The Humours Of Bandon

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on November 26th 2003 by Will CPT.

This tune has been added to 40 tunebooks.

Also known as Humors Of Bandon, The Humors Of Bandon, Humours Of Bandon.

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X: 1
T: Humours Of Bandon, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|: D2 G GFG | A2 G FGA | B2 G GFG | Ade f2 e |
d2 e c2 A | BAG FGA | BdB cAF |1 G2 F E2 ^D :|2 ~G3 G2 B ||
| d2 g gfg | a2 g fga | g2 f d2 e | fed c2 e |
d2 c Bcd | c2 B G2 A | BAG GFG | A2 G F2 E |
D2 G GFG | A2 G FGA | B2 G GFG | Ade f2 e |
d2 e c2 A | BAG FGA | BdB cAF | ~G3 G2 E |

Humours of Bandon

This tune was requested, so here's the version I know--a single jig or a slide. I learned this off a dance cd, "The Complete Ceili Collection," featuring Christopher McGrory on accordion. I got over the cheesy ceili dance packaging (and not just on the cd cover), and got into this tune, hooked in part by that slide down from E to D sharp to D at the end of the first half. You can make this tune really swing if you slur across the bars--treat the last note in one bar as the pick up note for the next bar.

# Posted on November 26th 2003 by Will CPT

Roche II, page 30, tune #272 ~ "The Humors of Bandon"

"The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music, Volume II", 1912

Set Dances ~ pages 29 - 34

X: 272
T: Humors Of Bandon, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|: D |\
DGG GFG | ABG FGA | BAG GFG | Ade f2 e |
d2 e c2 d | ABG FGA | BAG FEF | G3 G2 :|
| d |\
dgg gfg | a-a/b/a/g/ f2 a | g-g/a/g/f/ f d2 e | =f-f/g/e/d/ c2 e |
d-d/e/d/c/ A2 B | c-c/d/c/B/ G2 B | A-A/B/A/G/ F2 A | GFD EDC |
DGG GFG | ABG FGA | BAG GFG | Ade f2 e |
d2 e c2 d | ABG FGA | BAG FEF | G3 G2 :|

I play certain groupings above differently,
for example, the B-part, bar 2 ~ rather than as Roche suggests
~ | a-a/b/a/g/ f2 a | ~ I play it ~ | ab/a/g fga | ~

Also, as Roche suggests, and as the accompanying dance by the same name goes, both parts are repeated...

# Posted on August 11th 2008 by ceolachan

|: d |\ ~ Oops! ~ forgot the repeat colon at the start of the B-part

|: d |\
dgg gfg | a-a/b/a/g/ f2 a | g-g/a/g/f/ f d2 e | =f-f/g/e/d/ c2 e | ~

# Posted on August 11th 2008 by ceolachan

"The Humors / Humours of Bandon" ~ full correction

& I might as well add Roche's few ornaments while I'm at it...

X: 272
T: Humors Of Bandon, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|: D |\
DGG {A}GFG | ABG FGA | BAG {A}GFG | Ade f2 e |
d2 e c2 d | ABG FGA | BAG FEF | G3 G2 :|
|: d |\
dgg {a}gfg | a-a/b/a/g/ f2 a | g-g/a/g/f/ d2 e | =f-f/g/f/e/ c2 e |
d-d/e/d/c/ A2 B | c-c/d/c/B/ G2 B | A-A/B/A/G/ F2 A | GFD {F}EDC |
DGG {A}GFG | ABG FGA | BAG {A}GFG | Ade f2 e |
d2 e c2 d | ABG FGA | BAG FEF | G3 G2 :|

# Posted on August 11th 2008 by ceolachan

"The Humours of Bandon" ~ making up for my screw ups

Here's as I've played it ~

X: 3
T: Humorus Of Bandon, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
E |: D2 G GFG | A2 G FGA | B2 G GFG | A2 d f2 e |
d2 e c2 A | BB/A/G FGA | B^AB cAF |[1 G2 F E2 F :|[2 G3 G3 ||
|: d2 g gfg | ab/a/g f2 a | ga/g/f d2 e | =f2 d c2 e |
d2 c B2 d | c2 B A2 c | BGG GFG | A2 G F2 E |
DGG GFG | A2 G FF/G/A | BGG GFG | A2 d f2 e |
d2 e c2 A | BAG FGA | B^AB cAF |[1 G3 G3 :|[2 G3 G2 |]

# Posted on August 11th 2008 by ceolachan