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Flatwater Fran
Just fallen for another "Transatlantic Sessions" tune. This one written by Phil Cunningham apparently for some relative who goes rowing on…….flat water.
If you use ABCNavigator2, set the tempo to 30. If when YOU play it, slightly swing the pairs of quavers. As of August 2010, it is still available on Utube so grab a listen while you still can!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCHDmikholk
It’ll make a great "end of the session" tune in my opinion. On the recording they take it up into A major after the 2nd time through. This tune (for me) is now rivalling "Bethany’s Waltz" that I posted some while ago. See what you think.
Thanks for the sheet music. what a fantastic melody to this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLZB-dbxkwU
regards bob
in the 11th bar of the second part if you play a d for the a note then follow it with a b7 for the d it sounds really nice!
Dezi Donnelly & Jim Murray
Kevin Crawford recorded this on his new album Carrying the Tune under the track name "Phil & Rory’s". He does it in Bb with John Doyle doing some fabulous accompaniment. Great tune!
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The original video that was withdrawn has been found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYCbIJg9rck
Flatwater Fran, X:2
Just some alternative accompanying chords as I hear them on the TS video…
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Is this related to the song Pretty Saro? It puts me in the mind of that song anyways.
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There’s a nicer chord to do on that lovely bar 11 of the B part that’s not written on the scores above. Jim Murray plays it in the Dezi Donnelly video above:
"G"B2dB AG|"D7"A2 "Ebdim"d3c|"Em"B3
Eb diminished is the notes Eb F# A C
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Re the last transcription, what chord is Hm?
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It could be right enough , of course, but I’ve never encountered it before.
Re: Flatwater Fran
Apparently in Germany the "B" chord is instead labeled as "H".
If Sergei used this abc transposer (http://www.franziskaludwig.de/abctransposer/ ) to bring the previous settings from Gmaj to Amaj, it would have automatically replaced B’s with H’s.
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Ah, we learn something every day. Thanks.
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Aye, I think B is Bb and H is B.