Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#474 (Dawn)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | A 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 JC (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Dawn, The / Bánú an Lae / Miller's Reel / Miller's / Fáinne an Lae / The Dawning of the Day (also in G or D) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Twilight in Portroe #2851)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 20#1 | [BFair] various. Ballinasloe Fair. Early Recordings of Irish Music in America. |
| 1947 | 2#1 | [GD] various. From Galway to Dublin. Early Recordings of Traditional Irish Music. |
| 1961 | 2.21#1 | [SltSdt] various. Seoltaí Séidte. Setting Sail. |
| ~1962 | 10#1 | [JC] Joe Cooley. Cooley. Joe Cooley (accordion). |
| ~1993 | 5#3 | [JKn 2] James Keane. That's the Spirit. James Keane (accordion). |
| ~2002 | 5#3 | [BCw 1] Brian Conway. First through the Gate. Brian Conway (fiddle). |
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 #52 in volume 1 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols. |
| On page 189 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. |
| As reel #29 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| On page 15 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition. |
| On page 20 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
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): 1929