Longford Collector / Sailor's Bonnet

  1. Bertram Henze
    Bertram Henze
    Jill once said these two belong after Tarbolton, so I investigated. Played those two for several months now but never recorded them. So here goes:



    ABCs from thesession.org:

    X: 1
    T: Longford Collector, The
    M: 4/4
    L: 1/8
    R: reel
    K: Gmaj
    G3A Bcdg|e~B3 eBdB|~G3A B2dB|ABBA GEDE|
    ~G3A Bcdg|e~B3 d2ef|~g3f gedB|ABBA GEDE|
    G3A Bcdg|e~B3 eBdB|~G3A B2dB|ABBA GEDE|
    ~G3A Bcdg|e~B3 d2ef|~g3f gedB|ABBA GEED||
    ~g3f gedg|e~B3 d2ef|~g2gf gedB|ABBA GEED|
    ~g3f gedg|e~B3 d2ef|gbaf gedB|ABBA GEED|
    ~g2gf gedg|e~B3 d2ef|~g3g gedB|ABBA GEED|
    ~g3f gedg|e~B3 d2ef|gbaf gedB|ABBA GEDE||

    X: 1
    T: Sailor's Bonnet, The
    M: 4/4
    L: 1/8
    R: reel
    K: Dmaj
    A2 FA d~f3|dfef d~B3| A2 FA dfef|1 dBAF ADDB :|2 dBAF ADD2||
    |:~a3 a afef|afef d~B3|fb (3bbb bafa|bfaf feef|
    b~f3 afed|afef d~B3|(3ABA FA dfef |1 dBAF ADD2 :|2 dBAF ADDB||

    Sailor's Bonnet is somewhat funny because of the short A part, but that's as it is played in sessions everywhere.
  2. Jill McAuley
    Jill McAuley
    Nice job on those two Bertram!!
  3. Bertram Henze
    Bertram Henze
    Thanks Jill, and now I am looking forward to your rendition
  4. Marcelyn
    Marcelyn
    That's an amazing pace, and I love the big bass drone.
  5. Bertram Henze
    Bertram Henze
    Thanks Marcelyn - the bass and the pace are my usual ways
  6. Tavy
    Tavy
    Nice one Bertram - cracking sound you're getting out of your OM.
  7. Barbara Shultz
    Barbara Shultz
    Here is a slightly different version of the tune. I found this in a book I have, Irish Session Tunes, The Blue Book, selected by Brid Cranitch.

    X: 1
    T: Longford Collector, The
    M: 4/4
    L: 1/8
    S: Irish Session Tunes, The Blue Book, selected by Brid Cranitch
    R: reel
    K: Gmaj
    |:G3A B3d|eBB2 eBdB|GFGA BddB|AdBA GEDE|
    G3A B3d|eBB2 d2ef|g2af gedB|1AdBA GEDE:|2AdBA GE E2||
    |:g3a gedg|eBB2 d2ef|gfga gedB|AdBA GEE2|
    gfga gedg|eBB2 d2ef|g2af gedB|1AdBA GEDE:|2AdBA GE E2||
  8. Bertram Henze
    Bertram Henze
    Thanks Tavy.

    Barb, that's exactly the kind of slight difference that makes me listen in a session - all dumbfounded and thinking "I know this tune, but what is it?" - only to recognize it and join in when it's too late.
  9. Barbara Shultz
    Barbara Shultz
    Bertram, it's almost the same thing, but for me, at least, it's easier to figure out how insert the triplet ornamentations, if the "~" (which is left out of the abc I sent), is over a quarter note.... since that is how I learned triplet ornamentations... that it was a triplet (3 notes) in place of a quarter note. It just throws me off, to have the "~" over a dotted quarter note! By the way, the book I got it from, is arranged in 'sets', and this one is Tarlbolton Reel, The Longford Collector, and Sailor's Bonnet! Jill must know her stuff!
  10. Martin Whitehead
    Martin Whitehead
    Wowsa Bertram! I think I saw smoke rising from the fretboard.
  11. Bertram Henze
    Bertram Henze
    Well Barb, I must admit that I always strip all the ornaments from any ABC before I start to practice a new tune. So I never saw those "~" in action.

    Martin, that must have been a camera artefact
    What I sometimes think I see are tiny electric sparks under my fretting fingers, but it is really just light reflected from the dents in the frets - time for refretting draws near.
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