about these two bars
| Rhythm | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | D Major |
These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording MG (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). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1950 | 19#1 | [MG] various. Milestone at the Garden. Irish Fiddle Masters from the 78 RPM Era. |
| ~1977 | 5#1 | [ECst] various. Traditional Irish Music in America. The East Coast. |
| ~1988 | 14#3 | [NH 1] Noel Hill. The Irish Concertina. Noel Hill (concertina). |
| 1991 | 10#2 | [BBow 3] Buttons and Bows. Grace Notes - Nótaí Maise. Jackie Daly (accordion, concertina), Séamus McGuire (fiddle, viola), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Garry O'Briain (guitar, mandocello, piano). |
| ~1995 | 1#1 | [RT] Reeltime. Reeltime. Máirin Fahy (fiddle, vocals), Éilís Egan (accordion), Chris Kelly (guitar), Benny Hayes (piano, keyboards, ukelele, vocals). |
| ~1995 | 2.5#1 | [GL20] various. Green Linnet Records. The Twentieth Anniversary Collection. |
| ~1998 | 2#1 | [FFH] Far From Home. Tri. Turner Collins (accordion, whistle, vocals), Bob Newton (octave mandolin, mandocello, bodhrán, vocals), Daithi Wolfe (fiddle). |
| ~1998 | 7#1 | [JMcE] John McEvoy. Returning. John McEvoy (fiddle). |
| ~1999 | 11#1 | [MtRd] various. The Mountain Road. A Compilation of Tunes Popular in South Sligo. |
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.
| As reel #179 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As tune #11 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. |
| On page 68 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As reel #202 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As reel #240 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan. |
| As tune #14 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?