2 d3B|e2 e3B|d2 Bd GB|d2 Bd ef|g4 gg|g2 fg ag|
{d}e6-|e3d ef|g4g2|g2 fg ag|d2 Bd gb|d'b gd'bg|
a3b ag|f2 ed ef|ge dg Bd|1g2 B2 GB:|2g6|]

[Pete Dunk]

A new folk supergroup called Leveret are rapidly gaining popularity in the UK at the moment here's a tune by one of them, english concertina player Rob Harbron, who is well known on this forum. Quite tough this one, you'll need your thinking head on!

X:1
T:Down To The Beach
C:Rob Harbron
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=100
K:F
"Bb"DEF EDC|[M:9/8]FEF "C"G3 GFC|[M:6/8]"Bb"DEF EDE|FBA "C"GFE|
[1"F"F3 FEC:|2F3 FAc|:"Bb"d2c cdB|[M:9/8]"F"AGF "C"G3 FAc|
[M:6/8]"Bb"d2c def|"Dm"AGF "C"G3|B2A GFG|[M:9/8]"F"ABC "C"G3 GFC|
[M:6/8]"Bb"DBA GFG|FBA "C"GFE|1"F"F3 FAC:|2F3 Fcd||
|:"C"e2d efg|"Dm"f2e fec|"Bb"d2c cdB|"Dm"AGF "C"G3|
"Bb"B2A "C"GFG|[M:9/8]"F"ABC "C"G3 FGA|[M:6/8]"Gm"B2A GFG|"Dm"ABc "C"G2C|
[M:9/8]"Bb/D"FEF "C/E"G3 GFC|[M:6/8]"Bb"DBA GFG|\
"Bb"FBA "C"GFE|1"F"F3 Fcd:|2F6|]

[Pete Dunk]

A bit of a departure here as this is a two part arrangement of Green Ginger from the Steel Skies suite by Alistair Anderson and takes a full three and a half minutes to play in its entirety which is the whole thing twice through. Listen to a midi version here, the voices are an octave apart so you can hear what each line is doing. This is a long abc file so I'm going to try and contain it within a 'code' window.

X:13
T:Green Ginger
C:From Steel Skies by Alistair Anderson
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
V:1
D2 | GFGF BDFA | GB d2-d2 fe |: dfaf gfed | cdef e2 fg |
V:2
z2 | z8 | z4 z2 A2 |:dcde dAGA | GE E2-E2 FE |
V:1
"5"afdB A2 FG | ABAF E2 FE | DFAd gfeg | fe d2-d2 cB |
V:2
DF d2-d2 fe | defa gfeg | afdB A2 EC | DEFA G2 FG |
V:1
"9"AECE AFDF | AEFA defa | ge c2-c2 fe | defa g2 fg |
V:2
Aceg fedf | ec d2-d2 cB | AECE A,CDE | FA d2-d2 FA |
V:1
"13"abaf gd B2 | efed cBAG | FA d2-d2 ef | gece d2 ef |
V:2
d2 dA GFED | CD E2-E2 FG | AFDE FGAF | BAGA BABd |
V:1
"17"ge c2-c2 ge | fafd AFED | FA A2-A2 GF | GABe c3 A |
V:2
cBAB cdeg | fe d2-d2 df | abaf defa | bgec AGEC |
V:1
"21"defa geag | fdaf ecAG | FAdf gAcg |1 fe d2-d2 D2 |
V:2
DF A2-A2 FE | DFAF E2 FE | DEFA GEAG |1 FDAF GABd |
V:1
"25"GFGA BDFA | GB g2-g2 fe :|2fe d2-d2 g2 |
V:2
gdBG FGA=c | BA G2-G2 A2 :|2 FDAF GECE |
V:1
|:"28"fg a2 ef g2 | de f2-f2 ed | ecAF EFGc | ecac B2 ed |
V:2
|:FA,DF ECGE | FE D2-D2 CD | EF A2 CD E2| A,CEF E2 AB |
V:1
"32"ce g2-g2 fe | fgaf fdAF | GABd cdeg | af d2-d2 eg |
V:2
cAEC A,CDE | FAde FG a2  | ef g2 cd e2 | fdAF G2 E2 |
V:1
"36"fdAf gdBg | agfd gdBG | AB c2-c2 AB | cdef g2 fg |
V:2
FADF GABd | ge d2-d2 eg | aeca gecg | aecA ECA,C |
V:1
"40"fdcd Ad c2 | GABd g2 fg | a^gab a=geg | fe d2-d2 df |
V:2
DF A2-A2 fa | gbgd B2 AG | ECA,C EGFE | FEDE FAGF |
V:1
"44"gd B2-B2 dB | A2 dA F2 GA | GB e2-e2 Ac | d2 fa g2 fg |
V:2
GBdg b2 af | ge d2-d2 gf | eBGE B,GEC | AF D2-D2 GB |
V:1
"48"af d2 ge c2 | defd A2 FD | GABd gfeg |1 fe d2-d2 g2 :|2 fe d2-d2 D2 |
V:2
d2 AF E2 Ac | df a2-a2 ba | g2 gb aece |1 dAFD GBAG :|2 dAFA GABd |
V:1
"53"GFGA BDFA | GB g2-g2 fe | dfaf gfed | cdef e2 fg | afdB A2 FG |
V:2
gdBG FGA=c | BA G2-G2 A2 | dcde dAGA | GE E2-E2 FE | DE d2-d2 fe |
V:1
"58"ABAF E2 FE | DFAd gfeg | fe d2-d2 g2 |"rall   -    -    -   -    -   -      -   -    -   -   -" fg a2 ef g2 |  fe d2-d4 |]
V:2
defa gfeg | afdB A2 EC | DEFA G2 AG | FDFA EAce | fe d2-d4 |]

[Don Taylor]

Well, that was an easy one, knocked it of in less than 5 minutes!

 

I wish.

 

But I did plug Pete's ABC into Musescore 2.0 loaded with the concertina.sf2 sound font and this is what it sounds like:

 

https://soundcloud.com/bufflehead-1/green-ginger

[Pete Dunk]

That's impressive to say the least Don! I've messed about with Musescore but didn't get very far, not even as far as figuring out how to import an abc file, perhaps I'll have to pay more attention.