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Thread #10686   Message #75498
Posted By: Helen
04-May-99 - 05:48 AM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Circus Music
Subject: RE: Circus Music
Okay, John,

I've found a couple of things.

Midi file and gif file of Puddleglum's Misery. When you listen to the midi try to imagine it being played with a bit more swing to the rhythm, kind of like the Elephant's Walk, slower but also a bit more emphasis on the first note of each bar.

http://www.azstarnet.com/~azbird/music.htm

Then there is an ABC file of Jump at the Sun.

http://rigel.csuchico.edu/~pubscout/tunes/sun.html

JUMP AT THE SUN

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X:1 T:Jump at the Sun C:John Kilpatrick M:6/8 K:Dm L:1/8 DFA ^G2 A|DFA ^G2 A|dAA dAA|BAG FGE|\ DFA ^G2 A|DFA ^G2 A|dAA BAG|FGE D3 :| |: dAA def|eAA gfe|dAA def|eAA B2 A|\ dAA def|eAA gfe|dAA BAG|FGE D3 :|

Source 037 Opus Pocus John Kirkpatrick & Sue Harris

Or there is the Nottingham Database, with it's own format for writing out the tunes, similar but different to ABC.

http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/Department/Staff/ef/hpps.html

It looks like John Kirkpatrick wrote both these tunes. I know someone in our session group who has them in a book of fiddle tunes - I don't the name of it but there are some great tunes in it. I like all of Kirkpatrick's tunes in it but I can't remember what the other ones are called.

Helen