Misirlou

"Misirlou" (The Egyptian Girl") is a Greek song, copyrighted by P. Roubanis in 1934 but certainly older.  It's best known in the West these days as the theme for the movie "Pulp Fiction" - the version used there is the wonderful Californian surf-rock arrangement by Dick Dale and the Deltones.

Dick Dale's version

The scale it it uses is known as "zirguleli hijaz" in Turkish and "mayamalavagaula" or "bhairavi" in Indian music - centred on E as here, the F and C are natural but the G and D are sharpened.  This scale was known in ancient Greece, but in this song, it came via the Ottoman Empire.

MIDI

ABC:

X:0
T:Misirlou
Z:Jack Campin, http://www.campin.me.uk
F:http://octunes.blogspot.com
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=120
K:EPhr ^G^D
E3 F G2A2|B3 c d2c2|B8-|B8  :|
cB2c B2A2|BA2B A2G2|G8-|G8   |
BA2B A2G2|GF2G F2E2|E8-|E8  :|
A8-      |A6     GA|B8-|B6 AB|\
c6     Bc|d6     cd|e8-|e8   |
fe2f e2d2|ed2e d2c2|B8-|B8   |
dc2d c2B2|BA2B G2F2|E8-|E8  :|
c6     Bc|d6     cd|e8-|e8-  |e8-|ez3 z4|]

The Hunt

This is an Irish tune used for a hornpipe-like set dance.  It's normally played in G.  This covers the whole range of a 10-hole C ocarina, so use one in D if you want to play with (most) other people.

danced performance

MIDI

ABC:

X:0
T:The Hunt
Z:Jack Campin, http://www.campin.me.uk
F:http://octunes.blogspot.com
G:Irish hornpipe or set dance
N:usually played in G
M:C|
L:1/8
Q:1/2=74
K:F
C/D/E|F>G AG/F/ G>F D>F| B2 B>d c>B A>G|F>G AG/F/ G>FD>C|D>G G>F G>B A>G|
      F>G AG/F/ G>F D>F| B2 B>d c>B A>G|F>G A>F   G>FD>C|D>F F>G F2    :|
C/D/E|F>G A>B   c2  cd |_e2 e2  e2  d>c|d2  d2    d>ef>d|c2  c>d c2  B>A|
      B>A B>c   d>c B>A| G2 G>A G2  F2 |f2  f2    f>dc>A|G2  G>A G2  F>D|
      F>G AG/F/ G>F D>F| B2 B>d c>B A>G|F>G A>F   G>FD>C|D<F F>E     F2|]

Maria Elena

This is a Mexican song from 1932 by Lorenzo Barcelata, named after the wife of the president of Mexico from 1928 to 1930, Emilio Portes Gil (best known for standing up to the US and giving asylum to the defeated General Agusto Sandino of Nicaragua).  The tune, with both Spanish and English words, became a popular hit in both Mexico and the US, with successful new versions coming out for decades.

Los Indios Tabajaras

MIDI

ABC:

X:0
T:Maria Elena
Z:Jack Campin, http://www.campin.me.uk
F:http://octunes.blogspot.com
C:Lorenzo Barcelata
M:C|
L:1/8
Q:1/4=112
K:C
zc  Bc BA |c6      E2|G4- GB  B_B|A8-  |A2
zd ^cd c=c|B6      D2|G4- GB  GB |E8-  |E4
    z2 G2 |e4- ec  dB|c2 C4   EG |B6 A2|F4
    z2 G2 |d4- dB  cA|B2  D4  EF |B6 A2|E2
zc  Bc BA |c6      E2|G4-  GB B_B|A8-  |A2
zd ^cd c=c|B8        |E2 ^G4  E2 |c8-  |c4
    z2 c2 |d4- dc  dc|d4   zc d^d|e8-  |e4
    zE Gc |A4- A^F Ad|B4   zG Be |c8-  |c2|]

Welcome Christmas Morning

A waltz tune for Scottish danceband, by the accordionist Jimmy Shand.  This is not taken from a score: it's the way I play it, with the ornaments left out, but I prefer it in B flat.  It's played in a lot of different ways in Scotland.

MIDI

ABC:

X:0
T:Welcome Christmas Morning
Z:Jack Campin, http://www.campin.me.uk
F:http://octunes.blogspot.com
C:Jimmy Shand
M:3/4
L:1/4
Q:3/4=60
K:C
   C3|E2 G|e2 d|c3  |c3  |e2 d|c2 G|A G2 |
[1 E3|E2 C|G2 A|G3  |A2 d|d2 e|d3- |d3  :|
[2 A3|c2 f|e2 d|e2 c|B2 G|A2 B|c3- |c3  ||
%
|: e3|e2 G|e2 d|c3  |c3  |e2 d|c2 G|A G2 |
[1 A3|A3  |G2 C|E3  |D2 d|d2 c|B2 G|A2 c:|
[2 A3|c2 f|e2 d|e2 c|B2 G|A2 B|c3- |c3  |]

La Rotta

This is often played after Lamento di Tristan - it follows it in the same manuscript.  Its range is one note less so it's playable on more instruments, including some types of mediaeval bagpipe.

MIDI

ABC:

X:0
T:La Rotta
T:AABBA
Z:Jack Campin, http://www.campin.me.uk
F:http://octunes.blogspot.com
M:2/4
L:1/16
Q:1/4=132
P:AABBA
K:DDor
[P:A] AB|c2Bc A2d2|   dcBc A2AG|
      [1 GFFE DEFD|   E6      :|\
      [2 GFFE EDDC|   D6      |]
[P:B] DE|F2FG A2AB|   c2Bc A2AG|
         GFFE EDDC|[1 E6      :|\
                   [2 D6      |]

Lamento di Tristan

A slow mediaeval Italian dance tune.  The structure isn't very clear from the manuscript: what I've suggested in the MIDI file is using the B section as a coda.

MIDI

ABC:

X:0
T:Lamento di Tristano
Z:Jack Campin, http://www.campin.me.uk
F:http://octunes.blogspot.com
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=104
P:ABCB
K:DDor
P:A
|: A2B2|c3B |c2d2|edcB|A4- |A2Bc|
   d2d2|c3B |cBcd|edcB|A3G |
   AGAB|ABAG|F3E |FEFG|AGFE|D4  |
[1 E2F2|GAGF|E4- |E2FE|DCD2|E4- |E4:|\
[2 E2D2|EDC2|D4- |D4 ||
P:B
|: A2G2|F3E |FEFG|AGFE|D4  |
[1 E2F2|GAGF|E4- |E2FE|DCD2|E4- |E4:|\
[2 GFED|EDC2|D4- |D4      |]
P:C
|: D2E2|F3E |FEFG|AGFG|A4- |A4  |
   d2d2|c3B |cBcd|edcB|A3G |
   AGAB|ABAG|F3E |FEFG|AGFE|D4  |
[1 E2F2|GAGF|E4- |E2FE|DCD2|E4- |E4:|\
[2 E2D2|EDC2|D4- |D4      ||

Edinburgh klezmer tunes blog

Heads-up for another blog I've just started:

http://edinburghklezmertunes.blogspot.com/

It's for tunes played at the fortnightly Edinburgh klezmer session.  A fair number of the tunes work on ocarinas, though I mostly use G clarinet and C melody saxophone there.