Key signature: Amajor
Submitted on July 18th 2001 by martin t.
This tune has been added to 198 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Contradiction, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
~c3A BGED|CEAc dfed|cABA GABc|1defg afed:|2defg aegb||
!aA A/2A/2A aAcA|GBEB GBEg|aA A/2A/2A eAcA|~B3c defg|
!aA A/2A/2A aAcA|GBEB GBE2|agfe fedc|defg a3z||
!:aec'e aec'e|bed'e bed'e|c'ee'e c'ee'e|1dcBA EAAe:|2dcBA EAdA||
!e3e f2ec|dBcA B~E3|Bc-ce fece|(3fga gb aede|
!ceae faec|dAcA Bcdf|ecea fBdf|gebg afed||
Those crazy A major tunes
Has anyone else noticed how many crazy, pyrotechnical tunes there are in the key of A major?
The Mason's Apron, The Clumsy Lover, The Contradiction reel.
They all feature mad bits of hopping around on the E string while playing the open A string. Banjo players live for this kind of thing
# Posted on July 21st 2001 by Jeremy
Isn't it fun! I've always avoided learning this tune thinking that I wouldn't be able to do the high bits, but I've since taken up the concertina and discovered that the high bits are of course no big hassle on that type of instrument. So this is my fave tune of the moment...
# Posted on September 20th 2003 by Dow
just after listening to McNamara's "hidden treasure" CD and im nearly sure that they have a version of this called "Miss Gannon's Rant" which is played beautifully by Enda McNamara on the fiddle. worth checking out
# Posted on November 16th 2004 by crazycordie
I think this is One of Seán Maguire's tunes
As borne out by the following photo:
http://www.belfastfolk.co.uk/gallery2/menu.asp?p=50
# Posted on August 4th 2005 by Conán McDonnell
Derrane's own pyrotechnics
In Give Us Another, Joe Derrane, lacking the keys for the so-callled pyrotechnics on his Baldoni, takes them down one octave, and it doesn't detract from the overall quality of the tune at all. In a session setting it actually gives the tune a different flavor when some intruments play the lower octave.
# Posted on January 6th 2006 by pennhorse
Sean Maguire's ?
Conan - the photo to which you link shows a jig, not a reel, called the contradiction. Hmmm ??
By the way everyone, the greatest version of this is surely Matt Molloy's, especially the one-and - half octave jumps in the show-off bit.
# Posted on April 8th 2006 by Fliúiteadóir
The Contradiction
I had heard this tune played by a young lad who said it was written by William Marshall, but on tunefinder it says it Irish. Does anyone know. It sure seems like a tune that Marshall would write.
# Posted on March 22nd 2007 by suzytee
A less daunting Contradiction
I have this from a tape of Tony DeMarco from a few years back. I was reminded of it because it's more or less the version recorded by Coleman/Tom Gannon and recently put online by Kevin Reitman.
<a href=http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=52152&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0>78's Online</a>
The 78 has the parts doubled.
X: 1
T:Contradiction, The
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:A
c3A B~E3|CEAc dfed|cBAG ABce|fagb afed|
c2cA B~E3|CEAc dfed|cBAG ABce|(3fga gb a3||
e|agab aece (3dcB BA|GABc|A2 ag aece|(3dcB BA EAA2|
agab aecA|dcBA GABc|Acec Adfa|gbeg a3||
e|cefe cefe|(3fga ec BAGB|cefe cefe|(3fga gb afed|
cefe cefe|(3fga ec B3c|ecea fdfa gbeg a3||
# Posted on August 5th 2007 by edl
Sean Maguires contradiction
Sean Maguires contradiction was indeed a jig.He didn`t compose the reel.
# Posted on September 1st 2007 by cos
and what can I do with my flute..........
# Posted on March 12th 2008 by Matt_Celta
Garry Shannon is seen playing it on flute here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Uh--OYB5mNo
Seems like my kind of flute playing, I love hitting the d' sometimes. I can never get e' though.
# Posted on March 18th 2008 by JosephofCK
I love this tune!!!
This is a good unuiqe tune
And definitley sounds best on the banjo:D
# Posted on March 31st 2008 by HBX KING