about these two bars
| Rhythm | Bars | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Set dance | 40 | A Dorian |
These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording BFair (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). | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 15#1 | [BFair] various. Ballinasloe Fair. Early Recordings of Irish Music in America. | |
| 1974 | 10#1 | [CC] Bernard O'Sullivan and Tommy McMahon. Clare Concertinas. Bernard O'Sullivan (concertina), Tommy McMahon (concertina) except where solos noted. | |
| ~1991 | 5#2 | [MV] various. Maiden Voyage. Live Traditional Irish Music Session from Pepper's Bar, Feakle, Co. Clare. Tommy Peoples (fiddle), Siobhán Peoples (fiddle), Andrew McNamara (accordion), Kevin Crawford (flute), P.J. King (accordion), Páraic Mac Donnchadha (banjo), Pat Marsh (bouzouki), Joe Bane (whistle), John Maloney (bodhrán), Séan Mac Donnchadha (vocals). | |
| 2003 | 6#1 | [LLPQ 2] The London Lasses and Pete Quinn. Track Across the Deep. Karen Ryan (fiddle, whistle), Elaine Conwell (fiddle), Dee Havlin (flute, whistle), Maureen Linane (accordion), Kathleen O'Sullivan (vocals). | |
| 2006 | 7#1 | [NNW] Eliot Grasso and Dave Cory. North-by-NorthWest. Eliot Grasso (pipes, flute), Dave Cory (banjo, guitar, octave mandolin). | |
| ~9999 | [2] various. Alan's other personal audiocassettes. |
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 #1784 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #27 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #354 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #958 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. |
| On page 132 of [IMM] Francis O'Neill. Irish Minstrels and Musicians. |
| On page 132 of [IMM] Francis O'Neill. Irish Minstrels and Musicians. |
| As tune #278 in volume 2 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. |
| As tune #138 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. |
| On page 225 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
| On page 234 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. |
| As setd #7 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| On page 80 of [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. |
| In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic]. |
| As setd #27 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?