about these two bars
| Rhythm | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 24 | ABC | 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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1937 | 3#2 | [HG] Hugh Gillespie. Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. Hugh Gillespie (fiddle). |
| 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). |
| ~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). |
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 #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?