Lily The Pict reel

There is 1 recording of this tune.

Lily The Pict has been added to 11 tunebooks.

Two settings

X: 1
T: Lily The Pict
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Emaj
E2EG BEGB|EGBe cBAG|F2FG AFGA|FGAF GAGF|
E2EG BEGB|ef (3gfe decB|AcBA GBAG|FEDF E4:|
edef (3gfe de|ceBA GBAG|F2FG AFGA|FGAF GAGF|
E2ef (3gfe de|ceBA GBAG|AcBA GBAG|FEDF E4|
edef (3gfe de|ceBA GBAG|F2FG AFGA|FGAF GAGF|
E2EG BEGB|ef (3gfe decB|AcBA GBAG|FEDF E4||

X: 2
T: Lily The Pict
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
D2DF ADFA|DFAd BAGF|E2EF GEFG|EFGE FGFE|
D2DF ADFA|de (3fed cdBA|GBAG FAGF|EDCE D4:|
dcde (3fed cd|BdAG FAGF|E2EF GEFG|EFGE FGFE|
D2de (3fed cd|BdAG FAGF|GBAG FAGF|EDCE D4|
dcde (3fed cd|BdAG FAGF|E2EF GEFG|EFGE FGFE|
D2DF ADFA|de (3fed cdBA|GBAG FAGF|EDCE D4||

Six comments

I just played it as eminor tune - works fine - you’re sure about the Emajor with the 4 #??

Works fine in E major too though.

Hmm I heard it played in E but admit it’s much easier to play (on fiddle, at least) in D. Not tried Em, I’ll have a go!

Swissp - By E minor, do you mean just plain Aeolian mode, or do you mean with a few D-sharps (FE^DF E4 for example)?

Playing it in the minor makes it into a completely different tune.

Spoon, I just played it as written, but with one # only - so Aeolian is correct. And of course it is a quite different tune!

Lily The Pict, X:2

Here’s a setting in D which is a little easier for fiddlers - thus avoiding the awkward D# - E at the end of each section.

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