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Tune ID#2304 (Sean Bhean Bhocht)

Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Hornpipe48AABBCCG Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Sean Bhean Bhocht
 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 GD (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Sean Bhean Bhocht / An tSean Bhean Bhocht / An tSeanbhean Bhocht / The Poor Old Woman

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. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.

Year
Recorded
Track
#Tune?
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
193111#1[GD] various. From Galway to Dublin. Early Recordings of Traditional Irish Music. View album details
~19784#1[Ch 8] The Chieftains. 8. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle, bones), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán).View album details
~199310#2[JKn 2] James Keane. That's the Spirit. James Keane (accordion).View album details
20032#2[Tda 2] Téada. Give Us a Penny and Let Us Be Gone. Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle, vocals), John Blake (flute, guitar), Paul Finn (accordion, concertina), Seán McElwain (banjo, bouzouki), Tristan Rosenstock (bodhrán, vocals).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 #257 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [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): 1931