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The Happy Ruinous House slip jig

Also known as 7x8 Alexis D.

There is 1 recording of this tune.

The Happy Ruinous House has been added to 6 tunebooks.

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Two settings

1
X: 1
T: The Happy Ruinous House
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
M:7/8
A2dA efd|A2 dA e2f dc|A2dA efd|1 gB fB e2f dc:|2 gB fB e2f dB||
|:G2BG cde|d2 Ad a2g fd|G2BG cde|1 d2 AB d2e fd:|2 d2 AB (d3 d2)||
2
X: 2
T: The Happy Ruinous House
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
[M:4/4] A2dA efdA-|AdAe2fdc|A2dA efdg|1 BfBe2f dc:|2 BfBe2fdB||
|:G2BG cded-|dAda2gfd|1 G2BG cded-|dABd2efd:|2 G2BG cded- dABd5||

Five comments

7x8 Alexis D

Composed by Stolen Notes piper Alejo Parra. Second and fourth bar in both parts are composed in 9/8 (2+2+3+2), so the whole third part can be played like binary or (4/4) because combination of 9 and 7 is 16/8.

Re: The Happy Ruinous House

Wow thanks for this!! I love the tune and it is very nice to have it here with all the explanations!

The Happy Ruinous House, X:2

I added this setting, but as you can see, the sound is exactly the same as the setting X:1. It is just that I transcribed the tune as a reel.

The thing is that there is quite a lot of syncopation in this tune. Interesting way of looking at the syncopation in the setting X:1.

I love this tune!!

Re: The Happy Ruinous House

I see in the setting X:2 that I did it shows the numbers 9/8 in the time signature but it should show 4/4. The website is not allowing me doing it. The rest is correct. The midi file is good as well.