Yr Hen Gythraul

Yr Hen Gythraul: a Welsh tune in E Dorian. Sheet music and playback in any key, at any tempo. Alaw werin o Gymru (alaw yn E Doriaidd): y sgôr a chwarae mewn unrhyw gywair.

Key

E Dorian

Time signature

5/8

Source

https://thesession.org/tunes/8865#setting8865 (added by ceolachan)

X:1
T:Yr Hen Gythraul
S:https://thesession.org/tunes/8865#setting8865 (added by ceolachan)
N:ceolachan wrote on The Session that it's a melodic curse on those who take pleasure in being cruel, wishing them the trials that might make them kinder. Cythraul means devil or fiend.
M:5/8
L:1/8
K:EDor
|: [M:5/8] cB cB^A | B^A BAG | [M:7/8] FGG EG EG | FGG ^AG F2 :|
|: [M:5/8] EB GEE | ED E^AB | [M:7/8] ^ABB AG AG | ^ABB AG F2 :|
|: [M:5/8] Ec dcd | f^a gff | [M:7/8] ecd ec dc | B^AA BG F2 :|

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