Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 3410 (Cordal Jig)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Cordal Jig
 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 DD 6 (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):
Cordal Jig, The / Port na Cordaile / Morgan Rattler / If I Had in the Clear / Five Hundred a Year / Land of Potatoes / Jackson's Bouner Bougher / The Idle Road / The Slopes of Sliobh Luachra (in set The Wren's Nest on DD 6) (also in C, also with many more parts)
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
1985A1#2[DD 6] Dé Danann. Anthem. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, flute, viola, piano), Alec Finn (bouzouki, guitar), Martin O'Connor (accordion), Johnny McDonagh (bodhrán), Mary Bergin (whistle), Jackie Daly (accordion), Mary Black (vocals), Dolores Keane (vocals).View album details
~20047#3[DLyn] Dana Lyn. Looking for the Early Opener. Dana Lyn (fiddle, viola, piano).View album details
~20051#2[CTrsh] Ciaran Tourish. Down the Line. Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle).View album details
20082#2[RedW] The Red Wellies. The Red Wellies. Claudine "Beanie" Odell (fiddle), Duncan Wickel (fiddle, pipes), Vincent Fogarty (bouzouki).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 #1046 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #257 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #50 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.
On page 60 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
On page 107 of [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As tune #333 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As jig #34 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [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): 1903
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