Key: F
Form: 6/8 Jig
ABC:
X:1 T:Sustainers C:c. 2021 David A. Kaynor M:6/8 L:1/8 K:F |:"F"F2G AGF |Acd c2c |"Bb" d2f gfd |"F"c3-c Bc| "Bb" d2f "Gm" gfd | "F"c2f "Dm"cAF | |1 "Gm" G2c "G" dc=B |\ "C"c2A BAG:|2"Gm"GAB "C7"ABG | "F"F3ABc || |:"Bb" d2b bfd|"F"c2a afc|"Gm"B2g "C7"ecB|"F"A3 f2A | "Bb"B2g "C7"ecB | "F"A3 "Dm"fcA |1"Gm"G2c "G" dc=B | \ "C"c3ABc :|2" Gm"GAB "C7" ABG | " F"F3F3|]
MP3: (played by Rebecca R Weiss)
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The following three MP3 files are Sustainers as arranged by Music Director Peter Macfarlane for the Vermont Fiddle Orchestra in 2021.
MP3: (Melody emphasis)
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MP3: (Harmony emphasis)
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MP3: (Melody played slowly for learning)
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Sheet Music: Click image to enlarge. To download, right-click in enlarged image and "Save as...".
Melody as notated by David Kaynor. See Notes below.
Melody, arrangement Peter Macfarlane
Harmonies, arrangement Peter Macfarlane
Bass clef & cello part, arrangement Peter Macfarlane
Sheet Music in PDF:
Sustainers, D Kaynor
Sustainers – Melody, P. Macfarlane
Sustainers – Harmonies, P. Macfarlane
Sustainers – Bass Clef & Cello, P. Macfarlane
YouTube:
Source: David A Kaynor
Other Tunes in Set:
Region: USA, New England
Notes: Composed in 2021 by David Kaynor on an eye gaze computer using EasyABC while dealing with ALS. He says, “This is my first composition in over a year, called Sustainers. I hope it’s fun to play, easy on the ears, and works as a musical tribute to the Care Team: Rebecca Hollingsworth, Will Quale, Asa DeRoode, and Rebecca Weiss. They, along with many others, have sustained me through the heartbreaking losses brought about by ALS. With her fiddle skills, straight-ahead musicality, and patience, Rebecca Weiss has been a voice for the music which seems to endure within me. This has been strongly sustaining in and of itself.”
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