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.
| 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