Llun trwy Garedigrwydd Archifau a Chasgliadau Arbennig, Prifysgol Bangor
Photograph courtesy of Archives and Special Collections, Bangor University
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Dyma alaw ‘Ffarwél Philip Ystwyth’ sydd ar dudalen 91 o lawysgrif Bangor 2296, sef llawysgrif Robert Thomas o Gaernarfon (darllenwch mwy o wybodaeth am lawysgrif Robert Thomas yma).
Rwyf wedi newid y teitl o’r un gwreiddiol sef ‘Farwel Philip Ystwyth’ i’r sillafiad modern o’r gair ‘Ffarwél’.
Wrth drawsgrifio’r alaw rwyf wedi ychwanegu llinell bar ym mar cyntaf y llinell olaf.
Ychydig iawn o wahaniaeth sydd rhwng yr alaw hon ac alaw o’r un teitl a geir yng nghyfrol Alawon John Thomas (gol. Cass Meurig, Aberystwyth, 2004. Tud 46, rhif 152) gan ddangos y bod hon wedi bod yn alaw boblogaidd yn y 18fed ganrif ymysg cerddorion yng Nghymru.
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This melody is called ‘Farwel Philip Ystwyth’, which translates to ‘Farewell Philip Ystwyth’. It’s found on page 91 of the Bangor 2296 manuscript, which is Robert Thomas from Caernarfon’s manuscript (you can find more information about the Robert Thomas manuscript here).
While transcribing the tune, I’ve added a bar line in the first bar of the last line.
There are only a few slight differences between this tune and the melody of the same name that can be found in the Alawon John Thomas collection (ed. Cass Meurig, Aberystwyth, 2004. Page 46, no. 152). This shows that it was a popular tune amongst musicians in 18th century Wales.
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Ewch yma i weld yr alaw mewn nodiant safonol/Click here to see the tune in standard notation: Ffarwél Philip Ystwyth
Dyma nodiant abc o’r alaw/Here’s the melody in abc notation: Ffarwél Philip Ystwyth
Dyma fi yn chwarae’r alaw ar y ffidil, os hoffech ddygsgu’r alaw wrth glust:
Here’s me playing the melody on the fiddle, if you’d like to learn the tune by listening:
Alawon Bangor 