| Rhythm | Mode |
|---|---|
| Air | D Major |
Here is the sole recording of this tune considering only the indexed recordings.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1973 | 9#1 | [Plx 1] Planxty. Planxty. Liam O'Flynn (pipes, whistle), Andy Irvine (vocals, mandola, mandolin, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), Donal Lunny (vocals, bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán), Christy Moore (vocals, guitar, harmonica, bodhrán). |
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 recording listed above.
| As tune #26 in volume 1 of [AW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. |
| On page 32 of [RW] Robin Williamson. The Penny Whistle Book. |
| On page 253 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. |
| On page 98 of [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. |
| As ocar #14 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #89 in [DM 4] Dave Mallinson. 100 Vital Irish Session Tunes. |
| On page 147 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. |
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?