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Notes

with expression (rubato passages - listen to MP3 at URL above)

Source

http://www.cranfordpub.com/recordings/mcgraw.htm

History

A composition in honour of one of the greatest fiddle players in the North, the late John Joe Gordon from Belleek who died in 2002. I still remember first hearing him play a lovely version of " The Harvest Home" in Ballyshannon years ago. Always a quiet genius.

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Slide Only 1 transcription Has lots of stepwise movement Has some stepwise movement Never repeats a note major D 3/4 Has source text Has notes text Has history text No chords explore more...

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X:18
T:An Fhidil ina Thost
T:The Silent Fiddle
R:slide
C:Jim McGraw
O:Co. Fermanagh, Ireland
S:http://www.cranfordpub.com/recordings/mcgraw.htm
N:with expression (rubato passages - listen to MP3 at URL above)
D:Melodious Accord, Jim McGraw
Z:psc
H:A composition in honour of one of the greatest fiddle players in the North, the late John Joe Gordon from Belleek who died in 2002. I still remember first hearing him play a lovely version of " The Harvest Home" in Ballyshannon years ago. Always a quiet genius.
L:1/8
Q:244
M:3/4
K:Edor
E2|B4 ({cB}A2)|B e3 d({ed}B)|AF E<G F<D-|D4 A>F|
E B2 ({cB}A) Be|d>c B3 ({cB}A)|B2 cd e2-|e4 Bc/d/|
e d3 B2|A F2 G2 B|AF E<G F<D-|D4 (3(B,CD)|
E B2 ({cB}A) Be|d4 ({ed}B2)|AF ({A}D2) E2-|E3||
||d2 ({ed}c)|:B e2 z d/e/d/c/|B E3 FG/A/|B  e3 de/f/|e B3 ({c/B/}A)(B/c/)|
d4-d e|({e}d)c/B/ A<d F2|[1G>B ({c/B/}A)F EF|({A}D6)-|D3 (3dc=c:|
[2G>B ({c/B/}A2) F>({A/F/}D)|E6-|E4|]

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