Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#988 (Johnny Cope)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording SE 5 (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|
| Hornpipe | 96 | A Dorian |
Johnny Cope / Jonny Cope / Johnnie Cope / General Coope (also as 2-part march or as song) (compare distantly #3741)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 8#1 | [NHTL] Noel Hill and Tony Linnane. Noel Hill and Tony Linnane. Noel Hill (concertina), Tony Linnane (fiddle). For this tune: Noel Hill (concertina). |
| ~1978 | 8#1 | [SE 5] Seamus Ennis. The Fox Chase. Seamus Ennis (pipes). For this tune: (C# pipes). |
| ~1987 | 10#2 | [TW] Tannahill Weavers. The Best of the Tannahill Weavers 1979-1989. |
| ~1996 | 10#1 | [MOB] Mick O' Brien. May Morning Dew. Mick O' Brien (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (B whistle). |
| ~2000 | 3#1 | [COC] Connie O'Connell. Ceol Cill na Martra (Music from Cill Na Martra). Connie O'Connell (fiddle). |
| ~2007 | 10#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 #1812 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #202 in volume 3 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. |
| On pages 30-31 of [IFMCK] Drew Beisswenger. Irish Fiddle Music from Counties Cork and Kerry. |
| As tune #285 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. |
| As hp #29 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. |
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