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Tune ID#1458 (Old Dudeen)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Old Dudeen about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording MG (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel16ABB Minor
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Old Dudeen, The / Old Dudeen / The Old Dúidín / An Sean-Dúidín / Dudeen / An Dúidín / The Tailor's Thimble / Andy McGann's (1st in set McGann's on GOC 4; 2nd in set Rose in the Gap on Trpsw)
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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).
19499#1
19493#1
[TnRadio] Tuning the Radio. Paddy Killoran (fiddle).
~194929#1
[TaisLFid] Taisce Luachmhar (Valuable Treasure) - The Fiddle Album. Paddy Killoran (fiddle).
~19712#2
[AW] Paddy Reynolds, Charlie Mulvihill, James Keane, with Felix Dolan. Atlantic Wave. Paddy Reynolds (fiddle), Charlie Mulvihill (accordion), James Keane (accordion). For this tune: Paddy Reynolds (fiddle).
~19779#2
[DODnl 2] Danny O'Donnell. Ón tSean-Am Anall. Danny O'Donnell (fiddle).
19873#2
[BBow 2] Buttons and Bows. The First Month of Summer. Séamus McGuire (fiddle, viola), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Jackie Daly (accordion, concertina, whistle).
19991#2
[Dnu 2] Danú. Think before You Think. Tom Doorley (flute, whistle), Eamon Doorley (bouzouki, mandola), Brendan McCarthy (accordion), Jesse Smith (fiddle, viola), Noel Ryan (guitar), Donnchadh Gough (bodhrán, pipes), Ciarán Ó Gealbháin (vocals).
~200111#2
[JW 2] John Williams. Steam. John Williams (accordion, concertina, whistle, flute, bodhrán). For this tune: (Bb whistle).
~200411#2
[GOC 4] Gerry O'Connor. Journeyman. Gerry O'Connor (fiddle).
~200510#3
[A LG] Altan. Local Ground. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle, vocals), Mark Kelly (guitar, bouzouki, vocals), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki, mandolin), Dermot Byrne (accordion), Dáithi Sproule (guitar, vocals).
~20061#2
[Trpsw] John McSherry and Dónal O'Connor. Tripswitch. John McSherry (pipes, whistle), Dónal O'Connor (fiddle, keyboards).
~200811#2
[TDeM] Tony DeMarco. The Sligo Indians. Tony DeMarco (fiddle).
201514#3
[CplySt] Nathan Gourley and Joey Abarta. Copley Street. Nathan Gourley (fiddle), Joey Abarta (pipes).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Fantastic Reel
DODnl 2
First Month of Summer
BBow 2
Providence Reel
AW
Are You Ready Yet?
Dnu 2
Billy Brocker's
JW 2
Follow Me Down
GOC 4
Nia's Dance
A LG
Rose in the Gap
Trpsw
Broken Bridge
TDeM
Caher Rua
CplySt
Played beforeOn Albums
Hut in the Bog
MG, TnRadio, TaisLFid
Cathal McConnell's
BBow 2
Laccaroe
Dnu 2
Night We Had the Goats
JW 2
Widow's Daughter
GOC 4
First Month of Spring
Trpsw

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.
On page 189 of [NF] Allen Feldman. The Northern Fiddler. [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): 1949