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15 May 07 - 08:17 PM (#2052963) Subject: Earish Ayre, 1702 From: Jack Campin Anybody recognize this? It isn't in Gore's fiddle tune index, I haven't tried the NTI. X:11 T:Earish Ayre S:Thomson MS (NLS MS.2833, 1702, for treble recorder) M:4/4 L:1/8 K:Ddor d2a2 (gf)(ed)|c2g2 (fe)(dc)|d2 a2 a2 ga |(ba)(gf) "="e2 d2|| agab c'2 ba |gfga b2 ag |a2 d'2 (c'b)(ag)| agab "="e2 f2 | fgab c'd'c'a|gfed cdec |d2 a2 a2 ga |(ba)(gf) "="e2 d2|] In this context (the compiler was a lowland Scot familiar with the fashionable English music of the time and possibly a part-time trumpeter) "Earish" for "Irish" does not mean Irish, it means Scottish Gaelic. It would be quite easy to crank up the speed and turn it into a stereotypical West Highland fiddle reel, but the notated articulation suggests something slower. |