Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1937 (Matt Peoples)
about these two barsThese two bars are quoted from the transcription in the book CRE 2 (details in the Bibliography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 16 | AB | D Major |
Matt Peoples / Matt Peoples' / Matt Peoples' Reel / Tommy Peoples' / Lady Gordon's Reel / Lady Gordon (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.
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to hear the first 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (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). For this tune: (D melodeon). |
| ~2005 | 4#2 | [JCt 5] John Carty. I Will If I Can. John Carty (banjo, guitar, fiddle). For this tune: (guitar). |
| ~2009 | 5#3 | [PoNY] Joanie Madden, Brian Conway, Billy McComiskey, Brendan Dolan. Pride of New York. Joanie Madden (flute, whistle), Brian Conway (fiddle), Billy McComiskey (accordion), Brendan Dolan (piano). |
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 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