Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1927 (Tommy Bhetty's Waltz)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording A RC (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 16-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waltz | 64 | AABB | G Major |
Tommy Bhetty's Waltz / Tom Bhetty's (2nd in set Cooleys Waltzes on CrssCl) (composed by Tommy 'Bhetty' Maguire)
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.
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to hear the first 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 10#1 (0:55) | [A RC] Altan. The Red Crow. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Frankie Kennedy (flute, whistle, vocals), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle), Mark Kelly (guitar, vocals), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki). |
| 1990 | 6#1 | [A FTY] Altan. The First Ten Years 1986/1995. see A RC. |
| ~1998 | 7#1 | [KH] Kieran Hanrahan. Kieran Hanrahan Plays the Irish Tenor Banjo. Kieran Hanrahan (banjo). |
| 1999 | 5#2 | [CrssCl] Seamus Glackin, Brendan Begley, Michael O'Brien, Mary Corcoran, Mick Gaynor. Crossroads Céilí. Seamus Glackin (fiddle), Brendan Begley (accordion), Michael O'Brien (flute), Mary Corcoran (piano), Mick Gaynor (drums). For this tune: Brendan Begley (accordion). |
| ~2000 | 5#1 | [LLPQ 1] The London Lasses and Pete Quinn. The London Lasses and Pete Quinn. Bernie Conneely (banjo), Elaine Conwell (fiddle), Karen Ryan (fiddle, whistle), Sharon Whelton (flute, whistle). |
| ~2005 | 2.6#1 | [WFO 3] Wooden Flute Obsession 3. Tina McSherry (flute). |
Bibliography
Here are all transcriptions of this tune 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 waltz #5 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. |
| As waltz #6 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
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): 1990