This is the best I've been able to do with the second piece I posted. I think it sounds okay on its own terms, but I'm not so sure it's much like what the player of 1680-ish had in mind.
I went through some peculiar steps trying to get the mode right. There are a lot of flattened/naturaled "b" and "c" fret notes, and representing them by shifting the clef origin doesn't always do the right thing - a B flat represented by an accidental gets displayed as an F flat when transposed up a fifth with a clef to match. (I got lucky, as this tune is dorian/minor/phrygian pentatonic and the B could be fudged). So there are limitations to this approach that need some thought in working around. But an ABC player is still a hell of a useful tool for tinkering with this stuff. X:1 T:The cloutinach M:6/4 L:1/4 Q:3/4=100 V:1 middle=E transpose +7 % e string V:2 middle=B merge transpose 0 % A string V:3 middle=f merge transpose -7 % D string V:4 middle=b merge transpose -14 % G string raised to A K:D Minor %[V:1] xxx xxx|xxx xxx|] %[V:2] xxx xAA|xxx xxx|] %[V:3] xxc dxx|dcd dcd|] %[V:4] d2x xxx|xxx xxx|] % [V:1] xxx xxx|xxx xxx|xxx xxx|xxx xxx:| [V:2] xxx xxA|d2c A2A|xxx xxx|A2c dxx:| [V:3] xxc d2x|xxx xxx|dcd dcd|xxx xAA:| [V:4] d2x xxx|xxx xxx|xxx xxx|xxx xxx:| % [V:1] Bxx xx x|xxx xxx|B3 BxB|cdc Bxx:| [V:2] xcA cd/c/A|cAc d2c|xxx xcx|xxx xdd:| [V:3] xxx xx x|xxx xxx|xxx xxx|xxx xxx:| [V:4] xxx xx x|xxx xxx|xxx xxx|xxx xxx:| % [V:1] B2B cdc|dcB xB/x/x|xx x xxx|xxx xxx:| [V:2] xxx xxx|xxx dx/d/c|Ac/A/x xxx|A2c dxx:| [V:3] xxx xxx|xxx xx x|xx d dcd|xxx xAA:| [V:4] xxx xxx|xxx xx x|xx x xxx|xxx xxx:| X:2 T:The cloutinach M:6/4 L:1/4 Q:3/4=100 K:D Minor D2F G2A |d2c A2A |GFG GFG|A2c dDD:| fcA cd/c/A|cAc d2c |f3 fdf|gag fdd:| f2f gag |agf df/d/c|Ac/A/G GFG|A2c dDD:| The point of the scordatura would be to use two strings on the initial low D (the same trick used in the "baggpipe tune") though the open D string isn't explicitly called for. (On reflection, I'm not so sure - an opening C doesn't sound too bad either). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack Campin: 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU; 0131 6604760 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack> * food intolerance data & recipes, Mac logic fonts, Scots traditional music files, and my CD-ROM "Embro, Embro". ------> off-list mail to "j-c" rather than "abc" at this site, please <------ To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
