about these two bars
| Rhythm | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | B Minor |
These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording CmA 1 (details in the Discography below).
DiscographyHere 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. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 9#1 | [BB 1] The Bothy Band. 1975. The First Album. Paddy Keenan (pipes, whistle), Matt Molloy (flute, whistle), Tommy Peoples (fiddle), Donal Lunny (bouzouki, vocals), Tríona Ni Dhomhnaill (harpsichord, bodhrán, vocals), Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (guitar, vocals). |
| ~1978 | 1#1 | [CmA 1] various. The Coleman Archive Vol. 1: The Living Tradition. |
| ~1981 | 5#2 | [ApW] Brian Conway and Tony DeMarco. The Apple in Winter. Irish Music in New York. Brian Conway (fiddle), Tony DeMarco (fiddle). |
| ~1998 | 1.5#1 | [ESL 1] various. An Evening in Sliabh Luachra. Volume One. A Collection of Traditional Music and Song from the Sliabh Luachra Area. |
| ~1999 | 19#2 | [MtRd] various. The Mountain Road. A Compilation of Tunes Popular in South Sligo. |
| ~2002 | 12#1 | [BCw] Brian Conway. First through the Gate. Brian Conway (fiddle). |
BibliographyHere 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 recordings listed above.
| On page 54 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. |
| As tune #17 in volume 2 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols. |
| As reel #139 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As tune #31 in [DM 1] Dave Mallinson. 100 Essential Irish Session Tunes. |
| On page 437 of [CITM] Fintan Vallely. The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. |
| As reel #197 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #147 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. |
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?