Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#298 (Chanter's Tune)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|
| March | 32 | D Mixolydian |
about these two bars
These two bars are the start of how I (Alan Ng) play this tune.
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Chanter's Tune, The / The Chanter's Song
Discography
Here is the sole recording of this tune considering only the indexed recordings.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 2.8#1 | [MGm] Michael Gorman. The Sligo Champion. The Fiddle Music of County Sligo. Michael Gorman (fiddle, 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 recording listed above.
| As tune #79 in volume 2 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols. |
| In [L] Alan's private loose music. |
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): 1968