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Tune ID#1129 (Limestone Rock)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Limestone Rock about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording IDM 2 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel16ABG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Limestone Rock, The / Limestone Rock / Lime Stone Rock / An Chloch Aoil / Tit for Tat (5th in set The Limestone Rock on Sld 1; 1st in set The Humours of Tulla on TCB 4) (also doubled) (compare 2nd part with 2nd part of You Never Saw Her Equal #6018)
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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).
19233#1
[IDM 2] Past Masters of Irish Dance Music. Tom Ennis (pipes), Jimmy Morrison (flute), John Muller (piano).
192816#2
[FBros] The Flanagan Brothers. The Tunes We Like to Play on Paddy's Day. Joe Flanagan (accordion), Louis Flanagan (guitar, banjo), Mike Flanagan (banjo, vocals, mandolin).
~19562.17#1
[EMlny] Eddie Moloney. Eddie Moloney. Master Musician. Eddie Moloney (flute, fiddle, whistle, vocal). For this tune: (flute), with Tommy Coen (fiddle).
~19756#1
[PCt] Paddy Carty. Traditional Irish Music. Paddy Carty (flute).
~1978A.1#1
[NF] Joe Shannon, Johnny McGreevy. The Noonday Feast. Joe Shannon (pipes), Johnny McGreevy (fiddle).
~19801.15#1
[EMlny] Eddie Moloney. Eddie Moloney. Master Musician. Eddie Moloney (flute, fiddle, whistle, vocal). For this tune: (whistle).
~198314#1
[JB 3] Joe Burke with Máire Ní Chathasaigh. The Tailor's Choice. Joe Burke (flute, whistle, accordion). For this tune: with Mike Rafferty of Ballinakill (flute).
~19856#2
[CW] Matt Molloy and Sean Keane. Contentment Is Wealth. Matt Molloy (flute), Sean Keane (fiddle).
~19891#1
[GdMxr] Noel O Grady, Henry Benagh, John Carty, Marcus Hernon. The Good Mixer.
~19918#2
[TKn] Tommy Keane. The Piper's Apron. Tommy Keane (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes).
19926#4
[FVlly 2] Fintan Vallely and Mark Simos. Back to the Starry Lane. Irish and Scottish Traditional Music on Flute and Guitar. Fintan Vallely (flute), Mark Simos (guitar).
~19932#1
[MR 4] Micho Russell. The Limestone Rock. Micho Russell (whistle).
~199314#1
[SSt] The Sound of Stone. Artists for Mullaghmore. 1st time Paul Brock (accordion), then with Moving Cloud.
~199513#1
[LkMgc] Todd Denman, Bill Dennehy. . . .Like Magic. Todd Denman (pipes, whistle), Bill Dennehy (fiddle, bouzouki). For this tune: 1st time Todd (pipes), 2nd time Bill (fiddle).
~19978#1
[TMcCrthy] Tommy McCarthy. Sporting Nell. Tommy McCarthy (concertina, pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes).
199911#3
[JWh 8] John Whelan. Celtic Roots. John Whelan (accordion).
199911#1
[GCJR] Gerard Commane and Joe Ryan with Eoin O'Neill. Two Gentlemen of Clare Music. Gerard Commane (concertina), Joe Ryan (fiddle).
19995#5
[Sld 1] Slide. The Flying Pig. Aogán Lynch (concertina, whistle), Daire Bracken (fiddle, guitar, vocals), Mick Broderick (bouzouki), Éamonn de Barra (flute, piano, keyboards, whistle, vocals).
~19991#1
[KR] Kevin Rowsome. The Rowsome Tradition. Kevin Rowsome (pipes). For this tune: (C pipes).
20018#2
[IrHvst] Joe Derrane, Frankie Gavin, Brian McGrath. Ireland's Harvest. Joe Derrane (accordion), Frankie Gavin (fiddle), Brian McGrath (piano).
~20021#4
[AFL] Michael McGoldrick and John McSherry. At First Light. Michael McGoldrick (flute, whistle, pipes, bodhrán), John McSherry (pipes, whistle). For this tune: Michael (flute), John (pipes), Aidan O'Rourke (fiddle) and/or Dezi Donnelly (fiddle).
200616#1
[TCB 4] The Tulla Céilí Band. 60th Anniversary Celebration. Mark Donnellan (fiddle), Martin Hayes (fiddle), Jim Corry (piano), Sean Donnelly (accordion), Michael McKee (accordion), J.J. Conway (flute), Jennifer Lenihan (flute), Martin Glynn (flute), Mick Flanagan (drums).
20078#2
[WTPO] Norah Rendell and Brian Miller. Wait There Pretty One. Norah Rendell (vocals, flute, whistle), Brian Miller (guitar).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Hand Me Down the Tackle
FBros
Gooseberry Bush
CW
Abbey Reel
TKn
Dan Breen's
FVlly 2
Molloy's
JWh 8
Boys on the Hilltop
Sld 1
Merry Blacksmith
IrHvst
Brendan's Reel
AFL
Follow Me Down to Carlow
WTPO
Played beforeOn Albums
Humours of Loughrea
PCt, EMlny, GdMxr
I Wish I Never Saw You
IDM 2, NF
Laurel Tree
SSt, GCJR
Banshee
JB 3
Miss Ramsey
TKn
Honeymoon
MR 4
Harvest Moon
LkMgc
Road to Lisdoonvarna
TMcCrthy
Five-Mile Chase
KR
Boyne Hunt
TCB 4
Lad's Favorite
WTPO

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 #1457 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #688 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #113 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. [available]
On page 143 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As reel #195 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
On page 19 of [MR] Barbara Wygol (tunes), Jenny Loui (text). The Piper's Chair. A Collection of Tunes and Folklore from Micho Russell.
As reel #178 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #22 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [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): 1903