This is a Scottish slow air written by Phil Cunningham. Usan is a fishing village south of Montrose, not a reference to the Korean city! I am playing it in D major, doubling the melody on mandocello an octave down on the repeat. Transcription at The Session: https://thesession.org/tunes/17375 1921 Gibson Ajr mandolin Suzuki MC-815 mandocello Vintage Viaten tenor guitar https://youtu.be/X7T2VkQIQco X: 2 T: Eleanor Of Usan R: Slow air M: 4/4 L: 1/8 K: Dmaj A,DE"D"|:F4FA,DE|"Bm"F2"A"E4"D"FA|"G"B2"A"A2"D"FE" E7"D2| "A"E4EA,DE|"D" F4FA,DE|"Bm" F2"A"E4"D"FA| "G"B2Ad"A"F2E2|1 "D"D4A,DE:|2 "D"D4DABc|| "Bm"d4ddcA|"G"c2B2"A"A3F|"D"A2F2"Em"FED2|"A"E4EABc | "Bm"d4ddcA|"G"c2B2"D"A3A,|"Em"B,E3"E7"E3D|"A"E 4 EA,DE| "D"F4FA,DE|"Bm"F2"A"E4"D"FA|"G"B2"A"A2 "D"FE"E7"D2| "A"E4EA,DE|"D"F4FA,DE|"Bm"F2"A"E4"D"FA|"G"B2Ad"A"F 2E2|"D"D8| For an all-star performance (Phil with Aly Bain, Jerry Douglas, Donal Lunny etc) from the Transatlantic Sessions see here. Martin
What a beautiful slow air, Martin. Well performed with your instruments.
And here's the same beautiful air with a second mandolin. Nigel Gatherer also offers a mandocello part. The arrangement can be found under Airs https://www.nigelgatherer.com/tunes/tunes/E/EUsan.html
Missed you version from back in May, Martin. Lovely tune and well played. I like the melody added an octave down on the repeat. Christian, fine performance as usual. It is a great tune.
What a lovely tune. I like the second added melody CC ! Nicely played.
Your two mandolin version sounds incredible, Christian.
Thanks a lot John, Ginny and Frithjof.
Lovely, Christian -- I had not seen that harmony version from Nigel and may try it myself, possibly for our group. Thanks for the kind comments on my version from May, too. It's another of Phil's lovely melodies. Martin
Mr. Cunningham has certainly inspired some fine tributes here on SAW. Well done gentlemen!
Stunning, Christian! That second melody works so well.
