The Tannahill Weavers play it as part of a set of mixed tunes: this is the information they provide (no much, I'm afraid!):
"To close the selection we have chosen a Breton melody. We have it on authority from good friends and "partners in musical crime" Bleizi Ruz that this is an Andro, a Breton dance, which, unfortunately, nobody seems to know the title of!" (http://www.tannahillweavers.com/) So now, your mystery Breton tune is a mystery Breton Andro! (well, better than nothing, I guess) Cheers, Manuel Waldesco Edinburgh > Looking through old mail, I ran across this one. Did anyone give you > any information about the tune? It's a nice tune, and it'd be good to > have a proper name, etc. > > | 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 > | Z:Jack Campin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> abcusers 2002-2-27 > | 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 > To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html > To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
