Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1670 (Reverend Brother's Jig)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double jig | 32 | AABB | A 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 TP 2 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Reverend Brother's Jig, The / Port an Bhráthar / Port an Bhrathar / Port an Bhrathair / Port an Bhrather / The Reverend Brothers Jig / The Monk's Jig / Sonny Brogan's #1 / Sonny Brogan's Fancy / Sonny Brogan's / Sonny Brogin's / Did You See My Man Looking for Me?
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). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1976 | 4#2 | [TP 2] Tommy Peoples and Paul Brady. The High Part of the Road. Tommy Peoples (fiddle), Paul Brady (guitar). |
| ~1979 | 8#1 | [KB Pr] Kevin Burke, Mícheál Ó Domhnaill. Promenade. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (vocals, guitar, piano). |
| ~1979 | 2#2 | [MOC 1] Martin O'Connor. The Connachtman's Rambles. Martin O'Connor (accordion). |
| 2001 | 1#3 | [JBC] Johnny B. Connolly. Bridgetown. Johnny B. Connolly (accordion). |
| 2008 | 2#4 | [RedW] The Red Wellies. The Red Wellies. Claudine "Beanie" Odell (fiddle), Duncan Wickel (fiddle, pipes), Vincent Fogarty (bouzouki). |
| 2009 | 5#3 | [Hmmrs] The Hammers. From Distant Shores. Paul Hammer (mandolin, banjo), Susan Hammer (whistle, concertina). |
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 #21 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. |
| As jig #123 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. |
| As jig #44 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. |
| As jig #109 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #168 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?
Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1963