Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#363 (Comb Your Hair and Curl It)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording MC (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 4-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slip jig | 16 | AABB | E Dorian |
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Comb Your Hair and Curl It / Coleman's No. 2 / Coleman's No. 2 Slip Jig / Coleman's Hop (2nd in set The Foxhunter a.k.a. The Fox Hunter on MC; 1st in set Gweebarra Bridge on A BI) (also in A)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1925 | 2.4#2 | [MC] Michael Coleman. Michael Coleman 1891-1945. Michael Coleman (fiddle). |
| ~1963 | 4#1 | [Ch 1] The Chieftains. The Chieftains. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina), Seán Potts (whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), David Fallon (bodhrán). |
| ~1993 | 13#1 | [SnugBl] Paddy O'Brien, Jamie Gans, Daithi Sproule. Snug in the Blanket. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Jamie Gans (fiddle), Daithi Sproule (guitar). |
| 2001 | 6#1 | [GrHs] Grey Larsen and Paddy League. The Green House. Grey Larsen (flute, whistle, concertina, harmonium, field organ, piano), Paddy League (bodhrán, guitar). For this tune: (whistle). |
| 2001 | 13#1 | [A BI] Altan. Blue Idol. Not identified in liner notes. [Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle), Dermot Byrne (accordion), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki), Mark Kelly (guitar), Dáithi Sproule (guitar)]. |
| ~2002 | 2#3 | [BCw 1] Brian Conway. First through the Gate. Brian Conway (fiddle). |
| ~2003 | 2.6#2 | [WFO 2] Wooden Flute Obsession 2. Sharon Creasey (flute). |
| ~2006 | 2#2 | [Tda 3] Téada. Inné Amárach. Seán McElwain (guitar, bouzouki, banjo), Damien Stenson (flute), Tristan Rosenstock (bodhrán), Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle, piano), Paul Finn (accordion). |
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 #447 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. |
| On page 44 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. |
| As tune #78 in volume 3 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols. |
| As tune #11 in volume 2 of [LPTW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. |
| On page 24 of [T] Fintan Vallely. Timber. The Flute Tutor. 2nd Edition. |
| In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic]. |
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): 1907