SOURCE VERSIONS AND NOTES ON FOLDER 66 TUNES
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X:66023
P:variations (source unknown)
|: B3 BAB | dBB BGE | D2A AGA | d2A AGE |
D2B BAB | dBB BAG | ABd BAB |1 FEE EDE :|2 FEE E2f ||
|: geB efg | f2d def | gfg aga | bge e2f |
gag gfe | ded ABd | gBB dBA |1 B2G GBd :|2 B2G AFD |E6|]

X:66024
While flat keys present no problem for Luke's Klingon 23-Row Laser-Powered piano-accordion, I transposed this into a friendlier key for the rest of us. In the process I had to do some arranging, so my setting isn't a 100% note-for-note transposition of the original (which appears below for those interested).  By the way - if you can manage an A-sharp in m.11, go for it! (Sub-note: this tune was in the "Music's the Very Best Thing" tunebook in G, which produced a setting of limited use to treble instruments.)
P:original in Bb
K:Bb
B,/B,/| B,DF Bdf | bc'b agf | geg fdB | efe c2 B,/B,/ |
B,DF Bdf | CEG ceg | agf edc | AFA B2 :|
G/G/ | GBd gdB | ded cBA | BGB A^FA | GAG F2 B,/B,/ |
B,DF Bdf | CEG ceg | agf edc | AFA B2 :|

X:66047
BB note:
1: I once made the fruitless effort of trying to persuade Luke that this tune 
made a better hornpipe than reel. He didn't agree (naturally). Try it both ways 
and see which you prefer! (See instructions below)
2: The <d> in m.11 is <^d> in the original. If you can manage it, go for it!
3: To make a hornpipe of this:
- reduce Q: speed to 150
- type in "%swing .25" (no quotes) below the K: field
- bake in a medium oven for 20 minutes

X:66026
Composer's note:
"A sequel of sorts to "Two Weeks to Wait" I submitted last time, works nicely if you are okay with a hornpipe to reel transition.  After you've waited the two weeks sign you're looking for is a certain hormone doubling every day or two." (BB note: "Two Weeks to Wait" is in this file, #66079).

X:66028
"variations"
|efe dBA|BAG EDB,|B,DG Eed|BAG ABd|
ege dBA|BAG EDB,|B,DG Eed|BAF E3:|
|e3 gfe|beg fed|Beg beg|fed e2f|
g2f edB|AFD FGA|d2e fed|BAF E3:|

X:66101
Original setting:
K:Bb
dc | BdFB DFBd | fbdf BdcB | cecB AFAc | agfa gfdc |
BdFB DFBd | fbdf BdcB | GABc defg | agcA B2 :|
cB | Afcf Afcf | AFAc fcAF | dfBf dfBf | dBdf bfdB |
egcg egcg | eceg bgec | fefa gfeg | f2f2 "_DC"f2 :|
BB note:
1: This is another version of this well-known Scots hornpipe. Hugh's manuscript has it in Bb, which is probably the original key. Above version in G is intended to make it more accessible to the 98.23% of trad musicians who don't want to know from Bb (as we say in Brooklyn).
2: Hugh's setting of mm 13-14 doesn't include the E-natural to provide the distinctive "Vth of V" sound that's normally associated with this tune. I have corrected that in the key of G version above.

X:66025
%Source part 3:
%a2 c'a eac'b|ac'ba eac'a|b2 d'b fbd'c'|bd'c'b fbd'b|
%c'2 e'c' ac'e'd'|c'e'd'c' ac'e'c'|b2 d'b fbd'c'|bd'c'b fbd'b|
%a2 c'a eac'b|ac'ba eac'a|b2 d'b fbd'c'|bd'c'b fbd'b|
%c'2 e'c' ac'e'd'|c'e'd'c' ac'e'c'|b2 bc' d'2 d'c'|be e2-e4|]

X:66066
BB note:
1: Jimmy Shand was the well-known Scots piano-accordion player and band leader who made many recordings in the course of his career. He passed away in 2000 but there's enough of his material on YouTube to give you an idea of his sound. I can't tell from the source if this is an original composition of his or not.
2: I'm not sure exactly how this tune is to be played. Hornpipe/fling is my idea. Note that part 2 had twelve measures according to the manuscript notation. I've converted that to two four-measure endings as shown above.

X:66074
%Composer's note:
%"Written as a wedding present for Nellie Schrantz Osantowski 
%and Scott Osantowski.  I've known Nellie since she was an Irish 
%dancing and fiddling teenager; now she is my son's fiddle teacher."

X:66124
%Composer's note:
" 'Readingwood' was a fictional 17th C. Anglo-Irish manor house 
%in a novel a friend of mine never wrote. She became a painter 
%instead. (She liked the tune, though.)"

X:66098
%Composer's note:
%"This is named after a race horse who, after she retired from 
%racing, lived in a stable on the property where I now live, and 
%was used for riding lessons." 

X:66018
%Composer's note:
%"This was a bit of music written originally for the production 
%of a Brian Friel play which never got staged. As such it isn't 
%actually dance music, unless one were to consider it a 6/8 setdance. 
%In short short A-part is what I heard in my head when it was created, 
%and so it is what it is."

X:66162
%Composer's performance : 
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/y1etiu2smwvi0xidu0g6q/HB-Uncle-Festers-Reel-Final-26-11-2024-1.mp4?rlkey=yf4sivmoja0b4uoiwu84uoi6w&st=a3awerxh&dl=0

X:66080
%From Dave Macadam: 
%"This tune is said to have something to do with 'a wild session 
%of music, dance and lobster pots' in the back of an ambulance 
%on the Isle of Vatersay, Outer Hebrides." 
%[BB interjection: Wait, what?]