I have always loved the fiddle tune Jenny's Chickens. It was just played on Ceolnet and I wanted to get the tab for it. I found it at:
<a href="http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/Info/RRTun ... l">Jenny's Chickens</a>.
It is listed under Scottish music. Does this setting match the Irish setting for the key (here in a mode based on the A major scale) and # of parts?
Any thoughts?
Jenny's Chickens
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Mark_J
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Thanks Stevie
That is just the kind of info I was fishing for. It is amazing how much lift can be carried within octive and a second. My Copeland A has a new purpose. For my playing, actually, this will be it's first purpose. If the third register A is in tune, I can play some octive-up variations like the fiddlers do. My Copeland's A is fairly quiet so 3rd register A would not be a pain on the ears.
That is just the kind of info I was fishing for. It is amazing how much lift can be carried within octive and a second. My Copeland A has a new purpose. For my playing, actually, this will be it's first purpose. If the third register A is in tune, I can play some octive-up variations like the fiddlers do. My Copeland's A is fairly quiet so 3rd register A would not be a pain on the ears.
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Highland pipers know all about this...It is amazing how much lift can be carried within octive and a second.
Hey Mark, good thinking, thank you! You made me realize you can play the whole thing on an A whistle using E dorian and avoid having to fake or half-hole the G#s. Mind you the third part is a tad trickier.My Copeland A has a new purpose.
Like you I am discovering uses for my A whistle. On the old board I posted notation for Lafferty's Reel (aka The Glens of Aherlow) that I had transposed into A dorian from the usual E dorian, to allow me to get the low notes. The other night someone started this tune. After some calculation I realized that if I used my recently acquired A whistle I could join in using the "new" fingering, and felt very pleased with myself.
