Having listened - a spectacular discovery, John!
It must have taken quite a while to, er, find it.
Best wishes,
Richard.
On 17/01/2011 13:05, Gibbons, John wrote:
Corrected the upbeats:
X:2
T: The Rotting of the Cotton Threads
C:Trad?
M:4/4
Q:1/4=60
L:1/8
K:A dor
g>||:f| e<A A>c b<D E>B| e>f g>e B>e B/Ge/|e<A A>c b<D E>B| c>d e/d/c/d/ e<A
A> :|
c|e>f e>a a<c d>e| f>g a>f d<A f>d| e>f e>a a<c d>f| e>f g/f/e/d/ e<A A>||
c|e>f e>a a<c d>e| f>g a>f b<e f>d|(3 efg (3 agf (3 gfe (3fed| e>f g/f/e/d/ e<A
A>||
||:f|e<c e>A G<B E>B|e>B g>B e/d/c/B/ c>f|e<c e>A G<B E>B|e>B g/f/e/d/ e<A A>:||
G|E>F E>A C<E A,>C|E>G A>c d<A f>d| E>F E>A C<E A,>c|e>f g/f/e/d/ e<A A>||
G|E>F E>A C<E A,>C|E>G A>c d<A f<a| (3bag (3agf (3gfe (3fed| e>f g/f/e/d/ e<A
A2||
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Gibbons, John
Sent: 17 January 2011 12:46
To: NSP group
Subject: RE: [NSP] Re: Rotting of The Cotton Threads
Richard,
Your discovery is a good one, but the rhythm of the title ''The Rotting of the
Cotton Threads'' is so clearly a Strathspey, as Francis noted, that I looked
elsewhere in the archive. On a moth eaten, yellowing, and (Speyside)
whisky-stained sheet of paper I found:
X:2
T: The Rotting of the Cotton Threads
C:Trad?
M:4/4
Q:1/4=60
L:1/8
K:A dor
g.||:f/| e<A A>c b<D E>B| e>f g>e B>e B/Ge/|e<A A>c b<D E>B| c>d e/d/c/d/ e<A
A. :|
c/|e>f e>a a<c d>e| f>g a>f d<A f>d| e>f e>a a<c d>f| e>f g/f/e/d/ e<A A.||
c/|e>f e>a a<c d>e| f>g a>f b<e f>d|(3 efg (3 agf (3 gfe (3fed| e>f g/f/e/d/
e<A A.||
||:f/|e<c e>A G<B E>B|e>B g>B e/d/c/B/ c>f|e<c e>A G<B E>B|e>B g/f/e/d/ e<A
A.:||
G/|E>F E>A C<E A,>C|E>G A>c d<A f>d| E>F E>A C<E A,>c|e>f g/f/e/d/ e<A A.||
G/|E>F E>A C<E A,>C|E>G A>c d<A f<a| (3bag (3agf (3gfe (3fed| e>f g/f/e/d/ e<A
A.||
Perhaps this is the one Francis was thinking of??
The title rhythm certainly fits the first bar, so perhaps someone can also
discover the missing lyric....
John
-----Original Message-----
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of
Richard York
Sent: 16 January 2011 22:54
To: NSP group
Subject: [NSP] Re: Rotting of The Cotton Threads
In fact I'm sure it would have made more sense with the sections in
reverse order. But there you are, that's how I found it.
R.
On 16/01/2011 22:45, Richard York wrote:
Arduous research in dusty attics and archives has revealed, Francis,
that I regret it's not a strathspey, more a sort of rhythmic unravelling.
I couldn't find anything called "The Rotting of the Cotton Threads" as
such, but this obviously fairly corrupt version called "The Rotting of
the Threads", which is pretty close, I'm sure you'll agree, turned up
among the yellowing manuscripts.
It will be seen that the rhythms perhaps reflect the progressive
degeneration of the instrument... though I feel that the copyist has
perhaps put them in reverse order, so that rather than losing a beat
each time, the idee fixe actually gains one.
Strange, and rather sad, really.
It was hard to read the writing, but I think I transcribed it
correctly. If anyone has a better written out version I'll be
delighted to see it.
I copy it below in abc's
X:1
T: The Rotting of the Threads
C:Trad?
M:3/4
Q:120
L:1/8
K:G
|:.gA.g.c e/2d/2c/2A/2|.gA.gB d/2B/2A/2G/2|.EAB.c e/2c/2B/2A/2|.DAB.c
d/2B/2A/2G/2:|
M:7/8
|: .gA.gB.c e/2d/2c/2B/2|.gA.gA.B d/2B/2A/2G/2|\
M:3/4
.EAB.c e/2c/2B/2A/2 | .DAB.c d/2B/2A/2G/2:||:/
M:4/4
.gA.gA B.ce/2d/2c/2A/2|.gA.gA B.cd/2B/2A/G/2|
M:3/4
.EAB.c e/2c/2B/2A/2 |. DAB.c d/2B/2A/2G/2:||:/
M:9/8
.gAg .ABc .ee/2c/2B/2A/2|.gAg .ABc .dd/2B/2A/2G/2|
M:3/4
.EAB.c e/2c/2B/2A/2| .DABc .d/2B/2A/2G/2:|
Best wishes,
Richard.
On 15/01/2011 00:07, Francis Wood wrote:
A Strathspey, surely?
Francis
On 14 Jan 2011, at 23:57, gibbonssoi...@aol.com wrote:
Is 'The rotting of the cotton threads' the title of a tune I haven't
learned yet?
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