Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1282 (Micko Russell's Reel)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 16 | AB | E Dorian |
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 MB 1 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Micko Russell's Reel / Miko Russell's / Micho Russell's Ashplant / The Hut in the Bog / An Bothán sa Phortach / The Castle / Carty's Reel / Ríl an Chárthaigh / Kathy's Reel
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. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1979 | 10#3 | [MB 1] Mary Bergin. Feadóga Stáin. Traditional Irish Music on the Tin Whistle. Mary Bergin (whistle). |
| ~1992 | 17#3 | [MMM] various. Music at Matt Molloy's. |
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 recordings listed above.
| As tune #294 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. |
| As tune #2 in volume 2 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols. |
| As reel #148 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As reel #149 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As reel #5 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
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): 1966