Pibddawns Merthyr Tydfil

Also known as: The Merthyr, Pibddawns Merthyr, Pibdawns Merthyr Tydfil, The Merthyr Tydfil Hornpipe

Pibddawns Merthyr Tydfil: a Welsh hornpipe in G major. Sheet music, example chords and playback in any key, at any tempo (3 versions). Alaw werin o Gymru (pibddawns yn G fwyaf): y sgôr, cordiau a chwarae mewn unrhyw gywair.

Tune type

pibddawns

Key

G major

Time signature

4/4

Source

https://thesession.org/tunes/16803#setting32007 (added by ceri rhys matthews)

X:1
T:Pibddawns Merthyr Tydfil (version 2)
T:The Merthyr
R:pibddawns
S:https://thesession.org/tunes/16803#setting32007 (added by ceri rhys matthews)
N:ceri rhys matthews wrote on The Session: "A lovely and popular old tune dating to the 1830s and known to the harper Thomas D Llewelyn of Aberdâr & Aberpergwm ... I play it quite slow with lots of swing."
M:4/4
L:1/8
%%chords From Alawon Cymru's version of this tune
K:G
f|:"G"gdBd "C"ecA2|"G"BdBG "D"FAFD|"G"G2BG cABG|"D"FADA fadf|
"G"gdBd "C"ecA2|"G"BdBG (3"D"FFF Ff|"G"gfge "D"dcBA|(3"G"GAB FA G2f2:|
"G"gdBd "D"gfga|"Em"b2bg "D"afed|"C"e2ed "G"BdBG|"D"FADA FADf|
"G"gdBd "D"gdga|"Em"b2bg "D"afed|"C"cege "D"dfaf|(3"G"ggg gf g2f2:|

Welsh hornpipes (Pibddawns)