An instrumental version of the Irish song, the Lark in the Clear Air, with low harmony.
Here’s the video of just the tune:
And finally, the tune with the chords:
The Lark in the Clear Air
Month: January 2024
Tunes with swung rhythms
We took our recent tunes, The Great North Run and Ger the Rigger, and tried swinging the rhythm to give them more of a hornpipe feel. I’ve come across both tunes played this way, so it really is a case of two for the price of one!
The Great North Run
The Great North Run by Robert Whitehead, a fabulous tune to potentially go with Ger the Rigger.
Ger the Rigger
A cheerful tune to start our term, Irish polka Ger the Rigger. This tune appears in the 1976 book Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. 2. Here are the basic dots, with an additional ornamented/varied version:
Here is the tune and harmony:
Here’s a slow and a faster version, with the riff at the end:
Here is the riff we tried (this will be developed next week!):
Finally here’s a fantastic version of the tune, it has more of a swing to it and a really lovely groove.
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