Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 913 (Jackson's No. 2)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Reel40AABBCD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Jackson's No. 2
 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 TP 7 (details in the Discography below).

Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Jackson's No. 2 / Jackson's / La Cosa Mulligan / John Doherty's (1st in set Jackson's on FG 1) (also without 3rd part) (composed by Tommy Peoples)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

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
~19776#1[FG 1] Frankie Gavin and Alec Finn. Frankie Gavin and Alec Finn. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, whistle), Alec Finn (bouzouki).View album details
1993[2] various. Alan's other personal audiocassettes.
~19983#2[TP 7] Tommy Peoples. The Quiet Glen / An Gleann Ciúin. Tommy Peoples (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 #163 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.
As tune #37 in volume 3 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
On page 35 of [TP] Tommy Peoples. Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes. [available]
As reel #144 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [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): 1968
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