Mudcat Café message #217282

The Mudcat Café ^TM
Thread #20746 Message #217282
Posted By: Jeri
24-Apr-00 - 07:13 PM
Thread Name: Tune Add: Ookpik Waltz
Subject: Tune Add: OOKPIK WALTZ

A friend sent me this wonderful waltz and asked me to learn it so we could play it in session. He gave the following information:

I got it off the new Altan CD "Another Sky"...I don't have any clue who wrote it, but it's local- Altan heard it from somebody up on Little Deer Isle, Maine and learned it from George Fowler (a friend of [name of mutual acquaintence]). Ookpik is, in Inuit folklore, an owl that carries off the souls of the dead.

I swear I've heard it before, maybe even played it. Possibly it's one that Bill Sables does? My question is, does anyone know who wrote it, or have any more information?

MIDI file: ookpik.mid
Timebase: 120
TimeSig: 3/4 24 8
Key: G
Tempo: 112 (535714 microsec/crotchet)
Start
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This program is worth the effort of learning it.
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ABC format:

X:1
T:OOKPIK WALTZ
M:3/4
L:1/4
Q:90
R:waltz
K:G
|(3D/E/F/|"G"G> A B/d/| "D"A F E/D/| "G"E G> A| G B d| "Em"e>d e/f/|
e d (3d/B/A/| "G"B d>e| d2 g f| "Em"e>d e/f/|e d (3d/B/A/| "G"B d (3B/A/ G/| "Em"E E D
| "C"C> B, C/E/| "D"D F (3F/E/D/| "G"E G> A| G B d|| "Em"e B> A| B2 e| " Bm"d
B> A| B2 B| "Am"A> G A/B/| A G (3G/E/D/|"Em"E G A|G B d| "Bm"e B> A|B2 f/e/|
d B>G| B2 B| "Am" A> G A/B/| A G E/D/| "Em"E G (3G/F/E/| "D" D2||