Old Town reel

Also known as The Old Town.

There is 1 recording of a tune by this name.

Old Town has been added to 3 tunebooks.

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Three settings

X: 1
T: Old Town
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
| D G G2 F1/2 G1/2 A1/2 B1/2 c1/2 z z1/2 | B G G B A1/2 G1/2 F1/2 G1/2 A1/2 z z1/2 |
| D G G2 F1/2 G1/2 A1/2 B1/2 c1/2 z z1/2 | B1/2 A1/2 G A1/2 G1/2 F G2 G1/2 z z1/2 :|
| d B1/2 c1/2 d B c1/2 B1/2 A1/2 B1/2 c A | B G G B A1/2 G1/2 F1/2 G1/2 A z |
| d B1/2 c1/2 d B c1/2 B1/2 A1/2 B1/2 c A | B1/2 A1/2 G A1/2 G1/2 F G2 G z :|

X: 2
T: Old Town
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
M: 2/4
|: c/B/ |Ad dA | c/d/e/f/ ga/g/ | fd df | e/d/c/B/ A/G/F/G/ |
Ad dA/d/ | c/d/e/f/ g2 | fd e/d/c/e/ |[1 d2 d :|[2 d2-d ||
|: f/g/ |af/g/ af | g/f/e/f/ ge | fd df | e/d/c/d/ ef/g/ |
af a/g/f/g/ | g/f/e/f/ ga/g/ | f/e/d Ac |[1 d2- d :|[2 d2 d |]

X: 3
T: Old Town
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
M: 2/4
"intro" BB/c/ BB | c/B/A/B/ c2 | BG/A/ GB | A/G/F/G/ A2 |
BB/c/ BB | c/B/A/B/ c2 | B/A/G A/G/F | G2- G2 ||
"dance" DG GG | A/G/F/G/ Az | BG/A/ GB | A/G/F/G/ Az |
DG/A/ GG | AA/B/ cz | BG AF | G2- G2 |
DG GG | A/G/F/G/ Ac | BG/A/ GB | A/G/F/G/ A2 |
D2 GA G2 G2 | AGAB c4 | BA G2 AG F2 | GG G ||
B/c/ |d2B/c/ dB | c/B/A/B/ cA | BG/A/ GB | A/G/F/G/ AB/c/ |
d2B/c/ dB | c/B/A/B/ cA | B/A/G A/G/F | GG G2 |]

Ten comments

Old Town

A morris tune for a dance of the same name.

M: 2/4

K: Gmaj
|: DG G2 | F/G/A/B/ c2 | BG GB | A/G/F/G/ A2 |
DG G2 | F/G/A/B/ c2 | B/A/G A/G/F | G2 G2 :|
|: dB/c/ dB | c/B/A/B/ cA | BG GB | A/G/F/G/ A2 |
dB/c/ dB | c/B/A/B/ cA | B/A/G A/G/F | G2 G2 :|

From your notation as you’ve given it ~
K: Gmaj
| D G G2 F1/2 G1/2 A1/2 B1/2 c1/2 z z1/2 | B G G B A1/2 G1/2 F1/2 G1/2 A1/2 z z1/2 |
| D G G2 F1/2 G1/2 A1/2 B1/2 c1/2 z z1/2 | B1/2 A1/2 G A1/2 G1/2 F G2 G1/2 z z1/2 :|
| d B1/2 c1/2 d B c1/2 B1/2 A1/2 B1/2 c A | B G G B A1/2 G1/2 F1/2 G1/2 A z |
| d B1/2 c1/2 d B c1/2 B1/2 A1/2 B1/2 c A | B1/2 A1/2 G A1/2 G1/2 F G2 G z :|
~ to the first reduction/corrections ~
K: Gmaj
|: DG G2 F/G/A/B/ c<z | BG GB A/G/F/G/ A<z |
DG G2 F/G/A/B/ c<z | B/A/G A/G/F G2 Gz :|
|: dB/c/ dB c/B/A/B/ cA | BG GB A/G/F/G/ A<z |
dB/c/ dB c/B/A/B/ cA | B/A/G A/G/F G2 Gz :|

& then to the 2/4 version given just before this…

4/4 ~ if you were to insist ~

K: Gmaj
|: D2 G2 G4 | FGAB c4 | B2 G2 G2 B2 | AGFG A4 |
D2 G2 G4 | FGAB c4 | BA G2 AG F2 | G4 G4 :|
|: d2 Bc d2 B2 | cBAB c2 A2 | B2 G2 G2 B2 | AGFG A4 |
d2 Bc d2 B2 | cBAB c2 A2 | BA G2 AG F2 | G4 G4 :|

Though I think it reads better in 2/4…

“Old Town”

"A morris tune for a dance of the same name." ~ Robert Hickman

What’s your source?

2/4! ~ a good two beat bar, though I know some folks transcribe polkas in general as 4/4 (see above)

Good to have an audio connected to this, thanks. I’ll do a transcription from this and add it later…

ABC notation ~

http://www.lesession.co.uk/abc/abc_notation.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_notation

http://abcnotation.com/

Even in the old hand ABC notation, dating back to at least the 1800s, 1/2 was never used that I know of. Some used to do it with a forward slash followed by a 2, or a 4 ~ /2 & /4, but most, including with the ascii computer code version, take a simple forward slash as halving the value of the note that it modifies, the one before it, so, again using your notation, one bar’s worth, or two really ~

| D G G2 F1/2 G1/2 A1/2 B1/2 c1/2 z z1/2 |

DG G2 F/ G/ A/ B/ c/ z z/ |

DG G2 | F/G/A/B/ cz |

I manage that site

The widders site isn’t the source of the transcription becouse I manage the site. I transcribed as I could not find this tune anywhere. Any mistakes originate as I’m not verry good at playing by ear.

Thank you for the corrections and also the variations on the tune, they sound great.