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Originally Posted by Carey
Sounds like your arrangement is passacaglia-like, maybe?
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I suppose you could say that, as long as you put the emphasis on "like". When I think of the term Passacaglia (Passacaille) either an Italian Dance in 3/4 (the former) or a pretty strict Theme and Variations over a recurring bass (the latter) come to mind as per the attached video. BTW - This is one of my all time favourite pieces and I got to play it at my widowed Mother-In-Law's 2nd Marriage as the processional.
All that said, if you PM me an email address I'd be happy to forward a pdf of the notation/tab I cooked up for "O'Carolan's Farewell to Music". My general approach was to harmonize the piece in a way that would allow for very coherent descending bass lines, especially in the A section.
Clearly Williams' version is based on a very different approach and I gotta confess: I love it!!!