Key signature: Amajor
Submitted on June 21st 2008 by woD.
This tune has been added to 22 tunebooks.
Also known as An Dro, En Dro.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Bastard In F Sharp Minor
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Amaj
|: F2 cF | Ac c2 | cd cF | Ac c2 | cd cF | cB GA | Bc c2 | BA GA :|
|: F2 AF | AB B2 |1 Fc BG | AG FE :|2 Fc BG | A2 G/2F/2 E ||
|: F2 AF | AB B2 |1 Fc BG | Ac GA :|2 cB AG | F2 ed ||
|: cF F/2G/2F/2E/2 | F2 ed | c2 c2 | Bc c2 | ce dc |
[1 B2 B2 | cB AG | F2 ed :|2 BA GA | cB AG ||
|: F2 AF | AB B2 |1 Fc BG | AG FE :|2 Fc BG | A2 G/2F/2 E ||
I think it's a polka, maybe an An Dro or summat who knows?
# Posted on June 21st 2008 by woD
Bastard Polka
I've always wanted to learn more polkas. This tune has an interesting, eastern European flavor. I enjoyed it and plan to work on it once my flute skills are far enough along. You designate the default duration as 1/8. That gives the piece a mournful tone (depending, of course, on the bpm count you employ). I'd consider 1/16 as the base if I were going to attempt it as a dance tune rather than a solo (if I had the skills for that pace). My impression is that it needs a final note, perhaps a long "F#".
Thank you.
# Posted on June 21st 2008 by Arthur Nordstrom
Bastard Polka
P.S.
In mixed company, I hope you don't mind if I refer to it as the "Bad Man's Polka"
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# Posted on June 21st 2008 by Arthur Nordstrom
Yeah I reckon woD posted it as 1/8 coz the Session doesn't allow for 1/16 submissions
# Posted on June 21st 2008 by D.J.F.
I like the name! It's got the right ring to it. Like all those poor nameless Classical pieces called "Opus in D", or "Sonata in C". "Bastard in F# minor", mm, yeah...
# Posted on June 22nd 2008 by Joe CSS
Great Tune, to me it sounds very Breton!
The title is fun, some people might think of it as
"Bastard In F****** Sharp Minor"
# Posted on June 23rd 2008 by swisspiper
Eastern Version
To transform it from Breton to Eastern Europe, just use a natural G (instaed of #G) when the melody goes down. The end of the first part gets then i.e.
| cB #GA | Bc c2 | BA =GA |
Have Fun!
# Posted on June 23rd 2008 by swisspiper
Who wrote this? and does anyone know the story behind the name? thanks! its a pretty cool tune.
# Posted on June 23rd 2008 by the half-texan
to the half texan: I wish I wrote it, but i didn't
# Posted on June 23rd 2008 by woD
Breton!!!
I think this might already be here on site, if in a slightly different version, and just possibly, it's two seperate melodies... If not, it is at least a take off from a melody that is well known, and, as said, I have this feeling it is already here... But, I have fooled myself previously...
It is at least familiar to me, I just wish I could connect it up with its composer, and any other name they may have had for it...
# Posted on June 29th 2008 by ceolachan
Provenance?
It would help if you told us where you got this tune from? Please?
Especially now I can't shake myself free from it...
# Posted on June 29th 2008 by ceolachan
Breton An Dro / gan ainm
~ taken it down and elsewhere
X: 1
T: gan ainm
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: An Dro
K: emin
|: FG |\
E2 BE GB B2 | Bc BE GB B2 | Bc BE BA FG | AB B2 AG :|
|: FD |\
E2 GE GA A2 | EB AF GB FG | E2 GE GA A2 |[1 EB AF G2 :|[2 GB FG E2 ||
|: dc |\
BE E/F/E/D/ E2 dc | B2 B2 AB B2 | Bd cB A2 A2 |[1 BA FG E2 :|[2 GA FG BA ||
|: F/G/F/D/ |\
E2 GE GA A2 | EB AF GF E/F/E/D/ | E2 GE GA A2 |[1 EB AF G2 :|[2 GB FG BA |]
woD's transcription is f minor, not G Major...
# Posted on June 29th 2008 by ceolachan