>> Is the American fiddle tune "Betsy" (Henry Reed, Alan Jabbour, >> et. al.) just about the same as the pipe march "Greenwoodside"? > Where might we hear it? Do you have ABCs?
My ABCification of the transcription at the Library of Congress site; I left out a few upward slides and pitchbends that ABC can't represent... X:1 T:Betsy S:Henry Reed LoC site Z:Jack Campin <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> April 2004 M:4/4 L:1/16 K:A Dorian (B2``c)c A2`A2- A(B``cd) e4 | d4 G4- G(ABc) d2`B2 |\ (B``c2)A- A2`A2- A(B``cd) e2``d2 |(ef`gf e)(dB2) {G}[A3A3][A3A3] (AB | c)(Bc2) (G3``A) (AB```cd) e4 |(ed`BA) G3```G- G2 ((3ABc d2)B2 |\ (c``Bc2) A2`A2- A(B``cd) e2``d2 |(ef`ge e)(dB2) (G[A2A2])[AA-] [A2A2] || e2-|e(^cef/g/) a3`(b ^c'2)(ae- e2)`d2 | e(de2) (f<g)g2 e(dcd) [e4e4] |\ (e4{f}) a3`(a ^c'2)(a/f/e- e2)(ef)|(gf`e)(d cA``B2) [A3A3][A3A3] [A2e2-]| e(^cef/g/) a4 ^c'2`(ae- e2)(dc)| e(def) g3``(g ed)(^cd) [e4e4] |\ (e3```f/g/) a2(ab ^c'2)`af e2``d2 | f2(ed cA``B2) (G[A2A2])[AA-] A2 |] Similar in places, yes. "Just about the same" is *really* stretching it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 CD-ROMs of Scottish music. ----> off-list mail to "j-c" rather than "scots-l" at this site, please <---- Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
