Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1701 (Roscommon Reel)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 24 | ABC | 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 HG (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Roscommon Reel, The / Master Crowley's #2 / Master Crowley's No. 2 / Crowley's #2 / Crowley's Reel (2nd in set Master Crowley's Reels on HG and IFM; 2nd in alternating pair of tunes labeled Miss Patterson's Slippers on JD 4 and labeled Miss Patterson's Slipper on NMCMM; 2nd in set Miss Patterson's Slippers on Beg 1) (also in D, also 1st part doubled, or 2nd part doubled, or all 3 parts doubled)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1937 | 3#2 | [HG] Hugh Gillespie. Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. Hugh Gillespie (fiddle). |
| 1951 | 23#2 | [IFM] various. Past Masters of Irish Fiddle Music. |
| 1977 | 14#2 | [JD 4] John Doherty. Bundle and Go. John Doherty (fiddle). |
| ~1980 | 4#2 | [JKn 1] James Keane. Roll Away the Reel World. James Keane (accordion). |
| ~1980 | 14#2 | [BigSq] various. The Big Squeeze. Masters of the Celtic Accordion. |
| ~1994 | 2#3 | [NMCMM] various. The Northern Meeting. Celtic Music in Milwaukee. |
| ~1996 | 5#3 | [Sol 1] Solas. Solas. Seamus Egan (flute, whistle, guitar, pipes, bodhrán, vocals), Karan Casey (vocals), John Doyle (guitar, vocals), Winifred Horan (fiddle, vocals), John Williams (accordion, concertina, vocals). |
| 1997 | 12#3 | [Beg 1] Beginish. Beginish. Paul McGrattan (flute), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle), Brendan Begley (accordion, vocals), Noel O'Grady (bouzouki). |
| ~2002 | 1.1#1 | [WFO 2] various. Wooden Flute Obsession 2. |
| ~2005 | 7#1 | [InTndm] Kevin Burke and Ged Foley. In Tandem. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Ged Foley (guitar, vocals). |
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 #202 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. |
| As reel #221 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As tune #72 in [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. |
| On page 8 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition. |
| As reel #25 in [Ng] Alan Ng. Alan Ng's Transcriptions. |
| On page 19 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As reel #201 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #41 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): 1937