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The Hour Before Dawn reel

By Calum Stewart

There are 4 recordings of this tune.

The Hour Before Dawn has been added to 23 tune sets.

The Hour Before Dawn has been added to 55 tunebooks.

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Four settings

1
X: 1
T: The Hour Before Dawn
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:dBBA B2 Bc|dBBA FFEA|D3 D EAAF|(3Bcd ec decd|
BFBc dBde|f2 ed (3Bcd BA|GDAG FD D2|edcA edef:|
|:G3 A B3 c|dcde a2 ab|f2 fc decd|ecde fdBA|
[1G3 A B3 c|dcde a2 ab|f2 fc decd|ecde fdBA:|
[2g2 fd ef e2|eddc ba(3bcd|G2 fd ef a2|abfa fedc||
2
X: 2
T: The Hour Before Dawn
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Bmin
|:dBBA B2 Bc|dBBA F2EA|~D3E FAAF|Bdec decd|
BFBc dFde|f2 ed cdBA|GDAG FDDA|edcA edef:|
~G3 A ~B3 c|Bcde a2 ab|f2 ec decd|Bcde fdBA|
~G3 A ~B3 c|Bcde abfe|f2ec decd|Bcde fdBA|
~G3 A ~B3 c|Bcde a2 ab|f2 ec decd|Bcde fdef|
g2 fd ef e2|eddc BA (3Bcd|g2fd efa2|abgb afec|
3
X: 3
T: The Hour Before Dawn
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:dBBA ~B3c|dBBA F2EA|~D3E F~A3|B/c/dec decd|
BFBc dBde|f2fe decA|GABG FGAF|1 edcA edef:|2 EDEF E3F||
~G3 A ~B3 c|ABce a2 ab|f2ec decd|B/c/dfa fecA|
~G3 A ~B3 c|ABce abfe|f2ec decd|B/c/dfa fecA|
~G3 A ~B3 c|ABce a2 ab|f2 ec decd|B/c/dfa fdef|
g2 fd ef (e2|e)ddc BA B/c/d|g2fd ef(a2|a)bfa fedc||
4
X: 4
T: The Hour Before Dawn
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Bmin
|:dBBA B3c|dBBA F2EA|D3E FAAF|(3Bcd ec decd|
BFBc dBde|f2ed (3Bcd BA|GDAG FDDF|1 EDcA edef:|2 EDcA EDEF||
G3 A ~B3 c|Acde a3 b|f2ec decd|(3Bcd fa fdBA|
GDGA BDGB|ABce abfe|f2 ec decd|(3Bcd fe dcBA|
G3 A BDGB|Acde a2 z b|f2ec decd|(3Bcd fa fdef|
g2 fd ef (e2|e)ddc BA (3Bcd|g2fd ef(a2|a)bfa fedc||

Eleven comments

B Part

I’m not sure but It seems the ABC of the B part is quite different from the video…

Another version ?

I hear a different version of this tune on the video. It’s a hard reel to transcribe. Maybe this version is more close to the video. It is a Calum Stewart Composition ?

Re: The Hour Before Dawn

Gorgeous!