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Issue 3261: Tune Unfinished

Object
Miss Frances Martin Medley (Recording)
Submitter
Iain Boyd
Assigned to
Anselm Lingnau
Priority
Normal
Disposition
Ignored
Description

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”.