Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#470 (Four-Mile Stone)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording CA (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | A Dorian |
Four-Mile Stone, The / The Four Mile Stone / Four Mile Stone / Cloch na Ceithre Mhíle / Arthur Darley's / Darley's Reel (3rd in set Lark on the Strand on Drv 5) (composed by Arthur Darley)
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 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1983 | 5#2 | [CA] Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Frankie Kennedy. Ceol Aduaidh. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Frankie Kennedy (flute). For this tune: 1st time Mairead (fiddle). |
| ~1995 | 1#1 | [JW 1] John Williams. John Williams. John Williams (accordion, concertina). |
| ~1999 | 7#3 | [Drv 5] Dervish. Midsummer's Night. Cathy Jordan (vocals, bodhrán, bones), Tom Morrow (fiddle, viola, vocals), Shane Mitchell (accordion), Liam Kelly (flute, whistle), Séamus O'Dowd (guitar, fiddle, harmonica, vocals), Michael Holmes (bouzouki), Brian McDonagh (mandola, mandolin, vocals). For this tune: (fiddle). |
| ~2009 | 14#1 | [KClns 2] Kathleen Collins. My Book of Songs. Kathleen Collins (fiddle). |
| ~2011 | 7#1 | [PO 4] Paddy O'Brien. Mixing the Punch. Paddy O'Brien (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 #189 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. |
| As reel #58 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
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): 1927