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Tune ID#1055 (High Road to Linton)

Transcription of first 2 bars of High Road to Linton about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording StWing 1 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel16ABA Mixolydian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
High Road to Linton, The / Highway to Linton / An Bóthar Mór go Linton / Jenny's Gone to Linton / Kitty Got a Clinking Coming from the Races / The Leinster Highroad (also with 2 more parts, also in D) (compare reversed parts to fling/single jig Kitty Got a Clinking Coming from the Fair #2643)
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Discography cd

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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Year
Recorded
Track
#Tune?
[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~19787#2
[StWing 1] Stockton's Wing. Stockton's Wing. Jigs, Reels & Songs. Maurice Lennon (fiddle), Tommy Hayes (bodhrán, jew's harp), Kieran Hanrahan (banjo, harmonica, bouzouki), Paul Roche (flute, whistle), Tony Callanan (vocals, guitar, bouzouki). For this tune: 1st time Maurice (fiddle).
~19921#3
[CR 1] Craobh Rua. The More That's Said the Less the Better. Mark Donnelly (pipes, whistle), Michael Cassidy (fiddle), Brian Connolly (banjo, mandolin, bodhrán), Jim Byrne (guitar, mandola, vocals).
~20086#1
[TndUp] Brendan Mulholland, Brendan Hendry, Paul McSherry. Tuned Up. Brendan Mulholland (flute), Brendan Hendry (fiddle), Paul McSherry (guitar).
~201113#2
[Girsa 2] Girsa. A Sweeter Place. Deidre Brennan (vocals, fiddle, mandolin, banjo), Margaret Dudasik (vocals, fiddle, whistle, dobro), Maeve Flanagan (fiddle, whistle), Pamela Geraghty (vocals, accordion, guitar, djembe), Bernadette Flanagan (piano, bodhrán, dance), Blaithin Loughran (accordion), Emily McShane (vocals, piano, bodhrán, guitar), Kristen McShane (fiddle, shakers).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Callaghan's Reel
StWing 1
Come West along the Road
CR 1
Reel of Rio
Girsa 2
Played beforeOn Albums
Five-Mile Chase
CR 1
Humors of Newcastle
TndUp

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 musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #605 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #166 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
As tune #62 in [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As tune #10 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. [available]
On page 48 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
On page 48 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As reel #132 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 only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1907