Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#394 (Copperplate)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | G Major |
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 JDJO (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Copperplate, The / The Copper Plate / The New Copperplate / New Copperplate / The Copperplate No. 1 (2nd in set Wellington Reels on IFM; 1st in set The Copperplates on Shskn 10 and on CMcN) (compare the Scottish reel Cabar Feidh)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 12#2 | [IFM] various. Past Masters of Irish Fiddle Music. |
| ~1951 | 18#1 | [AL] various. World Library of Folk and Primitive Music: Ireland. |
| ~1953 | 1#2 | [JDJO] Joe Derrane and Jerry O'Brien. Irish Accordion Masters. Joe Derrane (accordion), Jerry O'Brien (accordion). |
| ~1958 | 10#1 | [TDMI] various. Traditional Dance Music of Ireland. |
| ~1959 | 3#2 | [SE 1] Seamus Ennis. The Bonny Bunch of Roses. Seamus Ennis (pipes, whistle, vocals). |
| 1960 | 18#2 | [ECr] Elizabeth Crotty. Concertina Music from West Clare. Elizabeth Crotty (concertina). |
| ~1976 | 15#2 | [GP] various. The Gentlemen Pipers. Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Piping. |
| ~1977 | 17#2 | [ECst] various. Traditional Irish Music in America. The East Coast. |
| ~1977 | 8#1 | [SE 4] Séamus Ennis. Forty Years of Irish Piping. Seamus Ennis (pipes except where whistle or vocals noted). |
| ~1986 | 30#1 | [CCssdy] Con Cassidy. Traditional Fiddle Music from Donegal. Con Cassidy (fiddle). |
| ~1993 | 16#1 | [WU] Martin Mulhaire, Séamus Connolly, Jack Coen. Warming Up. Martin Mulhaire (accordion), Séamus Connolly (fiddle), Jack Coen (flute). |
| ~1997 | 12#1 | [Shskn 10] Shaskeen. Music for Set Dancing and Listening. Tom Cussen (banjo, mandolin), Benny O'Connor (drums, bodhrán, bongos), Seán Conway (flute, whistle, guitar), Eamonn Cotter (flute), Mike Fahy (guitar), Charlie Harris (accordion), Geraldine Cotter (piano), Carl Hession (piano). |
| 1998 | 4#4 | [JWh] John Whelan. Come to Dance. John Whelan (accordion). |
| 2000 | 9#2 | [MOR] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. The Nervous Man. Traditional Irish Music on Concertina. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina). |
| ~2002 | 8#2 | [EON] Eoin O'Neill. In Session. Eoin O'Neill (bouzouki, fiddle). |
| 2003 | 16#2 | [CSmth] Chris Smith with Roger Landes and Randal Bays. Coyotebanjo. Chris Smith (banjo, mandola, mandolin, field organ), Roger Landes (bouzouki), Randal Bays (fiddle). |
| ~2003 | 13#1 | [JCt 4] John Carty. At It Again. John Carty (fiddle). |
| ~2007 | 13#1 | [CMcN] Christy McNamara. The House I Was Reared In. Christy McNamara (accordion, concertina, vocals). |
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 #65 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. |
| As tune #55 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." |
| As reel #196 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As tune #2 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. |
| On page 11 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition. |
| On page 17 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As reel #241 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #50 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. |
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): 1923