Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#3577 (Bean a' Tí ar Lár)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording TP 2 (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 16 | AB | D Major |
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Bean a' Tí ar Lár / Bean a'Ti ar Lar / Bean an Ti Ar Lar / Bean An It Ar Lar / The Mistress on the Floor (3rd in set The B Set on LzKnls 2; 3rd in set Alternate Routes on LTC 1) (mislabeled as The Old Oak Tree / An Seanchrann Darach in CRE 2)
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 10 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1976 | 6#2 | [TP 2] Tommy Peoples and Paul Brady. The High Part of the Road. Tommy Peoples (fiddle), Paul Brady (guitar). |
| ~2000 | 1#2 | [A AS] Altan. Another Sky. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle, vocals), Dermot Byrne (accordion), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki), Mark Kelly (guitar, vocals), Dáithi Sproule (guitar, vocals). |
| 2008 | 5#2 | [NtDay] Brett Lipshutz and Randy Lee Gosa. Night and Day. Brett Lipshutz (flute, whistle, bombarde), Randy Lee Gosa (guitar). |
| ~2010 | 3#3 | [LzKnls 2] Liz Knowles. Making Time. Liz Knowles (fiddle, strings). For this tune: with Kieran O'Hare (B pipe). |
| 2011 | 2#3 | [LTC 1] Long Time Courting. Alternate Routes. Ariel Friedman (cello, vocals), Liz Simmon (guitar, vocals), Shannon Heaton (flute, whistle, vocals), Sarah Blair (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 #199 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. |
| As tune #39 in volume 1 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols. |
| As reel #10 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As reel #21 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan. |
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): 1965