Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 3066 (Martin Wynne's No. 3)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Reel32AABBG Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Martin Wynne's No. 3
 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 JMd (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):
Martin Wynne's No. 3 / Martin Wynne's #3 / Martin Wynnes #3 / Wynne's No. 3 / Martin Wynns No.3 / Martin Wynne's / Willie Coleman's / Up and Away (1st in set Midsummer's Night on Drv 5) (composed by Martin Wynne)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

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
~199113#2[MV] various. Maiden Voyage. Live Traditional Irish Music Session from Pepper's Bar, Feakle, Co. Clare. Tommy Peoples (fiddle), Siobhán Peoples (fiddle), Andrew McNamara (accordion), Kevin Crawford (flute), P.J. King (accordion), Páraic Mac Donnchadha (banjo), Pat Marsh (bouzouki), Joe Bane (whistle), John Maloney (bodhrán), Séan Mac Donnchadha (vocals).View album details
~199312#3[JMd] Joanie Madden. A Whistle on the Wind. Joanie Madden (flute, whistle).View album details
~199617#1[JB 3] Joe Burke, Charlie Lennon. The Bucks of Oranmore. Joe Burke (accordion), Charlie Lennon (piano).View album details
~19991#1[Drv 5] Dervish. Midsummer's Night. Cathy Jordan (vocals, bodhrán, bones), Tom Morrow (fiddle, viola, vocals), Shane Mitchell (accordion), Liam Kelly (flute, whistle), Séamus O'Dowd (guitar, fiddle, harmonica, vocals), Michael Holmes (bouzouki), Brian McDonagh (mandola, mandolin, vocals).View album details
20006#3[MOR] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. The Nervous Man. Traditional Irish Music on Concertina. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina).View album details
~200015#2[MMR 3] Mike and Mary Rafferty. The Road from Ballinakill. Mike Rafferty (flute, whistle, lilting), Mary Rafferty (accordion, flute, whistle, concertina).View album details
~200212#3[BCw] Brian Conway. First through the Gate. Brian Conway (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 recordings listed above.

As tune #143 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.
As reel #808 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
As reel #206 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan. [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): 1966
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