"The Spey in Spate", a traditional tune in Scotland. Normally it's played on a fiddle or banjo etc but it's not too difficult to play on the guitar, if you start slowly. I've included chords to be played as an accompaniment by your friend: make sure he/she provides a strong rhythm without drowning out the melody. This tune is a 2/4 reel - there are 8 semi-quavers (also known as sixteenth notes) per bar (measure). These are marked as dots underneath each bar. Bars 9, 11 and 13 start with a pair of demi-semi-quavers (thirty-secondths?). The 3 notes in the intro bar (also to be played as part of the last bar if repeating the tune) should be played as a triplet. Hopefully I will post some more traditional Scots/Irish tunes arranged for guitar, if anyone's interested. Intro bar |----------------- |----------------- |----------------- |----------------- |-------------024- |----------------- . . . . . . . . D D Em A7 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-0------------- B-----------------|-3-2-0-----------|---------------0-|-----2----------- G---------------2-|-------2-1-2-----|-----0-------0---|-------2-0------- D-0---4-0---0-4---|-------------4-0-|-2-----2---2-----|-----------2----- A---------0-------|-----------------|---------2-------|-------------4-0- E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D D G D A7 Bm D A7 D E-----------------|---------------2-|-3-0-2---0-------|----------------- B-----------------|-3---2---0-------|-------3---2-3-0-|-------------0-2- G---------------2-|-------------2---|-----------------|-2---0-----2----- D-0---4-0---0-4---|---0---0---0-----|-----------------|---4---2-0------- A---------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D D Em A7 E-----2-----------|---------2-5-3-2-|-000-3-0---0-----|---------0-3-2-0- B-333---3---3-----|-------3---------|---------0-----0-|-------2--------- G---------2-----2-|-----2-----------|-------------0---|-----2----------- D-------------4---|-0-4-------------|-----------------|---2------------- A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-4--------------- E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D D G D A7 Bm D A7 D E-----2-----------|---------2-5-3-2-|-3-0-2---0-------|----------------- B-333---3---3-----|-------3---------|-------3---2-3---|----------------- G---------2-----2-|-----2-----------|---------------0-|-2---0----------- D-------------4---|-0-4-------------|-----------------|---4---2-0------- A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ________________________________________________________________________ Malcolm Hannah (eermih@dct.ac.uk) Dundee, Scotland