The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #4952   Message #28299
Posted By: Bruce O.
14-May-98 - 11:20 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Blackberry Blossom
Subject: RE: Blackberry Blossom
SP #475- "Blackberry Blosssom". Theme code system is Charles Gore's modification of B. Breathnach's (in Gore's 'The Scottish Fiddle Music Index', 1994). Since tune is 2/4, code what is at start of each half-note time period for 1st 4 full measures, starting from keynote = 1. L for octave lower and H for octave higher than the one the keynote is in. Since tune is minor-Aeloian, then 3rd, 6th, and 7th of scale are flatted (b)(relative to major mode). If I had it to do over I wouldn't use this system. Many 2/4 tunes are really 4/8 and this one looks like 8/16. Code here is rather artificial, and playing it wouldn't lead to anything recognizable by ear.