Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#552 (Yellow Tinker)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording PitS (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 24 | ABC | G Mixolydian |
Yellow Tinker, The / Yellow Tinker / Yellow Tinker #2 (also in A) (compare 1st part with 1st part of -- and much more distantly also 2nd part with the 2nd part of -- #2088)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 10#1 | [PitS] Paddy in the Smoke. Sean O'Shea (fiddle), Bobby Casey (fiddle). |
| ~1981 | 9#2 | [MM 2] Matt Molloy. Heathery Breeze. Matt Molloy (flute). For this tune: (E flute). |
| ~1985 | 7#1 | [IT 3] The Irish Tradition. The Times We've Had. Billy McComiskey (accordion), Brendan Mulvihill (fiddle), Andy O'Brien (guitar, vocals). For this tune: Billy McComiskey (accordion). |
| ~1985 | 16#1 | [BigSq] The Big Squeeze. Masters of the Celtic Accordion. Billy McComiskey (accordion). |
| ~1991 | 13#2 | [TKn] Tommy Keane. The Piper's Apron. Tommy Keane (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes), with Jacqueline McCarthy (pipes). |
| 1996 | 12#2 | [BrdgGap] Kevin Moloney, Sean Moloney. Bridging the Gap. Kevin Moloney (fiddle), Sean Moloney (flute). For this tune: Kevin Moloney (fiddle). |
| ~1996 | 5#1 | [Sol 1] Solas. Solas. Seamus Egan (flute, whistle, guitar, pipes, bodhrán, vocals), Karan Casey (vocals), John Doyle (guitar, vocals), Winifred Horan (fiddle, vocals), John Williams (accordion, concertina, vocals). For this tune: Seamus Egan (flute). |
| ~1996 | 1#1 | [JB 4] Joe Burke, Charlie Lennon. The Bucks of Oranmore. Joe Burke (accordion), Charlie Lennon (piano). |
| ~1997 | 7#2 | [NaCnn 1] Na Connerys. Celtic Sessions. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Kevin Glackin (fiddle), Sean Og Potts (pipes, whistle), John Regan (accordion), John Wynne (flute), Tom McDonagh (bouzouki), Mark Kelly (guitar). |
| ~2003 | 16#1 | [MatH] Brendan Bulger, Marty Fahey, Kathleen Gavin. Music at the House. Brendan Bulger (fiddle), Marty Fahey (accordion, piano), Kathleen Gavin (piano). |
| ~2005 | 2.2#1 | [WFO 3] Wooden Flute Obsession 3. Ciarán Somers (flute). |
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 reel #201 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As tune #18 in volume 1 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols. |
| As tune #100 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. |
| On page 106 of [NF] Allen Feldman. The Northern Fiddler. |
| As tune #153 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. |
| On page 120 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As reel #356 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #271 in [FT] Randy Miller. The Fiddler's Throne. |
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): 1959