Arduous research in dusty attics and archives has revealed, Francis,
that I regret it's not a strathspey, more a sort of rhythmic unravelling.
I couldn't find anything called "The Rotting of the Cotton Threads" as
such, but this obviously fairly corrupt version called "The Rotting of
the Threads", which is pretty close, I'm sure you'll agree, turned up
among the yellowing manuscripts.
It will be seen that the rhythms perhaps reflect the progressive
degeneration of the instrument... though I feel that the copyist has
perhaps put them in reverse order, so that rather than losing a beat
each time, the idee fixe actually gains one.
Strange, and rather sad, really.
It was hard to read the writing, but I think I transcribed it correctly.
If anyone has a better written out version I'll be delighted to see it.
I copy it below in abc's
X:1
T: The Rotting of the Threads
C:Trad?
M:3/4
Q:120
L:1/8
K:G
|:.gA.g.c e/2d/2c/2A/2|.gA.gB d/2B/2A/2G/2|.EAB.c e/2c/2B/2A/2|.DAB.c
d/2B/2A/2G/2:|
M:7/8
|: .gA.gB.c e/2d/2c/2B/2|.gA.gA.B d/2B/2A/2G/2|\
M:3/4
.EAB.c e/2c/2B/2A/2 | .DAB.c d/2B/2A/2G/2:||:/
M:4/4
.gA.gA B.ce/2d/2c/2A/2|.gA.gA B.cd/2B/2A/G/2|
M:3/4
.EAB.c e/2c/2B/2A/2 |. DAB.c d/2B/2A/2G/2:||:/
M:9/8
.gAg .ABc .ee/2c/2B/2A/2|.gAg .ABc .dd/2B/2A/2G/2|
M:3/4
.EAB.c e/2c/2B/2A/2| .DABc .d/2B/2A/2G/2:|
Best wishes,
Richard.
On 15/01/2011 00:07, Francis Wood wrote:
A Strathspey, surely?
Francis
On 14 Jan 2011, at 23:57, gibbonssoi...@aol.com wrote:
Is 'The rotting of the cotton threads' the title of a tune I haven't
learned yet?
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