Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#89 (Ash Plant)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | E Dorian |
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 IDM 1 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Ash Plant, The / Ash Plant / The Ashplant / The Ash-Plant / The Ash Plant No. 1 / An Maide Fuinnseoige / Planda na Fuirseoige (2nd in set Meitheamh on Lu 1; appears within song Keeper of the Game on MSHtn 1) (also singled, also in A Dorian or F# Minor) (compare Rogha Thomáis Uí Dhubhda / Tom Dowd's Favorite and Morning Dew #2512)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 23#1 | [IDM 1] various. Irish Dance Music. |
| ~1971 | 17#1 | [GP] various. The Gentlemen Pipers. Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Piping. |
| 1974 | 17#1 | [CC] Bernard O'Sullivan and Tommy McMahon. Clare Concertinas. Bernard O'Sullivan (concertina), Tommy McMahon (concertina) except where solos noted. |
| 1985 | 2#1 | [Kn] Noel Hill and Tony MacMahon. In Knocknagree. Noel Hill (concertina), Tony MacMahon (accordion). |
| 1997 | 6#2 | [Lu 1] Lúnasa. Lúnasa. Seán Smyth (fiddle, whistle), Mike McGoldrick (flute, whistle), John McSherry (pipes, whistle), Donagh Hennessy (guitar), Trevor Hutchinson (double bass). |
| ~1998 | 8#1 | [MMR 2] Mike and Mary Rafferty. The Old Fireside Music. Mike Rafferty (flute, pipes), Mary Rafferty (accordion, whistle). |
| ~2000 | 3#1 | [MMcG 2] Michael McGoldrick. Fused. Michael McGoldrick (flute except where noted). |
| 2001 | 6#2 | [A BI] Altan. Blue Idol. Not identified in liner notes. [Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle), Dermot Byrne (accordion), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki), Mark Kelly (guitar), Dáithi Sproule (guitar)]. |
| ~2003 | 8(1:47)#2 | [MSHtn 1] Matt and Shannon Heaton. Dearga. Shannon Heaton (flute, whistle, vocals), Matt Heaton (guitar, vocals, bodhrán, dobro, electric guitar). |
| 2006 | 9#2 | [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). |
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 #116 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. |
| On page 47 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. |
| In [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition. |
| As tune #14 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. |
| On page 1 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As reel #220 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan. |
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): 1938