Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1849 (Sunny Banks)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | D Major |
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 KHe (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Sunny Banks, The / Na Bruachanna Gréine / Na Bruacha Gréine / Reevey Johnson / The Flowers of Ballymote / The Maids of Donegal (mislabeled as Miss Thorton on KHe) (also singled)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1962 | 20#1 | [KHe] Kevin Henry. One's Own Place - A Family Tradition. Kevin Henry (flute, whistle, pipes, vocals). |
| ~1999 | 18#1 | [MtRd] various. The Mountain Road. A Compilation of Tunes Popular in South Sligo. |
| ~2007 | 8#3 | [RdOnly] Brian McNamara and Tim Collins. Reed Only. Brian McNamara (pipes), Tim Collins (concertina). |
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 #148 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. |
| As tune #31 in [P50] Brian and Eithne Vallely. Play 50 Reels. |
| As reel #65 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| In [L] Alan's private loose music. |
| As tune #8 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. |
| As reel #324 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #96 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): 1962