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Tune ID#1594 (Planxty George Brabazon)

These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Ch 2 (details in the Discography below).

Basic musical information on this tune.
Type ?	Bars	Mode ?
Piece	32	G Major

Basic musical information on this tune.

Type ?

Bars

Mode ?

Piece

G Major

Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):

Planxty George Brabazon / George Brabazon / Seóirse Brabston / George Brabazon Second Air / Twa Bonnie Maidens / Prince Charles' Welcome to the Isle Skye / Isle of Skye (also as hornpipe) (composed by pre-Carolan Scotland (tune), Carolan (text))

Discography

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).
1969	2#1	[Ch 2] The Chieftains. 2. Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones), Seán Keane (fiddle).
2000	9#1	[Ch W] The Chieftains. Water from the Well. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle, accordion), Derek Bell (harp, harpsichord, piano, tiompán), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán, vocals), Matt Molloy (flute). For this tune: with Janet Harbison and the Belfast Harp Orchestra.

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 #657 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #24 in volume 1 of [LPTW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. [available]
On page 234 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
On page 40 of [RW] Robin Williamson. The Penny Whistle Book. [available]
On page 220 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
As tune #7 in [Crln] The Complete Works of O'Carolan. [available]
On page 55 of [CITM] Fintan Vallely. The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. [available]
As ocar #12 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?

Tune ID#1594 (Planxty George Brabazon)

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Discography

Bibliography