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Theme code Index
1H3H5H3H 4H3H75
Also known as
Bang Up (1) , Ca Nos Ta Do Matair?
Composer/Core Source
Region
Ireland
Genre/Style
Irish
Meter/Rhythm
March/Marche
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
6/8
History
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:P.H. Hughes
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Gems from the Emerald Isle
Tune and/or Page number
No. 84, p. 19
Year of publication/Date of MS
c. 1860's
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score (1 )
X:1
T:How is your mother?
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:March
S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1829
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
A | d2d f2f | a2a f2d | g2e f2d | cde ABc |
d2d f2f | a2a f2d | g2e f2d | ABc d2 :|
|: A | F2A E2A | F2A d2c | B2d A2d | cde A2G |
F2A E2A | F2A d2c | Bed cBc | d3 d2 :||
X:1
T:How is your mother
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Single jig or air
B:P.H. Hughes - Gems from the Emerald Isle (c. 1860's, No. 84, p. 19)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
A|d2d f2f|a2a f2d|g2e f2d|cde ABc|
d2d f2f|a2a f2d|g2e f2e|ABc d2:|
|:A|F2A E2A|F2A d2c|B2d A2d|cde A2G|
F2A E2A|F2A d2c|Bed cBc|d3 [F3d3]:|]