Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1825 (Stack of Wheat)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Hornpipe32AABBG Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Stack of Wheat
 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 TJC (details in the Discography below).

Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Stack of Wheat, The / Stack of Wheat / Stack o' Wheat / The Little Stack of Wheat / An Staicín Cruithneachta (3rd in set Stack of Barley Set on CLnn 2, where 2nd part is furthermore used as an intro) (also in A)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

cd 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). Album details
and contents
193415#2[IDM 1] various. Irish Dance Music. View album details
19863#1[TJC] Frankie Gavin and Paul Brock. Ómós do Joe Cooley. A Tribute to Joe Cooley. Frankie Gavin (fiddle), Paul Brock (accordion).View album details
~199813#1[MMR 2] Mike and Mary Rafferty. The Old Fireside Music. Mike Rafferty (flute, pipes), Mary Rafferty (accordion, whistle).View album details
~20071.2#3[CLnn 2] Charlie Lennon. Turning the Tune. Charlie Lennon (fiddle, viola, piano, harpsichord, bass, keyboards).View album details
~200715#2[Hmdgr] Paul Brock and Enda Scahill. Humdinger. Paul Brock (accordion), Enda Scahill (banjo, mandolin).View album details
~200718#2[GCB 2] The Glenside. Take the Floor with The Glenside. Tom Flood (accordion), Johnny Duffy (banjo), Moyra Fraser (keyboard, vocals), Aidan Flood (drums).View album details

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 #99 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." [available]
As tune #86 in [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As tune #77 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. [available]
In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic].
On page 214 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As hp #52 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #259 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [available]

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): 1934
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