The Minstrel’s Strain (Cainc Y Datgeiniad)



Key: D

Form: March? Can you help?

MP3: Played slowly, then up to speed by Sarah Hotchkiss and John Mowad

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Sheet Music: Click image to enlarge.

A sheet music page with several notes and numbers.

Melody & harmony with chord changes suggested by John Mowad and Sarah Hotchkiss

A sheet music page with several notes and numbers.

Melody with new chords and tab

A sheet music page with several notes and numbers.

Simplified tab for fiddle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sheet Music in PDF:
Minstrel’s Strain with chord changes
Minstrel’s Strain Melody with new chords and Tab
Minstrel’s Strain Simplified Tab for fiddle

ABC: Do you know a source of ABC notation for this tune? Can you help?

YouTube: The song, played on the harp as the song is sung in Welsh over this melody:

Source: Trad.

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Region: Wales

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