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Tune ID#1942 (King of the Pipes)

Transcription of first 2 bars of King of the Pipes about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Tda 2 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig48AABBCCD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
King of the Pipes / The King of the Pipes / Rí na bPíob / King of the Pipers / The Keys to the Convent / Keys to the Convent / Eochracha an Chlochair / The Donegal Jig / The Kings March / The Ballyshannon / Tommy Peoples' / Knights of Saint Patrick (also in C)
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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).
~19812#1
[CtL] Peg McGrath, Mary Mulholland, Kathleen Smyth. Cherish the Ladies. Disc 9 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Peg McGrath (flute), Kathleen Smyth (fiddle), Mary Mulholland (piano).
200311#1
[Tda 2] Téada. Give Us a Penny and Let Us Be Gone. Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle, vocals), John Blake (flute, guitar), Paul Finn (accordion, concertina), Seán McElwain (banjo, bouzouki), Tristan Rosenstock (bodhrán, vocals). For this tune: Paul Finn (accordion).
20086#3
[RedW] The Red Wellies. The Red Wellies. Claudine "Beanie" Odell (fiddle), Duncan Wickel (fiddle, pipes), Vincent Fogarty (bouzouki).
~20082#1
[BCw 2] Brian Conway. Consider the Source. Brian Conway (fiddle).
~20089#2
[RossBr] Ben Lennon and Tony O'Connell. Rossinver Braes. Ben Lennon (fiddle), Tony O'Connell (concertina).
~20147#2
[TriTns] The Trí-Tones. The Trí-Tones. Tara Breen (fiddle), Conor Moriarty (accordion), Stephen Rooney (guitar, vocals).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Rabbit in the Field
RedW
Apples in Winter
RossBr
An Seanchaí Muimhneach
TriTns
Played beforeOn Albums
Cherish the Ladies
CtL
Queen of the Fair
Tda 2
Humours of Knockawinna
BCw 2
Girls of Banbridge
TriTns

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 #70 in volume 3 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As tune #35 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
As tune #67 in [FT] Randy Miller. The Fiddler's Throne. [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): 1974