Workshop Information

Recently, we have been trialling running a short tune-learning workshop at the beginning of each session. This involves spending 30-40 minutes learning a new tune by ear. The idea is to increase the confidence of the sessioners for playing tunes by ear and relying less on the music. After we have learned a tune, we will post notes about the tune we learned here.

The tunes here should all be shown as scores. If they're not then it could be your browser doesn't support the library used to draw the music. You can probably see the ABC notation used to generate the music. I'm trying to add PDFs to all the music so you can download that to see the score. Alternatively, use a new browser!

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2021.12.10 - Dusty Windowsills (Jig)

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X: 1
T: Dusty Windowsills
R: Jig
S: Johnny Harling
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Ador
|:A2B cBA|eAB cBA|GAG EGG|DGG EFG|
A2B cBA|e2d efg|age dBG|ABA A3:|
a3 age|dBd g3|gag gfe|dBA GFG|
EGG DGG|EFG ABc|Bed BAG|ABA A3:|
A2A gAf|A2A gAf|G2G eGd|G2G edB|
A2A gAf|A2d efg|age dBG|ABA A3:|

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2021.11.12 - The Spotted Dog (jig)

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X: 1
T: The Spotted Dog
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
|:EAA ABc|BAF AFE|FBB Bce|faf ecA|
EAA ABc|BAF Ace|f2a e2a | ABc B2A :|
|:cee ece|fec ecA|cee ecA|EFA B2A|
cee ece|fec e2e|f2a e2a|ABc B2A:|

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2021.10.08 - The Flowing Bowl (reel)

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X:1
T: The Flowing Bowl
M: 4/4
R: reel
L: 1/8
K: D
"G" gfed "A"cA~A2 | cA dA cA ~A2 | "G"gfed "A"cA~A2 | fage "D"d2 ef | 
"G"gfed "A"cA~A2 | cA dA cA ~A2 | "G"gfed "A"cA~A2 | fage "D"d2 Ac |
"D"d2 fd Ad fd | d2 fa "A"gecA | "D"d2 fd Ad fa | "A"gece ed dc | 
"D"d2 fd Ad fd | d2 fa "A"gecA | "D"d2 fd Ad fd | "A"fa ge "D"d2 ef |

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