This is an andro, a dance very popular in breton festo�-noz (sort of ceili). I used to play a very close version in Am (see below). Few dance tunes have title in britanny, except when they are related to a song. I remember that Tri Yann has recorded a song with this music but I don't know the lyrics nor the title. Also, you can find an interpretation of this tune on Lawrence Nugent's CD Two for Two (a bit slow for dancing, but a good interpretation with nice variations). The andro tempo is about Q:1/4=110 (to be added in Jack's setting).
This is my version : X: 2 T:Andro 2 R:Andro O:Bretagne M:4/4 K:Am A2 e2 e2 de | f3 e dcBc | d2 B2 e2 dc | BcAB c3 B |\ A2 e2 e2 de | f3 e dcBc | d2 B2 e2 dc | BAcBA4 :| A2 A2 B2 cB | A2 A2 B2 Bc | d2 B2 e2 dc | BcAB c3 B |\ A2 A2 B2 cB | A2 A2 B2 Bc | d2 B2 e2 dc | BAcBA4 :| Ren� Jack Campin wrote: >Anybody know anything about this tune? (I already asked this on >uk.music.folk, no answer). I got it as a graphics file off the >Internet years ago and have been playing it ever since, but have >come across it recently in two different contexts - a Canadian >fiddler I know plays it, and the first half is similar to the >opening of the 19th century Welsh hymn tune "Alexander". So I'd >like to know more about it; the Breton title would be a start. > >X:1 >T:Breton tune >N:octave shifts ad lib >N:tempo unknown, seems to work at any speed >M:2/4 >L:1/16 >K:E Minor >E2B2 B2AB|c2B2 AGFG|A2A2 B2A2|GFEF G2F2| >E2B2 B2AB|c2B2 AGFG|A2A2 B2A2|GFEF E4 :| >E2E2 F2GF|E2E2 FEFG|A2A2 B2A2|GFEF G2F2| >E2E2 F2GF|E2E2 FEFG|A2A2 B2A2|GFEF E4 :| > >=================== <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> =================== > > >To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html > -- QUINIOU Rene mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] INRIA / IRISA Phone : +33 2 99 84 73 19 Campus Universitaire de Beaulieu Fax : +33 2 99 84 71 71 35042 RENNES CEDEX - FRANCE http://www.irisa.fr/prive/quiniou To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
