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Tune ID#1065 (Kylebrack Rambler)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Kylebrack Rambler about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording A IA (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel48AABBCCD Mixolydian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Kylebrack Rambler / Kyle Brack Rambler / Kylebrack Ramblers / The Kylebrack Rambler / Kyle Brack Reel / Finbarr Dwyer's Fancy / Finbar Dwyer's Fancy (3rd in set Slides & Reels on Drv 1; 1st in set Tunes with Johnny on LzKnls 2) (also in A or E, also only 1st part doubled, also without 3rd part) (composed by Finbarr Dwyer aka Finbar Dwyer)
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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).
~197415#1
[BICM] Best of Irish Ceili Music. Disc 5 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Shaskeen but solo, therefore PJ Hernon (accordion).
~19798#1
[BHIW] Dolores Keane & John Faulkner. Broken Hearted I'll Wander. Dolores Keane (vocals, concertina, flute ,whistle, hurdy gurdy, bodhrán), John Faulkner (vocals, guitar, hurdy gurdy, bouzouki).
~199212#3
[Drv 1] Dervish. Harmony Hill. Cathy Jordan (vocals, bodhrán, bones), Liam Kelly (flute, whistle, vocals), Shane Mitchell (accordion), Shane McAleer (fiddle, viola), Brian McDonagh (mandola, mandolin), Michael Holmes (bouzouki, guitar). For this tune: Liam Kelly (flute).
19936#2
[A IA] Altan. Island Angel. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Frankie Kennedy (flute, whistle, vocals), Mark Kelly (guitar, vocals), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle, vocals), Dáithi Sproule (guitar, vocals). For this tune: (fiddle), with Dermot Byrne (accordion).
19966#1
[BrdgGap] Kevin Moloney, Sean Moloney. Bridging the Gap. Kevin Moloney (fiddle), Sean Moloney (flute).
19995#1
[JWh 8] John Whelan. Celtic Roots. John Whelan (accordion). For this tune: John Whelan (accordion).
~20071#1
[FD 7] Finbarr Dwyer. Accordion Music from the Soul. Finbarr Dwyer (accordion).
20087#2
[RedW] The Red Wellies. The Red Wellies. Claudine "Beanie" Odell (fiddle), Duncan Wickel (fiddle, pipes), Vincent Fogarty (bouzouki).
~201012#1
[LzKnls 2] Liz Knowles. Making Time. Liz Knowles (fiddle, strings). For this tune: with Johnny B. Connolly (accordion).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Con Carthy's Favourite		Drv 1
Humours of Andytown		A IA
Gypsy Princess		RedW
Played beforeOn Albums
Miss McGuiness		BHIW
Primrose Lass		Drv 1
Gladstone		A IA
Butterfly Reel		BrdgGap
Tempest		JWh 8
Graf Spee		BICM
O'Shaughnessy's Reel		LzKnls 2

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 reel #138 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As reel #172 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As reel #228 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan.

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): 1974
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