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Tom Hanway |
'Traditional Manx Tune' leaves out the sixth degree of the modal scale, in theory making it ambiguous between E Dorian and E Aeolian (the sixth being C# in the former and C natural in the latter). It's a gapped scale either way; in this case, it’s a hexatonic scale using E, F#, G, A, B, and D. It was originally untitled and notated almost half a century ago from the old-style singing of Mrs. Clague, of Ballanorris, Isle of Man, by her husband, Dr. J. Clague. It was found on a loose sheet of paper and we don’t know how old this tune really is, or who composed it, but it is a genuine example of a Celtic modal tune using a gapped scale - either in Dorian or Aeolian mode since there is no sixth degree of the scale in the tune. It's the sixth degree that distinguishes Dorian from Aeolian mode. Aeolian (natural minor) mode flats the sixth degree.
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