Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1037 (Kilmovee Jig)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording MMM (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double jig | 32 | AABB | G Major |
Kilmovee Jig, The / The Kilmovee / Grogan's / Pauline O'Neill's / Peter McAlinden's (as Jig, name unknown, on MSHtn 2; 2nd in set York Street Stepper on LTC 1) (also in F)
Discography
Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc.
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to hear the first 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1992 | 7#1 | [MMM] Music at Matt Molloy's. |
| 2000 | 1#2 | [MOR] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. The Nervous Man. Traditional Irish Music on Concertina. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina). |
| ~2003 | 11#2 | [MMlvy] Mick Mulvey. Within a Mile o' Jamestown. Mick Mulvey (flute). For this tune: (Eb flute). |
| ~2004 | 9#1 | [MRaf] Mike Rafferty. Speed 78. Mike Rafferty (flute, pipes). For this tune: with Willie Kelly (fiddle). |
| ~2006 | 11#1 | [MSHtn 2] Matt and Shannon Heaton. Blue Skies Above. Shannon Heaton (flute, whistle, vocals), Matt Heaton (guitar, bouzouki, mandola, bodhrán, vocals). |
| ~2010 | 8#2 | [GMrphy] Gráinne Murphy. Short Stories. Gráinne Murphy (fiddle). |
| 2011 | 9#2 | [LTC 1] Long Time Courting. Alternate Routes. Ariel Friedman (cello, vocals), Liz Simmon (guitar, vocals), Shannon Heaton (flute, whistle, vocals), Sarah Blair (fiddle, vocals). For this tune: Shannon Heaton (flute). |
Bibliography
Here are all transcriptions of this tune considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.
| As jig #281 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. |
If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?
Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1992