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Tune ID#1264 (Ballina Lass)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Ballina Lass about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording IFM (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):
Ballina Lass / The Ballina Lass / Come Up to the Room, I Want Ye / Come up to the Room I Want You / Tar Aníos go dtí an Seomra, Tá Gnó agam Díot / Jeremiah Martins / The Old Maids of Galway (2nd in set McKenna's Reel a.k.a. John McKenna's Reels on FG 3; 3rd in set Kitty Reels on AGrnv 2) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Over the Moor to Peggy #1491)
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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).
19311#1
[IFM] Past Masters of Irish Fiddle Music. Paddy Killoran (fiddle), Paul Ryan (fiddle), Denis Murphy (accordion).
~198115#1
[JyHenry] Johnny Henry. One Out of the Fort. Johnny Henry (fiddle).
~19891#2
[FG 3] Frankie Gavin. Frankie Goes to Town. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, flute). For this tune: (fiddle), (flute).
~20031#2
[TapRT] The Tap Room Trio. The Tap Room Trio. Harry Bradley (flute, piccolo), Jesse Smith (fiddle), John Blake (guitar, piano, flute).
20076#3
[PotW] John Wynne and John McEvoy. Pride of the West. John Wynne (flute), John McEvoy (fiddle). For this tune: John M. (fiddle).
~20141#3
[AGrnv 2] Aoife Granville. Sáimhín Só. Aoife Granville (flute, fiddle, fife, whistle, vocals). For this tune: (Eb flute).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Tie the Ribbons
FG 3
Blackberry Blossom
TapRT
Tinker's Stick
PotW
Abbey Reel
AGrnv 2
Played beforeOn Albums
Sligo Maid
IFM

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 #190 in [CRE 5] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 5.

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): 1931