Issue 3261: Tune Unfinished
- Object
- Miss Frances Martin Medley (Recording)
- Submitter
- Iain Boyd
- Assigned to
- Anselm Lingnau
- Priority
- Normal
- Disposition
- Ignored
- Description
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Please add the following note to Extra Info -
“Note that bar 32 of ‘Compliments to Miss Martin’ (the tune for the first reel figure) has been cut short.”
Previous Actions
- Date Sept. 11, 2023, 4:24 a.m.
- User Unknown
New issue submitted
- Date Sept. 11, 2023, 10:22 a.m.
- User Murrough Landon (murrough)
Assigned changed to “murrough” (previously “None”)
Disposition changed to “Needs help” (previously “New”)
I have that recording and just listened to it. I agree the transition sounds a bit abrupt but does seem to keep the right time when starting the strathspey whereas in some medleys it can seem as though there is an extra pause.
I am not a musician but often the last bar is just beats 1,2,3 and a pause before the final chord. I assume this is intended to match the opening where there is usually a “pickup note” one beat before the first bar.
So Im not convinced this is a recording error. But it would be good if someone with greater musical knowledge could give an opinion.
- Date Sept. 11, 2023, 11:57 a.m.
- User Anselm Lingnau (anselm)
Assigned changed to “anselm” (previously “murrough”)
Disposition changed to “Ignored” (previously “Needs help”)
I listened to the recording and it seems fine to me – as Murrough notes, the transition sounds a bit abrupt, but there is certainly nothing missing from bar 32 of the reel tune. Closing the issue as “Ignored”.