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Tune ID#1960 (Toss the Feathers)

Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBD Mixolydian
Transcription of first 2 bars of Toss the Feathers
 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 TP 2 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Toss the Feathers / Toss the Feathers #2 / Toss the Feathers No. 2 (3rd in set Toss the Feathers on KB SD) (also singled) (compare Toss the Feathers #1959)

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.

Year
Recorded
Track
#Tune?
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
19662#2[BC 3] Bobby Casey. The Spirit of West Clare. Bobby Casey (fiddle, whistle).View album details
19737#3[KB SD] Kevin Burke. Sweeney's Dream. Fiddle Tunes from County Sligo, Ireland. Kevin Burke (fiddle).View album details
~19768#3[MM 1] Matt Molloy accompanied by Dónal Lunny. Matt Molloy. Matt Molloy (flute).View album details
~19763#2[TP 2] Tommy Peoples and Paul Brady. The High Part of the Road. Tommy Peoples (fiddle), Paul Brady (guitar).View album details
~19788(13:48)#12[KB Cap] Kevin Burke. If the Cap Fits. Kevin Burke (fiddle).View album details
~19787#2[Dbl] Paddy Glackin and Paddy Keenan. Doublin'. Paddy Glackin (fiddle, viola), Paddy Keenan (pipes).View album details
~19968#5[Sol 1] Solas. Solas. Seamus Egan (flute, whistle, guitar, pipes, bodhrán, vocals), Karan Casey (vocals), John Doyle (guitar, vocals), Winifred Horan (fiddle, vocals), John Williams (accordion, concertina, vocals).View album details
~19963#2[JB 4] Joe Burke, Charlie Lennon. The Bucks of Oranmore. Joe Burke (accordion), Charlie Lennon (piano).View album details
199910#2[JWh 2] John Whelan. Celtic Roots. John Whelan (accordion).View album details
~20021#2[JFtg] Joe Fitzgerald. Hills of Clare. Joe Fitzgerald (accordion).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 #26 in [P50] Brian and Eithne Vallely. Play 50 Reels. [available]
As tune #63 in [DM 1] Dave Mallinson. 100 Essential Irish Session Tunes. [available]
On page 112 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As reel #336 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [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): 1966