Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#749 (Good-Natured Man)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording WU (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hornpipe | 32 | AABB | G Major |
Good-Natured Man, The / The Good Natured Man / The Goodnatured Man / An Fear Lách / The Steamboat / Tim the Turncoat (also in F) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Tim the Turncoat #1910) (composed by James Hill)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 8#2 | [MH 1] Martin Hayes. Martin Hayes. Martin Hayes (fiddle). |
| ~1993 | 10#1 | [WU] Martin Mulhaire, Séamus Connolly, Jack Coen. Warming Up. Martin Mulhaire (accordion), Séamus Connolly (fiddle), Jack Coen (flute). |
| 2000 | 2#1 | [SkHly 3] Skip Healy. Purgatory Chasm. Skip Healy (flute). |
| ~2001 | 14#2 | [HOP] Claire Byrne, Darragh Murphy, Barry Kerr, Patrick Davey. The Humours of Piping. Claire Byrne (pipes), Darragh Murphy (pipes), Barry Kerr (pipes), Patrick Davey (pipes). For this tune: Darragh Murphy. |
| ~2007 | 3#1 | [RdOnly] Brian McNamara and Tim Collins. Reed Only. Brian McNamara (pipes), Tim Collins (concertina). |
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 tune #1620 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| On page 178 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
| As hp #23 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As tune #314 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): 1903