Didn't know what handle to give this - Here goes anyway. I heard Martin Carthy do 'Princess Royal' on Saturday and it didn't sound like any other version I heard. On listening through it I twigged it was in a minor key whereas I have only heard major versions before so I decided to have a play on concertina when I got home.

The first bit (The first bit 'proper' that is - not the intro that some people play) begins to sound just like the Wraggle Taggle Gypsies version that I learned at school! The notes, in G major for instance, would be d-c-b-a-g, d-c-b-a-g while in A minor they become e-d-c-b-a, e-d-c-b-a.

I'm sure lots of people have done this before so what other tunes begin to sound like others when going from M to m (or m to M for that matter!) How come that change makes things sound so different anyway?
Does it matter?? :-)

Cheers

DtG