Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#2221 (Cape Breton Fiddler's Welcome to Shetland)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording SSm (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | A Major |
Cape Breton Fiddler's Welcome to Shetland, The / The Cape Breton Fiddlers Welcome to Shetland / The Cape Breton Fiddlers' Welcome to the Shetland Isles / Welcome to Shetland (composed by Willie Hunter) [This tune is not (yet?) part of the Irish tradition, but belongs rather to Shetland music.]
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). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1987 | 12#2 (2:08) | [TW] Tannahill Weavers. The Best of the Tannahill Weavers 1979-1989. |
| ~1990 | 1#2 | [VK 1] Vinnie Kilduff. The Boys from the Blue Hill. Vinnie Kilduff (whistle, mandolin, guitar, keyboards, bass, bodhrán). |
| ~1993 | 8#2 | [SSm] Seán Smyth. The Blue Fiddle. Seán Smyth (fiddle, whistle, vocals). |
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 reel #330 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): 1987