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Tune ID#670 (Fraher's)

Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig32AABBD Mixolydian
Transcription of first 2 bars of Fraher's
 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 WC 3 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Fraher's / Fraher's Jig / Port Uí Fhearchair / Frahers / Pat Burke's Jig (2nd in set The Session on Ch 8; 2nd in set Lark on the Strand on Drv 5) (also in A, also as single jig)

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
197320#1[WC 3] Willie Clancy. The Pipering of Willie Clancy. Volume 2. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle).View album details
~197313#2[JB 1] Joe Burke with Charlie Lennon. Traditional Music of Ireland. Joe Burke (accordion), with Charlie Lennon (piano).View album details
~197514#2[PCt] Paddy Carty. Traditional Irish Music. Paddy Carty (flute).View album details
~197513#1[SK 1] Seán Keane. Gusty's Frolicks. Seán Keane (fiddle).View album details
~19785#2[Dbl] Paddy Glackin and Paddy Keenan. Doublin'. Paddy Glackin (fiddle, viola), Paddy Keenan (pipes).View album details
~19781(0:45)#2[Ch 8] The Chieftains. 8. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle, bones), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán).View album details
~19914#2[PG 2] Paddy Glackin. Rabharta Ceoil. In Full Spate. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán).View album details
19963#1[Dnu 1] Danú. Danú. Daire Bracken (fiddle), Brendan McCarthy (accordion), Donnchadh Gough (pipes, bodhrán), Tom Doorley (flute), Eamonn Doorley (bouzouki, fiddle), Timmy Murray (guitar), Cárthach Mac Craith (vocals).View album details
~199811#2[KR] Kevin Rowsome. The Rowsome Tradition. Kevin Rowsome (pipes).View album details
~19997#2[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).View album details
20079#3[PotW] John Wynne and John McEvoy. Pride of the West. John Wynne (flute), John McEvoy (fiddle).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 tune #59 in volume 3 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
On page 27 of [LPUP] Eithne and Brian Vallely. Learn to Play the Uilleann Pipes. [available]
As tune #86 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. [available]
As tune #74 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. [available]
As jig #34 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As jig #23 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan. [available]
As jig #60 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan. [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): 1973