Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#2013 (Up Ya Boya)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|
| Double jig | 32 | B Dorian |
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 Arc 1 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Up Ya Boya (untitled following Whelan's / Morrison's set on CmA 1)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1978 | 32(1:39)#3 | [CmA 1] various. The Coleman Archive Vol. 1: The Living Tradition. |
| ~1991 | 1#2 | [Arc 1] Arcady. After the Ball . . .. Jackie Daly (accordion), Frances Black (vocals), Patsy Broderick (piano/keyboards), Johnny McDonagh (percussion), Brendan Larrisey (fiddle, viola), Nicolas Quemenar (guitar, flute, whistle, vocals). |
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 jig #217 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc 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): 1978