Key signature: Fmajor
Submitted on January 16th 2006 by dafydd.
This tune has been added to 15 tunebooks.
Also known as The Firefly Clog.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Firefly, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Fmaj
(3FGA|:B>AB>c B>dc>B|A>BG>A F>G_E>F|D>FB>F G>_E_e>d|
(3cdc (3BAG F2 (3FGA|B>AB>c B>dc>B|A>BG>A F>G_E>F|
D>FB>d d>cB>A|1c2B2B2 (3FGA:|2c2B2B2 F>_E||
|:(3DFB d2 (3Bdf b2|b3a g>f_e>d|_e>d_e>f _e>dc>B|
A>cB>G F2 F>_E|(3DFB d2 (3 Bdf b2|b3a g>f_e>d|
_e>dc>B A>fg>a|1b2b2b2 F>_E:|2b2b2b2||
A jaunty hornpipe from Kerr's Merry Melodies,vol. 3.
# Posted on January 16th 2006 by dafydd
I don't understand why this one is notated in F major, when every single E in the tune is flat, and the tonal center of the tune is B-flat. The first four notes of this tune are clearly heard as a run up the scale from the dominant to the tonic. If this were in F major, those tones would run from the tonic up to the subdominant, and it just doesn't sound that way to me.
# Posted on January 16th 2006 by pbassnote
Heh. You've obviously never tried to submit a tune in Bb then...
# Posted on January 16th 2006 by Dow
You can't sumbit a tune in Bflat.
# Posted on January 16th 2006 by dafydd
Why not? Is there a reason I don't know about, or is it just the notation software on the site?
# Posted on January 22nd 2006 by cadenza
Jeremy (site administrator) hasn't added Bb major to the list of keys in the submission menu (not a very common key for Irish trad music). I bet he'd add it if someone asked nicely....
# Posted on January 23rd 2006 by Will CPT
This is a nice tune. It's much like the style of James Hill's compositions.
# Posted on May 9th 2007 by Dow
Bb ~ relative key g minor...
However, you could have entered it in the relative key of g minor, two flats, Bb & Eb, which is available from the drop down meny...
# Posted on July 5th 2008 by ceolachan
"The Firefly Clog" ~ in G Major, or on an F instrument it come out Bb
X: 2
T: Firefly, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: clog
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
|: (3DEF |\
G3 D (3GAB A>G | F>GE>F D2 (3edc | B>dG>d e>c (3cBc | (3ABA (3GFE D3 F |
G2 (3FGA G2 (3BAG | F2 (3GFE D>d^c>d | B>DG>B B>A (3AGF | G2 (3d^cd G2 :|
|: (3edc |\
(3BDG B>d (3GB/c/d g>f | a>gf>g e2 (3dcB | c2 (2Bcd c2 (3BAG | F>AE>G D>ed>c |
(3BDG B2 (3GBd g2 | g>ff>e e>dd>c | c>BB>G F>Ad>c | B2 G2 G2 :|
& again, this time dipping down lower and simplified, minus any > or (3
X: 3
T: Firefly, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: clog
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
|: D |\
GFGA GBAG | FGEF DECD | B,DGD ECcB | A2 GE D2 EF |
GFGA GBAG | FGEF DECD | B,DGB BAGF | A2 G2 G3 :|
|: C |\
B,G B2 Gd g2 | g2 f2 edcB | cBcd cBAG | FAGE DEDC |
B,DGB GBdg | g2 f2 edcB | cBAG Fdef | g2 G2 G3 :|
# Posted on July 5th 2008 by ceolachan
UGH! ~ drop down meny ~ it come out Bb
drop down menu / it comes out in Bb (with the given fingering for a D flute or whistle but using an F instrument...)
Insufficient quality sleep...
# Posted on July 5th 2008 by ceolachan