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Tune ID#180 (Blooming Meadows)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Blooming Meadows about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording SE 5 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig48AABBCCG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Blooming Meadows, The / The Bloomin' Meadows / An Móinéar Bláfar / The Blooming Meadow / Down with the Tithes / Down the Hill / Hag and Her Praskeen / Humors of Milltown / Strop the Razor / The Silver Tip / Mountain Heather / The Green Hills of Armagh / Jim McGowan's (also without 3rd part in older books, also as slide with 2nd and 3rd parts reversed) (compare 2nd part with 2nd part of High Part of the Road #2653)
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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).
19269#2
[OTUS2] Oldtime Records. Vol. 2. U.S. Recordings. Traditional Irish Recordings from 1923 to 1947. O'Leary's Irish Minstrels: Joseph S. O'Leary, other musicians unknown.
19571.13#1
[SltSdt] Seoltaí Séidte. Setting Sail. Joe Devlin (fiddle).
~19782#1
[SE 5] Seamus Ennis. The Fox Chase. Seamus Ennis (pipes). For this tune: (C# pipes).
~19986#1
[TP 7] Tommy Peoples. The Quiet Glen / An Gleann Ciúin. Tommy Peoples (fiddle).
19993#1
[CHydn 2] Cathal Hayden. Cathal Hayden. Cathal Hayden (fiddle, banjo). For this tune: (banjo).
20011#1
[LFJW] Liam Farrell and Joe Whelan. They Sailed Away from Dublin Bay. Liam Farrell (banjo), Joe Whelan (accordion).
~200212#3
[Fns] Feenish. Rabharta. P.J. Hernon (accordion), Marcus Hernon (flute, whistle), Don Stiffe (vocals, guitar, whistle).
~20022#1
[RBPOL 2] Ronan Browne and Peter O'Loughlin. Touch Me If You Dare. Ronan Browne (pipes, flute), Peter O'Loughlin (fiddle, flute). For this tune: Peter O'Loughlin (Eb flute), Maeve Donnelly (fiddle).
~20155#2
[JPmpls] Jayne Pomplas. Jayne Pomplas. Traditional Irish Music on Fiddle. Jayne Pomplas (fiddle).
~201610#1
[MLostCon] Jesse Smith, Sean Gavin, John Blake. Music from the Lost Continent. Jesse Smith (fiddle), Sean Gavin (flute), John Blake (piano).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Larry O'Gaff
OTUS2
Contentment Is Wealth
Fns
Maiden that Jigs It in Style
JPmpls
Played beforeOn Albums
Queen of the Fair
SltSdt
Kitty's Rambles
SE 5
Rose in the Heather
TP 7
Connaughtman's Rambles
CHydn 2
Lark in the Morning
LFJW
Do You Want Any More?
RBPOL 2
House in the Glen
JPmpls
Basket of Turf
MLostCon

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 #917 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #918 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #304 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #115 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
On page 42 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As jig #48 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
On page 31 of [SLoP] Paul Deloughery. Sliabh Luachra on Parade. [available]
As jig #10 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As jig #91 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan.
As tune #239 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