about these two bars
| Rhythm | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slip jig | 40 | ABCDB' | D Mixolydian |
These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Ch 2 (details in the Discography below).
DiscographyHere 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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 4#1 | [Ch 2] The Chieftains. 2. Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones), Seán Keane (fiddle). |
| 1973 | 18#1 | [WC 3] Willie Clancy. The Pipering of Willie Clancy. Volume 2. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle). |
| ~1976 | 2#2 | [TP 2] Tommy Peoples and Paul Brady. The High Part of the Road. Tommy Peoples (fiddle), Paul Brady (guitar). |
| ~1977 | 14#1 | [ECst] various. Traditional Irish Music in America. The East Coast. |
| ~1988 | 2#1 | [NH 1] Noel Hill. The Irish Concertina. Noel Hill (concertina). |
| ~1990 | 2#1 | [SK 2] Seán Keane. Jig It in Style. Seán Keane (fiddle). |
| ~1995 | 14#2 | [Whr] Paddy Glackin and Robbie Hannan. The Whirlwind. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Robbie Hannan (pipes). |
| 1998 | 5#3 | [Lgcy] Legacy. Navan. Don Penzien (guitar, vocals, whistle), Valerie Plested (fiddle), Beth Patterson (bouzouki, vocals), Justin Murphy (flute, whistle). |
| ~2002 | 1.10#1 | [WFO 1] various. Wooden Flute Obsession. |
| ~2005 | 2#1 | [MMhn] Martin Meehan. Three's Company. Martin Meehan (flute, bodhrán). |
BibliographyHere 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 #39 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. |
| As tune #53 in volume 2 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols. |
| As tune #11 in volume 3 of [AW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. |
| On page 217 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As slipjig #4 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
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?