about these two bars
| Rhythm | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double jig | 32 | AABB | D Mixolydian |
These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording TPtts (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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 21(1:24)#2 | [TPtts] Tommy Potts. The Liffey Banks. Tommy Potts (fiddle). |
| ~1977 | 13#2 | [SE 4] Séamus Ennis. Forty Years of Irish Piping. Seamus Ennis (pipes except where whistle or vocals noted). |
| ~1979 | 5#3 | [Plx 4] Planxty. Collection. Unidentified on this reissue. |
| 1996 | 13#3 | [TCB 3] The Tulla Ceili Band. A Celebration of 50 Years. P. J. Hayes (fiddle), Martin Hayes (fiddle), Francis Donnellan (fiddle), Mark Donnellan (fiddle), J. J. Conway (flute), Jennifer Lenihan (flute), Sean Donnelly (accordion), Michael McKee (accordion), Jim Corry (piano), Michael Flanigan (drums). |
| ~1996 | 6#3 | [PCln] Pat Cloonan. Pat Cloonan's Thanksgiving. Patrick Cloonan (accordion). |
| 2001 | 11#1 | [PHCB] Public House Ceili Band. Go Figure. Dan Cobb (banjo), Dave Delgado (whistle), Alan Ng (fiddle), Bob Newton (octave mandolin). |
| 2006 | 5#3 | [TCB 4] The Tulla Céilí Band. 60th Anniversary Celebration. Mark Donnellan (fiddle), Martin Hayes (fiddle), Jim Corry (piano), Sean Donnelly (accordion), Michael McKee (accordion), J.J. Conway (flute), Jennifer Lenihan (flute), Martin Glynn (flute), Mick Flanagan (drums). |
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 #30 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. |
| On page 176 of [CITM] Fintan Vallely. The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. |
| On pages 97-98 of [TOC] Tomás Ó Canainn. Traditional Music in Ireland. |
| On page 24 of [SK] Sean Keane. Fifty Fiddle Solos. |
| On page 70 of [F] S. C. Hamilton. The Irish Flute Player's Handbook. |
| As tune #41 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. |
| On page 83 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition. |
| On page 137 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As jig #39 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As jig #92 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan. |
| As tune #232 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. |
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?