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Theme code Index
3341 1H3H1H5
Also known as
Old Blackbird (2) (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region
Ireland
Genre/Style
Irish
Meter/Rhythm
Hornpipe/Clog
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
4/4
History
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:David Taylor
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Music for the Sets: Blue Book
Tune and/or Page number
p. 19
Year of publication/Date of MS
1995
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score (1 )
X: 1
T:Old Blackbird, The
N:Transcribed by Alan Ng. Most ornaments omitted here.
C:Traditional
R:hornpipe
S:as learned via Jamie Ahlman Ng from Mary Bergin's 1996 Irish Fest whistle class
Z:id:ng-other-8 transcribed by Alan Ng agng@students.wisc.edu Sept. 5, 1999
M:C|
K:D
AG|~F3A GFD2|de (3fed dcAF|~G3F GFDE|FdAF GEAG|
~F3A GFD2|de (3fed dcAG|AdcA GdAG|F2DE D2:|
|:fg|ag (3fga gfe2|(3fed (3edc dcA2|ag (3fga gfde|fdgf ezfg|
a2 (3gfe ~f3e|dcde fdAG|AdcA GdAG|F2DE D2:|**