Marga’s Moment slip jig

I learned this tune off a recording of a recent Flook concert. Brian said that he had set out to write a waltz but it turned into 7/8 before he was done. It’s a lovely tune.

Here’s a clip of Brian playing this tune for Marga herself. It’s a bit more complicated than the version I learned, but he’s had more than a year to mess with it since the recording I used to transcribe the tune.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD9pH6YZ6_0&feature=related

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Transcription based on Brian’s *Ravishing Genius of Bones* album. It’s also played a step up in Emaj on David Kosky and Damien O’Kane’s *The Mystery Inch*, and in Dmaj on the first Guidewires album.

M: 7/8
K: Dmaj
|: d2 cA dcA | G2 D2 GDG | A2 D2 ADA | AE cE ABc |
d2 cA dcA | G2 D2 GDG | A2 D2 ABc | e2 cz cBc |
d2 c/B/A dcA | G2 D2 GDG | A2 D2 ADA | AE cE AA/B/c |
d2 cA dcA | G2 D2 GDG | A2 D2 AGF | Gz GF EED ||
|: AB d2 fed | G2 A/B/d a3 | ag g/g/f efa | gg fg edc |
B2 d2 fed | G2 A/B/d a3 | ag g/g/f efa | gg fg e/f/e/d/c/A/ |
B2 d2 fed | G2 A/B/d a3 | ag g/g/f efa | gg fg edc |
B2 d2 fed | G2 A/B/d gab | aa gf efa | gg fg edc ||

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFayNpaP1FE

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marga’s is brian’s wife?

I wonder what this tune is doing here. Utterly nothing whatsoever ITM about it at all, and so obviously a new composition.

So?

Most people would consider Brian Finnegan relevant to Irish traditional music whether his music is to their taste or not.

Amen, bogman.

I listened to this and I couldn’t believe the time signature. It’s perfect.