Small Coals and Little Mondy

[saguaro_squeezer]

Sorry, it should be "Small Coals and Little Money." There's a YouTube video of this from The Music Room in the UK. I found the music. For those of you who play this tune on EC, what fingerings do you use for the second part, since the e1-a and d1-b jumps would be 1st finger. Do you use fingers R1,2.3 on a,c1,e1 and L1,2,3 on g,b,d1?

 

I hope that this isn't a silly question.

 

Thanks,

 

Rod in Tucson

Edited July 12, 2009 by rod_in_tucson

[Pete Dunk]

Hello Rod. Just so we're all working from the same hymn sheet, is this the tune you're having trouble with - and is it in the same key as you are playing it?

 

X:23

T: Sleepy Maggie

T: Small Coals and Little Money

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

R: reel

K: Bmin

f2Bb fBde|f2Ba eAce|f2Bb fBde|f^gaf eAce:|

fBdB fBde|fBdB eAce|fBdB fBde|f^gaf eAce|

fBdB fBde|fBdB eAce|fBbB aB^gB|f^gaf eAce|

[saguaro_squeezer]

Hello Rod. Just so we're all working from the same hymn sheet, is this the tune you're having trouble with - and is it in the same key as you are playing it?

 

X:23

T: Sleepy Maggie

T: Small Coals and Little Money

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

R: reel

K: Bmin

f2Bb fBde|f2Ba eAce|f2Bb fBde|f^gaf eAce:|

fBdB fBde|fBdB eAce|fBdB fBde|f^gaf eAce|

fBdB fBde|fBdB eAce|fBbB aB^gB|f^gaf eAce|

 

Hi Tallship,

 

This is the version that I'm wanting to play. I'm not at all versed in abc but found this version and the notes line up woth the ones in my sheet music.

 

 

X:1

T:Small Coals an’ Little Money

T:Small Coals and Ready Money

L:1/8

M:C

S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy (1882)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Ador

e2 cA eA B/c/d|e2 cA dG B/c/d|e2 cA eA B/c/d|edge dG B/c/d:|

|:eAcA eA B/c/d|eAcA dG B/c/d|eAcA eA B/c/d|edge dG B/c/d:|

 

Thanks,

 

Rod in Tucson

[JimLucas]

Hello Rod. Just so we're all working from the same hymn sheet, is this the tune you're having trouble with - and is it in the same key as you are playing it?

 

X:23

T: Sleepy Maggie

T: Small Coals and Little Money

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

R: reel

K: Bmin

f2Bb fBde|f2Ba eAce|f2Bb fBde|f^gaf eAce:|

fBdB fBde|fBdB eAce|fBdB fBde|f^gaf eAce|

fBdB fBde|fBdB eAce|fBbB aB^gB|f^gaf eAce|

Dunno about Rod, but that's not quite "Small Coals and Little Money" as I know it. (Also slightly different from "Sleepy Maggie", as I'm used to it.)

 

I have SC+LM from the (first) Northumbrian Tune Book, in Am, where you have it in Bm. (I was gonna put up the abc, but as I checked my post for typos, I saw that Rod has already beaten me to it. Yeah, that's the tune as I know it.)

 

Rod, I do all the e-A (right hand) and d-G (left hand) jumps with middle finger on the first of the pair and index finger on the second. Then I use my ring finger on the B's which follow those G's.

 

That's my default way of doing it, but I can also do those pairs using index first, then middle, if I alter the fingering for some other notes, particularly using my ring finger on some of the c's.

 

And I don't consider SC+LM to be a reel, but more of a march.

[saguaro_squeezer]

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Rod, I do all the e-A (right hand) and d-G (left hand) jumps with middle finger on the first of the pair and index finger on the second. Then I use my ring finger on the B's which follow those G's.

 

That's my default way of doing it, but I can also do those pairs using index first, then middle, if I alter the fingering for some other notes, particularly using my ring finger on some of the c's.

 

And I don't consider SC+LM to be a reel, but more of a march.

 

Hello Jim,

 

Thank you for your reply. I had a feeling that it would be something like that.

 

Rod