Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 3045 (Piper's Chair)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig32AABBG Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Piper's Chair
 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 GCJR (details in the Discography below).

Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Piper's Chair, The / The Pipers Chair / Cathaoir an Phíobaire / The Catholic Boy / The Catholic Boys (also as song-air)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

cd 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). Album details
and contents
199910#1[GCJR] Gerard Commane and Joe Ryan with Eoin O'Neill. Two Gentlemen of Clare Music. Gerard Commane (concertina), Joe Ryan (fiddle).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 recording listed above.

As tune #18 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #91 in volume 3 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #9 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1.
On page 32 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
As jig #57 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish 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): 1903
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