Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#3726 (Anach Cuain)
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Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Anach Cuain / Anach Cuan / Anac-cuain (in set Sea Image on Ch 8)
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 |
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[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
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| ~1978 | 5(2:50)#2 | [Ch 8] The Chieftains. 8. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle, bones), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán). |
| ~1980 | A.6#1 | [Boys 8] Boys of the Lough. Regrouped. Aly Bain (fiddle), Cathal McConnell (flute), Dave Richardson (), Tich Richardson (guitar). |
| ~1993 | 15#1 | [MR 2] Micho Russell. The Limestone Rock. Micho Russell (whistle). |
| ~2002 | 9#1 | [LitN] Christy Barry, Conor McCarthy, Cyril O'Donoghue. Late . . . in the Night. Christy Barry (flute, whistle, spoons), Conor McCarthy (accordion), Cyril O'Donoghue (bouzouki, guitar). |
Bibliography
According to my research, there are zero transcriptions that sound very similar to this tune anywhere in the indexed books, regardless of tune title. Try my recommended links to other indexes if you need a transcription. To learn to play this tune, simply learn it from another musician or study the recording(s) listed above. See also: Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music.
Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1978