The Lively Bard. Twenty Up-Tempo Arrangements of Welsh Airs Based on Collected Tunes of Edward Jones Harper to King George IV

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1 The Livey Bard Twenty Up-Tempo Arrangements of Wesh Airs Based on oected Tunes of Edward Jones Harper to King George IV or ute or Vioin With Lever Harp Accompaniment (Lever Harp Tuned in Eb or Bb) With Guitar hords by Darhon Rees-Rohrbacher DM A Dragonfower Music Pubication

2 This pubication was printed and distributed by: Afghan Press Music for Harp ypress, TX This book of arrangements is dedicated to my Wesh paterna ancestor, Rees Rees, who eft Waes and setted in Atoona, PA, where he purchased 300 acres of farmand. His former property is now the site of the Penn State Atoona campus. Back cover doube dragon ogo by Stan E. Moreand, Jr. of Lockport, NY. Arranging, typesetting, ayout and editing by Darhon Rees-Rohrbacher. Harp proofreading and additiona editing assistance provided by Thom Dutton, Mary Radspinner and rank Votz. ute part editing assistance provided by Meanie hirignan. 208 Dragonfower Music. A rights reserved. (ASAP) or mechanica icensing permission (sound recording) of this pubication, contact Dragonfower Music. The current statutory rate as charged by the Harry ox Agency in New York ity wi usuay appy to such requests. There are many ega and ethica reasons why copyrighted music shoud not be photocopied. The main reason to avoid photocopying is so that the incentive to compose new works is not destroyed. However, DM understands the pight of harpists and harpers who want to pay ony a few seections and prefer to not risk damaging or osing the entire origina book. Therefore, the owner of this pubication is permitted to make one photocopy of any arrangement contained herein for persona use. Any other photocopying of this pubication without the express written consent of the pubisher may be a vioation of copyright aws. This book is aso avaiabe as a PD downoad. Downoadabe music is subject to a copyright aws, incuding those that govern photocopying. Thank you for respecting musicians' work by not making photocopies for others. To the best of our knowedge, none of the meodies used in this pubication are under current copyright as they are 200+ years od. If we have inadvertenty used a copyrighted meody, the copyright hoder shoud contact Dragonfower Music immediatey so that appropriate acknowedgement can be given and standard royaties paid. ISBN dragonfowermusic@gmai.com ii

3 Tabe of ontents. nott y oed (The Wood-Bunch) 2. Tros y Garreg (Over the Rock) 3 3. risia Ground (The rysta Ground) 5 4. Bodau y Gorewin (owers of the West) 7 5. farwe Dic Bibydd (Dick the Piper s arewe) 9 6. Agoriad ywair (The Opening of the Key) 7. Trichant o Bunnau (Three Hundred Pounds) 3 8. Y Gŵr a i arch (The Man and His Horse) 5 9. Mopsi Dôn: yr Hn ford (Mopsy s Tune: The Od Way) 7 0. Yr Hn Rogero Bengoch (Od Roger Red Po) 9. Mwynen Machno (The Enjoyment of Machno) 2 2. Tysig (The Beauty) ymro o B e? (A Weshman from Where?) Troiad y Droe (Turning of the Spinning Whee) Y Tŷ Trwy r fenest (The House through the Window) udyn Gwyn (White Lock of Hair) 3 7. Bodeu Gwynedd (owers of Gwynedd) Hea r Ysgyfarnog (Hunting the Hare) Bodeu r Grùg (Booms of the Heather) Y Derwydd (The Druid) 39 Wesh airs used in this pubication were coected by Edward Jones (75-824), harper to King George IV. Jones was born in North Waes and in about 775 moved to London where he enjoyed a neary 50-year career as composer, arranger, performer, and teacher. He aso coected rare books, manuscripts and musica instruments. Jones was a proific coector and arranger of meodies and is best remembered for his three-voume work caed Musica and Poetica Reicks of the Wesh Bards ( ). I have adapted Jones arrangements for meody instrument with ever harp accompaniment. Guitar chords are incuded so that the meody may be payed by any instrument, accompanied by chords on harp, ute, guitar or keyboard. In addition, the meody coud be payed as a harp soo, adding the chords to the eft hand. These airs have been paced in progressive key order to create a satisfying Wesh set that faciitates ever (or peda) changes. This order aso faciitates paying 2-4 tunes in succession as a Wesh medey. A tunes were typeset to fit exacty on two facing pages to eiminate any page turns within a piece. Some meodies were transposed from their origina keys to better suit the range of the fute. Tunes may be taken up the octave where desired, such as on repeated sections. The harp range needed to pay a of the accompaniments in this coection exacty as written is ony 26 strings (-G). There are no ever changes within pieces in this entire coection, ony ever pre-sets. iii

4 ú Arr. D. Rees-Rohrbacher (ASAP). nott y oed (The Wood-Bunch) oected by Edward Jones (Bard to King George IV). Vn. Hp. Poco Aegro q = 92 B b B b Gm bb./vn. enter on repeat 2 4 Î ä 7 ä bb 2 4 _ p? bb 2 { P 4 P Ó { Dm m B bb b 7 B b 7. B b 2. B b ä. ä bb. ä. ä P..? bb ä Ó ä 6 P bb Gm B b ä Gm bb ú ú P? bb { ú bb 7 ä Dm E b j B b Eb B b B b ú bb ú ú? bb P f ú Ó Dragonfower Music. A rights reserved.

5 ú_ ú _ ú_ ú _ 5 Arr. D. Rees-Rohrbacher (ASAP) 8. Y Gŵr a'i arch (The Man and his Horse) Note: Transposed from origina key of E-fat major oected by Edward Jones (Bard to King George IV). Vn. Hp. Aegro q = 96 b 4 3 B b B b 7 b 4 3 Î Î Î Î? b 4 3 { _ Ó b Gm _ 7 b ú ú ú ú ú. f (ord.)? b { ú ú ú Ó 5 b Gm 7 b p? b 9 b Gm 7 b Î ú Î p Î? ú_ b ú _ ú ú ú Dragonfower Music. A rights reserved.

6 39 Arr. D. Rees-Rohrbacher (ASAP) 20. Y Derwydd (The Druid) oected by Edward Jones (Bard to King George IV). Vn. Hp. Aegro q. = Dm G ? 6 { P Dm G. _. j.. j j. j. P f? Ó. 5 G 7 G J. J. J. J. { p?..... p... 9 G 7 G _... p. ú.?.. f.. Ó.. ú Dragonfower Music. A rights reserved.