about these two bars
| Rhythm | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | D Mixolydian |
These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording AIC2 (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). | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 20#1 | [IDM 1] various. Irish Dance Music. | |
| ~1959 | 2#2 | [AIC1] Paddy Canny, P.J. Hayes, Peadar O'Loughlin, Bridie Lafferty. An Historic Recording of Irish Traditional Music from County Clare and East Galway. Paddy Canny (fiddle), P.J. Hayes (fiddle). | |
| ~1959 | 4#2 | [AIC2] Paddy Canny. Meet Paddy Canny. All-Ireland Champion - Violin. Paddy Canny (fiddle). | |
| 1960 | 2.8#1 | [SltSdt] various. Seoltaí Séidte. Setting Sail. | |
| 1970 | 2.19#1 | [MGm] Michael Gorman. The Sligo Champion. The Fiddle Music of County Sligo. Michael Gorman (fiddle, vocals). | |
| 1971 | 14#1 | [TPtts] Tommy Potts. The Liffey Banks. Tommy Potts (fiddle). | |
| 1973 | 3#1 | [WC 2] Willie Clancy. The Pipering of Willie Clancy. Volume 1. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle). | |
| ~1978 | 13#1 | [Dbl] Paddy Glackin and Paddy Keenan. Doublin'. Paddy Glackin (fiddle, viola), Paddy Keenan (pipes). | |
| ~1985 | 8#3 | [CW] Matt Molloy and Sean Keane. Contentment Is Wealth. Matt Molloy (flute), Sean Keane (fiddle). | |
| ~1989 | 2.5#3 | [JK 1] James Kelly. "Capel Street". James Kelly (fiddle). | |
| 1997 | 6#1 | [MH 3] Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill. The Lonesome Touch. Martin Hayes (fiddle), Dennis Cahill (guitar). | |
| 1999 | 1#2 | [MCnnly] Mick Conneely. Selkie. Mick Conneely (fiddle, bouzouki). | |
| 2000 | 12#2 | [MOR] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. The Nervous Man. Traditional Irish Music on Concertina. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina). | |
| ~2002 | 13#1 | [CaBrdg] Niall and Cillian Vallely. Callan Bridge. Niall Vallely (concertina), Cillian Vallely (pipes, whistle). | |
| 2003 | 8#2 | [CSmth] Chris Smith with Roger Landes and Randal Bays. Coyotebanjo. Chris Smith (banjo, mandola, mandolin, field organ), Roger Landes (bouzouki), Randal Bays (fiddle). | |
| ~9999 | 1 | [1] various. Alan's personal session tapes. |
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 #781 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. |
| As tune #3 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. |
| As tune #105 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. |
| As tune #71 in [DM 1] Dave Mallinson. 100 Essential Irish Session Tunes. |
| On page 50 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition. |
| On page 81 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As reel #248 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #149 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. |
| In [LM] L[arry]. E. McCullough. ? |
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?