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Tune ID#1806 (Spey in Spate)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Spey in Spate about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording DODnl 2 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Spey in Spate, The / Spey in Spate / The Spey in a Spate / An Tuile sa Spé / John Stewart's (also in E) (2nd in set Sean McGuire's on DD HR; 3rd in set Strathspey's & Reels on KBoyle) (composed by James Scott Skinner)
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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).
~19643.5#1
[NBoyle] Néillidh Boyle. A Feeling in the Blood. Traditional Fiddle Music from Donegal. Néillidh Boyle (fiddle). For this tune: Paddy Boyle (fiddle).
~197713#2
[DODnl 2] Danny O'Donnell. Ón tSean-Am Anall. Danny O'Donnell (fiddle).
~19781.6#4
[Boys 7] Boys of the Lough. Wish You Were Here. Highlands and Islands Tour. Dave Richardson (mandolin, banjo), Aly Bain (fiddle), Cathal McConnell (flute, whistle), Robin Morton (bodhrán, concertina).
~19832.1#4
[Boys 10] Boys of the Lough. Open Road. Aly Bain (fiddle), Cathal McConnell (flute, whistle, vocals), Dave Richardson (concertina, mandolin, cittern), Tich Richardson (guitar, acoustic bass guitar).
~19831#2
[JMcKllp] Jim McKillop, Josephine Keegan. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. Jim McKillop (fiddle), Josephine Keegan (piano).
~19915#1
[PG 2] Paddy Glackin. Rabharta Ceoil. In Full Spate. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán).
~19926#1
[CR 1] Craobh Rua. The More That's Said the Less the Better. Mark Donnelly (pipes, whistle), Michael Cassidy (fiddle), Brian Connolly (banjo, mandolin, bodhrán), Jim Byrne (guitar, mandola, vocals). For this tune: Michael Cassidy (fiddle).
~199512#2
[DD HR] De Dannan. Hibernian Rhapsody. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, flute), Alec Finn (bouzouki, guitar), Colm Murphy (bodhrán), Derek Hickey (accordion), Tommy Flemming (vocals).
~19997#1
[DzDnly 1] Dezi Donnelly. Familiar Footsteps. Dezi Donnelly (fiddle).
~19995#1
[CBdts 2] The Céilí Bandits. Hangin' at the Crossroads. Yvonne Casey (fiddle), Eoin O'Neill (bouzouki), Quentin Cooper (mandolin, didgeridoo). For this tune: Yvonne (fiddle), with Kevin Griffin (banjo).
200113#1
[IrHvst] Joe Derrane, Frankie Gavin, Brian McGrath. Ireland's Harvest. Joe Derrane (accordion), Frankie Gavin (fiddle), Brian McGrath (piano).
200417#1
[SGrant] Seamus Grant. Traditional Fiddle Playing from Inishowen. Seamus Grant (fiddle).
~200712#2
[OMcA] Oisín McAuley. Far from the Hills of Donegal. Oisín McAuley (fiddle, guitar).
~20082#3
[KBoyle] Kathleen Boyle. An Cailín Rua. Kathleen Boyle (piano accordion, piano).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Music in the Glen
DODnl 2
Miss Ramsay's
Boys 7
Miss Monaghan
JMcKllp
Maude Miller
DD HR
Money Musk
OMcA
Played beforeOn Albums
Maids of Tullyknockbrine
PG 2
Maids of Castlebar
CR 1
De'il among the Tailors
CBdts 2
Cape Breton Fiddler's Welcome to Shetland
DzDnly 1
Man of the House
IrHvst
Archie Menzie's
SGrant

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 #210 in [CRE 5] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 5.
As reel #506 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [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): 1964