Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1152 (Lord Inchiquin)
| Type ? | Mode ? |
|---|---|
| Piece | D Major |
about these two bars
These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Ch 3 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Lord Inchiquin (composed by Turlough O'Carolan)
Discography
Here is the sole recording of this tune considering only the indexed recordings.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1973 | 9#1 | [Ch 3] The Chieftains. 3. Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones). |
Bibliography
Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – 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 recording listed above.
| As tune #27 in volume 1 of [LPTW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. |
| On page 175 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. |
| As ocar #9 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| On page 143 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. |
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): 1973