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X:1
T:Tune For Gabi
L:1/8
M:7/8
C:© 1985 Bing Lyle
N:Such a clever tune. Each bar is in 7/8, but alternating between 2-2-3 and 3-2-2 which is
N:unusual, and makes it a bit hard to pin down, while remaing utterly regular. Moreover, each
N:part is a slightly smaller copy of the part that precedes it. The underlying motif is long
N:enough so that this isn't necessarily obvious, but the effect is slightly claustrophobic and
N:spiralling. Overall it can be a little bit disorienting and makes very good use of the Phrygian
N:Mode without falling into cliché.
N:Bing and I recorded this tune on our 1995 album We Are Melting. You can order a CD copy from
N:benpaley.com/shop, or buy the album for downloadfrom my Bandcamp page —
N:benpaley-fiddle.bandcamp.com — to hear Bing's nifty and interesting harmonisation.
N:Decide for yourself whether or not to repeat each part, or do as Bing and I did, and do both.
Q:1/4=175
D:Bing Lyle and Ben Paley, "We Are Melting", 1995
Z:Ben Paley <ben.paley@benpaley.com>
K:E Phrygian
P:A
|| B2 B2 AGA | BAG FG FE | DE FD E2E | BcB AB cA |
B3B AGA | BAG FG FE | DE FD E2E | BcB AB cA |
Bc dB e2e | ded cd cB | AB cA BAG | FGF E2 E2 ||
P:B
|| DE FD E2E | BcB AB cA | B3B AGA | BAG FG FE | DE FD E2E |
BcB AB cA | Bc dB e2e | ded cd cB | AB cA BAG | FGF E2 E2 ||
P:C
|| B3B AGA | BAG FG FE | DE FD E2E | BcB AB cA |
Bc dB e2e | ded cd cB | AB cA BAG | FGF E2 E2 ||
P:D
|| DE FD E2E | BcB AB cA | Bc dB e2e |
ded cd cB | AB cA BAG | FGF E2 E2 |]