Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#92 (Atholl Highlanders)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|
| Double jig | 48 | A Major |
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 CA (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Atholl Highlanders, The / Atholl Highlander (for 4th figure of Taille Mhara Jig Set on MISD 7) (also without 3rd or 4th parts; also as march)
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.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1983 | 8#3 | [CA] Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Frankie Kennedy. Ceol Aduaidh. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Frankie Kennedy (flute). |
| ~1987 | 10 | [TW] Tannahill Weavers. The Best of the Tannahill Weavers 1979-1989. |
| 1991 | 18#3 | [FS] various. Fiddle Sticks. Irish Traditional Music from Donegal. |
| ~1996 | B.4#1 | [MISD 7] Donncha Lynch Trio. The Magic of Irish Set Dancing. Vol. 7. Donncha Lynch (accordion), Aogán Lynch (concertina), Donncha Lynch Jr. (guitar). |
| ~1997 | 8#2 | [CBt] various. Celtic Beat. Traditional Music from Ireland. Neil Martin (pipes, whistle), Davy Maguire (flute, whistle), Brian McAteer (fiddle), Breandan O'Hare (flute, whistle), Jason O'Rourke (concertina), John McSherry (pipes), Ray Gallen (bodhrán). |
| ~1998 | 10#4 | [FFH] Far From Home. Tri. Turner Collins (accordion, whistle, vocals), Bob Newton (octave mandolin, mandocello, bodhrán, vocals), Daithi Wolfe (fiddle). |
| 2002 | 13#4 | [DLB] Donncha Lynch Band. Timmy 'the Brit' McCarthy's Set Dances of Cork and Kerry. Donncha Lynch (accordion), Aogan Lynch (concertina), Ronan Lynch (fiddle), Donncha Lynch, Jr. (guitar). |
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.
| On page 27 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. |
| On page 74 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition. |
| On page 122 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As jig #1 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
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): 1983