> I'm having difficulty fitting chords to this tune. Here's my effort - > can anybody suggest anything better?
I hear it pretty close to your version but I like the first and fifth measure G chords to last through the measure. I know that the notes of the second half of those measures are theoretically closer to a D chord, but I think the second and sixth measures somehow stand out better if the D chord is fresh with those measures. I think, for my ears, it has something to do with hearing a chord change (G to D) over a repeated note (A note at end of first measure and A note at beginning of second measure). It somehow drives the tune forward into the second measure to hear that. The way I hear it might change if I had a real instrument with me, or if I played the tune for a while. I'm just doing this at work on a computer. Nice tune Nigel! X:1 T:Nuala's Jig C:Nigel Gatherer Z:Nigel Gatherer M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:1/1=300 K:G "G"G2B "G"dcA | "D"AGF "G"GBd | "G"g3 "G"d2B | "D"cAG "D"FED | "G"G2B "G"dcA | "D"AGF "G"GBd | "G"g3 "D"afd | "D"cAF "G"G3 :| "Em"B2e gfe | "D"faf def | "G"g3 "G"d2B | "D"cAG FED | "Em"B2e gfe | "D"faf def | "G"g3 "D"afd | "D"cAF "G"G3 :| _____________________________________ http://www.danmozell.com/d-mozell.htm Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
