about these two bars
| Rhythm | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 16 | AB | E Dorian |
These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Ch 4 (details in the Discography below).
DiscographyHere 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). | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 1#1 | [PT] Patsy Touhey. The Piping of Patsy Touhey. Patsy Touhey (pipes). | |
| 1919 | 14#1 | [WW 2] various. The Wheels of the World. Early Irish-American Music. Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 1930s. Vol. 2. | |
| ~1949 | 6(2:04)#2 | [ICTM] various. Ireland. Irlande. | |
| ~1973 | 1(0:02)#1 | [Ch 4] The Chieftains. 4. Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones). | |
| ~1978 | 11#2 | [LC 1] Liz Carroll. A Friend Indeed. Liz Carroll (fiddle). | |
| ~1981 | 5#1 | [MM 2] Matt Molloy. Heathery Breeze. Matt Molloy (flute). | |
| ~1981 | 2.18#1 | [WFO 1] various. Wooden Flute Obsession. | |
| 1991 | 7#1 | [A HS] Altan. Harvest Storm. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Frankie Kennedy (flute, whistle, vocals), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle, vocals), Mark Kelly (guitar, vocals), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki, bouzouki-guitar). | |
| 1992 | 9#2 | [DOEI] various. Dear Old Erin's Isle. Irish Traditional Music from America. | |
| 1994 | [2] various. Alan's other personal audiocassettes. | ||
| ~1999 | 28#2 | [MtRd] various. The Mountain Road. A Compilation of Tunes Popular in South Sligo. | |
| 2007 | 10#1 | [Aths 1] Áthas. Áthas. Heather Lewin-Tiarks (fiddle, viola, cello), Amy Richter (bodhrán, djembe, whistle), Jeff Ksiazek (guitar, whistle, flute). |
BibliographyHere 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 #1425 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #662 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. |
| On page 136 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
| On page 103 of [TOC] Tomás Ó Canainn. Traditional Music in Ireland. |
| On page 91 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. |
| As reel #48 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| On page 86 of [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. |
| On page 7 of [SK] Sean Keane. Fifty Fiddle Solos. |
| As reel #7 in [Ng] Alan Ng. Alan Ng's Transcriptions. |
| In [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition. |
| On page 26 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As reel #70 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #75 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. |
| As tune #3 in [DM 4] Dave Mallinson. 100 Vital Irish Session Tunes. |
| In [LM] L[arry]. E. McCullough. ? |
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?