Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#319 (Chorus Reel)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording PitS (2nd time through) (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 24 | ABC | D Mixolydian |
Chorus Reel, The / Chorus Jig / The Doon Reel / Ríl an Dúin / Gleann Eoghain / Eoghan's Glen / The Celebrated Opera Reel / Haye's Fancy (3rd in set The Chorus Reels on Srnd, in G and with 3rd part as intro and coda) (compare 3rd part with 3rd part of Chorus Reel #4927; compare distantly The Glen Road to Carrick #732)
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.
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to hear the first 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 11#1 | [PitS] Paddy in the Smoke. Con Curtin (fiddle), Denis McMahon (fiddle), Julia Clifford (fiddle). |
| ~1986 | 10#2 | [SEgn 1] Seamus Egan. Traditional Music of Ireland. Seamus Egan (flute, banjo, mandolin, whistle, pipes, tres). For this tune: (flute). |
| ~1995 | 7#2 | [JW 1] John Williams. John Williams. John Williams (accordion, concertina). For this tune: (concertina), with Martin Hayes (fiddle). |
| ~1995 | 3#2 | [MotS 2] Monks of the Screw. Brathar na nÓl. Timmy O'Connor (accordion), Paudy Scully (flute), Tim Browne (fiddle, bouzouki, mandolin), John Drew (mandocello), Dan Curtin (fiddle, feet), Timmy O'Shea (guitar, vocals). |
| 1999 | 6#2 | [MOBAL] Michelle O'Brien, Aogán Lynch and Gavin Rolston [sic]. Michelle O'Brien, Aogán Lynch and Gavin Ralston. Michelle O'Brien (fiddle), Aogán Lynch (concertina), Gavin Ralston (guitar). |
| 2000 | 10#2 | [NR] Charlie Piggott and Gerry Harrington. The New Road. Charlie Piggott (accordion), Gerry Harrington (fiddle). For this tune: Gerry Harrington (fiddle). |
| ~2006 | 8#3 | [Srnd] Mick McAuley and Winifred Horan. Serenade. Mick McAuley (accordion, vocals, whistle, bodhrán, keyboards, percussion, guitar), Winifred Horan (fiddle, vocals). |
Bibliography
Here are all transcriptions of this tune 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 #154 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. |
| On page 55 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. |
| On page 68 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. |
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): 1967