Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#2095 (Danny Ab's Slide)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slide | 32 | AABB | G Major |
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 KF (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Danny Ab's Slide / Sleamhnán Danny Ab / Danny Ab's / Danny Ab's Slide No. 2 / Dan O'Keeffe's Slide / Dan O'Keeffe's No. 2 / Dan O'Keefe's / O'Keefe's (also in D) (compare Cock O' The North #3144 and therefore also Chase Me Charlie #307)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 6#1 | [KF] Padraig O'Keefe, Denis Murphy, Julia Clifford. Kerry Fiddles. Padraig O'Keefe (fiddle), Denis Murphy (fiddle), Julia Clifford (fiddle). |
| ~1969 | 6#1 | [SatG] Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford. The Star above the Garter. Fiddle music from Kerry, played by Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford. Denis Murphy (fiddle), Julia Clifford (fiddle). |
| ~1999 | 6#2 | [SN 2] Sliabh Notes. Gleanntán. Dónal Murphy (accordion), Tommy O'Sullivan (guitar, vocals), Matt Cranitch (fiddle). |
| 2000 | 5#2 | [NR] Charlie Piggott and Gerry Harrington. The New Road. Charlie Piggott (accordion), Gerry Harrington (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 #61 in volume 2 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols. |
| As tune #18#1 in volume 1 of [LPTW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. |
| On page 45 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. |
| As slide #12 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As tune #25 in [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. |
| As tune #176 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. |
| As tune #62 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. |
| As slide #22 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): 1952