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'''DOWNHILL OF LIFE, THE''' (Claonad Na M-beata). Irish, Slow Air (6/8 time). G Major (O'Neill): F Major (Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The | '''DOWNHILL OF LIFE, THE''' (Claonad Na M-beata). Irish, Slow Air (6/8 time). G Major (O'Neill): F Major (Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "The Downhill of Life" was also printed (in 3/4 time) in G.E. Blake's '''Gentleman's Amusement''' (Philadelphia, c. 1824, p. 21). | ||
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Revision as of 22:42, 12 February 2011
Tune properties and standard notation
DOWNHILL OF LIFE, THE (Claonad Na M-beata). Irish, Slow Air (6/8 time). G Major (O'Neill): F Major (Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "The Downhill of Life" was also printed (in 3/4 time) in G.E. Blake's Gentleman's Amusement (Philadelphia, c. 1824, p. 21).
Source for notated version: "From Mr. Pigot's MS" [Stanford/Petrie].
Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 490, p. 86. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 557, p. 141.
Recorded sources: