Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1937 (Matt Peoples)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 16 | AB | D Major |
about these two bars
These two bars are the start of the transcription in the book CRE 2 (details in the Bibliography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Matt Peoples / Matt Peoples' / Matt Peoples' Reel / Tommy Peoples' / Lady Gordon's Reel (2nd in set Matt Peoples on MBP) (compare 1st part with 1st part of All Round the Room #4489)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1#2 | [MBP] Matt Molloy, Paul Brady, Tommy Peoples. Matt Molloy. Paul Brady. Tommy Peoples. Matt Molloy (flute), Paul Brady (guitar, vocals), Tommy Peoples (fiddle). |
| 2002 | 11#4 | [BBg 2] Brendan Begley. It Could Be a Good Night Yet! Oíche go Maidean. Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich/Brendan Begley (accordion, vocals). |
| ~2005 | 4#2 | [JCt 5] John Carty. I Will If I Can. John Carty (banjo, guitar, fiddle). |
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 #256 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. |
| As tune #28 in volume 2 of [LPTW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. |
| As reel #11 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As tune #60 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. |
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): 1968