Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#902 (Jack Coen's Jig)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JCC (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double jig | 32 | AABB | G Major |
Jack Coen's Jig / Jack Coen's / Jack Cohen's / Jim Conroy's / Conroy's / The Leg of the Duck / Leis Lacha / An Mál Rua / Pride of the West / Péarla an Iarthair / The Bloody Hollow (composed by Jim Conroy?)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 14#1 | [JCC] Jack and Charlie Coen. The Branch Line. Jack Coen (flute), Charlie Coen (concertina). |
| ~1990 | 7#1 | [DMa] Declan Masterson. Deireadh an Fhómhair. End of the Harvest. Declan Masterson (pipes, whistle). |
| ~1993 | 4#2 | [JCnly 1] Johnny Connolly. An tOileán Aerach. Johnny Connolly (melodeon). |
| ~2000 | 13#3 | [JLavelle] John Lavelle. @Home Alone. John Lavelle (accordion). |
| ~2003 | 1#3 | [MatH] Brendan Bulger, Marty Fahey, Kathleen Gavin. Music at the House. Brendan Bulger (fiddle), Marty Fahey (accordion, piano), Kathleen Gavin (piano). |
| 2007 | 1#1 | [PotW] John Wynne and John McEvoy. Pride of the West. John Wynne (flute), John McEvoy (fiddle). |
| 2009 | 2#3 | [JDr 6] Joe Derrane. Grove Lane. Joe Derrane (accordion). |
| ~2011 | 12#2 | [FlgMem] Andrew Mac Namara, Orla Harrington, Jim Higgins. Flagstone Memories. Orla Harrington (fiddle), Andrew Mac Namara (accordion), Jim Higgins (piano, percussion). |
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 jig #157 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. |
| As tune #248 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?
Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1976