Ar an Feadóg tá ....

Ar an Feadóg tá 6 Pól
chun Ceol a Seineadh
agus is as é sin atá
cuireadh le cheile
mó Coras fein chun
Ceol a Scriobh siós
ar Pháipear !!!!

On a Tinwhistle/Pennywhistle
usually there are 6 fingerholes
and out of that and out of necessity
I have come up with and developed
a very simple system and way
that allows me to write
on Paper the Music that
I am Composing and Playing !!!!

when I have more Time available
I will go into greater detail
describing how It works and also
I intend to give Examples !!!!

- As I said It is Very Simple:-

-for Every Note I Write a Number
and It commences from "O"[i.e.Zero]Upwards
- as for the Notes that correspond with
the Black/Ebony Notes[-that One encounters
on a Piano]? - I refer to them as:-'Half-Notes'

- Of course in Classic Music Theorey
there is the whole matter of
the Speed and the Rhythm of the Music
and the Emphasis to be placed on Each Note

and Yes I am Working on and Developing It !!!!

- What follows will be a few simple Examples
and when I get the time and oppurtunity? -
I will return to these Samples and 'Polish'
them up:- as in make them more Accurate !!!!

1)"Macalla Shenandoah/Echoe of Shenandoah"
{-the Opening Notes of this Air came to me
last year during the middle of a lecture on
the Music course.-I was quitely Humming these
Opening Notes over and over again to myself
rather than paying attention to the lecture
- and these Opening Notes made me Wonder ????
"Is this Air an Echoe of that Famous American
Melody'Shenandoah'?"-It certainly felt like it
- Yet this Air is totally differeNt to'Shenadoah'
and there is also a Very Scottish feel to It !!!!
- Usually I play this Air in the key of "C" when
I play it on the Whistle - Yet I often Actually
Like to Sing It - It is One of my Favourite Airs !!!!}

- " Macalla Shenandoah "
--------------------
3, 1, O, 1, 2, 3, 4[-long exhalation on 4],
3, 4, 5, O[-L.Ex.on O],-(Orn.-3, 5, O, 4, 3, 5,)

-Takes off:-
- 7, 8, 7, 8, 7, 4, - 3, 4, 5, 7, 3, 5,
- 3, 4, 3, 1, - 3, 4, 5, 4,0,
- 2,3, 4, 5, 2[-L.Ex.on 2], 1, 3,
- 3, 1, O, 1, 2, 3, 4[-L.Ex on 4], 5, 4, 3,2,1,
-(-Finishing Echoe and Orn. 3, 5, 3, 2,)

Now this has been a very rushed depiction of
my 'D.I.Y' Music Notation and of course more
than likely I have typed in inaccuracies and
when the oppurtunity presents itself?- I will
return to this Posting and Correct Any Mistakes

-As for the Method/System ?
-The Numbers correspond to the Finger-Holes on Whistle
-The Lowest Note is "O" - The First Finger-Hole is "1"


Use Your Musical Intuition !!!!
-the assemblage of Notes will suggest the Rhythm
and the Emphasis required for Each Note !!!!




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