Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#4377 (Peacock's Feather)

Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Hornpipe32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Peacock's Feather
 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 FG 1 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Peacock's Feather, The / Peacock's Feather / Cleite na Péacóige (2nd in set Peacock's Feather on FG 1; 2nd in set The Peacock's Feather on TCB 3)

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
~19773#2[FG 1] Frankie Gavin and Alec Finn. Frankie Gavin and Alec Finn. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, whistle), Alec Finn (bouzouki).View album details
~19803#2[MMlny] Mick Moloney. Strings Attached. Mick Moloney (banjo, mandolin, guitar).View album details
19963#2[TCB 3] The Tulla Ceili Band. A Celebration of 50 Years. P. J. Hayes (fiddle), Martin Hayes (fiddle), Francis Donnellan (fiddle), Mark Donnellan (fiddle), J. J. Conway (flute), Jennifer Lenihan (flute), Sean Donnelly (accordion), Michael McKee (accordion), Jim Corry (piano), Michael Flanigan (drums).View album details
~20006#2[OMBFMO] Oisín Mac Diarmada, Brian Fitzgerald, Micheál Ó Ruanaigh. Traditional Music on Fiddle, Banjo and Harp. Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle), Brian Fitzgerald (banjo), Micheál Ó Ruanaigh (harp).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 hp #43 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #253 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [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): 1977
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