about these two bars
| Rhythm | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | E Dorian |
These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording HG (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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1935 | 10#3 | [GD] various. From Galway to Dublin. Early Recordings of Traditional Irish Music. |
| 1937 | 3#1 | [HG] Hugh Gillespie. Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. Hugh Gillespie (fiddle). |
| 1971 | 7#1 | [TPtts] Tommy Potts. The Liffey Banks. Tommy Potts (fiddle). |
| 1977 | 14#1 | [JD 4] John Doherty. Bundle and Go. John Doherty (fiddle). |
| ~1980 | 4#1 | [JKn 1] James Keane. Roll Away the Reel World. James Keane (accordion). |
| ~1988 | 4#1 | [LC 2] Liz Carroll. Liz Carroll. Liz Carroll (fiddle). |
| ~1996 | 9#1 | [JB 3] Joe Burke, Charlie Lennon. The Bucks of Oranmore. Joe Burke (accordion), Charlie Lennon (piano). |
| ~1996 | 2.17#1 | [GL20] various. Green Linnet Records. The Twentieth Anniversary Collection. |
| 1997 | 12#2 | [Beg 1] Beginish. Beginish. Paul McGrattan (flute), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle), Brendan Begley (accordion, vocals), Noel O'Grady (bouzouki). |
| ~2007 | 5#2 | [KB ABR] Kevin Burke and Cal Scott. Across the Black River. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Cal Scott (guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, mountain dulcimer). |
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 tune #1407 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #227 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. |
| As tune #44 in volume 1 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols. |
| On page 133 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
| As reel #81 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As tune #71 in [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. |
| On page 16 of [SK] Sean Keane. Fifty Fiddle Solos. |
| On page 44 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition. |
| On page 72 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As reel #200 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #143 in [FT] Randy Miller. The Fiddler's Throne. |
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?