The First Day Of Spring reel

Nice piece of music!

Tommy Peoples composed this - it’s on The Quiet Glen CD

So, it’s “The First Day *of* Spring.”

I found another transcription of this on the net but it didn’t have a title - I added that in:

X: 162
T: The First Day Of Spring
R: Reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Z: Bernie Stocks
K: Gdor
dc{d}cA GFDF | G2cG dGcG | dAcA GFDF | Gg (3.f.g.a ~g3a |
ba{ga}gf dcAg | agfd {cd}cAFA | G2cG dGcG | Ad{cd}cA G4 :|
|: ~g3a bg~g2 | gbag fdde | fage f2cf | Afag fd{cd}cA |
~g3a bg~g2 | afge fd{cd}cA | G2cG dGcG | Ad{cd}cA G4 :|
|:DG (3.G.G.G GdcA | G2cG dGcG | DF~F2 FcAG | F2 (3.F.F.F dFcF |
DG (3.G.G.G GdcA | G2cG dGcg | ag{a}ge fdcA | AdcA G4 :|

Here are some more:

X: 1
T: The First Day Of Spring
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
S: Aoife O’Keeffe
R: reel
K: Gdor
d2cA GFDF | G2cG dGcG | AdcA GFDF | Gg (3fga g3a |
bagf dcAg | agfd cA^FA | G2cG dGcG | AdcA G4 :|
|: g3a bg~g2 | gbag fdde | fage f2Af | cfag fdcA |
g3a bg~g2 | afge fdcA | G2cG dGcG |1 AdcA G4 :|2 AdcA G3F ||
|: DG~G2 GdcA | G2cG dGcG | DF~F2 FcAG | F2cF dFcF |
DG~G2 GdcA | G2cG dcc2 | afge fdcA | AdcA G4 :|

X: 1
T: The First Day Of Spring
R: reel
S: Siobhan Peoples
D: Miltown Malbay Fiddle Class 1993
Z: Barney
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
e2dB AGEG | (3AGA dA eA dA | BedB AGEG | Aa (3gab a3b |
c’bag edBa | bage dBGB | A2dA eAdA |1 BedB A4 :|2 BedB A3g ||
|: ~a3b c‘a (3aaa | ac’ ba geef | gbaf g2dg | Bgba gedB |
~a3b c’a (3aaa | bgaf gedB | A2dA eAdA | BedB A4 :|
|: EA (3AAA AedB | A2dA eAdA | EG (3GGG GdBA | G2dG eGdG |
EA (3AAA AedB | A2dA edd2 | bgaf gedB | GedB A4 :|

The ‘official’ ABCs for this tune have the key as Gdorian but the key signature is that of Gmajor - an F# rather than the Bb that I’d expect. What is the proper key signature, or really, are the Fs natural and the B flatted in this tune?

It’s Gdor - go by the ABCs. I think the sheetmusic was a mistake that was edited later by the submitter.

This tune is in G minor, I learned it from Tommy one time and it was definitely G minor

It has E naturals. It’s G dorian.

See abc 5 above taken from The Quiet Glen. The 1st couple of bars are different from other people’s versions, including this one from Verena Commins & Julie Langan (2nd tune): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8oBSOQhOoE

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