Travers' Reel - irishtune.info

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Reel	32	AABB	G Major

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).
1974	11#1	[CC] Bernard O'Sullivan and Tommy McMahon. Clare Concertinas. Bernard O'Sullivan (concertina), Tommy McMahon (concertina) except where solos noted. For this tune: Tommy.
~1976	12#1	[MM 1] Matt Molloy. Matt Molloy. Matt Molloy (flute). For this tune: (Eb flute).
~1994	3#3	[AtMcGn 1] Antóin MacGabhann. Ar Aon Bhuille. Matching Beats. Antóin MacGabhann (fiddle).
~1997	23#3	[Shskn 10] Shaskeen. Music for Set Dancing and Listening. Tom Cussen (banjo, mandolin), Benny O'Connor (drums, bodhrán, bongos), Seán Conway (flute, whistle, guitar), Eamonn Cotter (flute), Mike Fahy (guitar), Charlie Harris (accordion), Geraldine Cotter (piano), Carl Hession (piano).
1998	3#3	[JKn 5] James Keane. Sweeter as the Years Roll By. James Keane (accordion).
2001	10#2	[KHys 1] Kitty Hayes. A Touch of Clare. Kitty Hayes (concertina).
2001	7#1	[LFJW] Liam Farrell and Joe Whelan. They Sailed Away from Dublin Bay. Liam Farrell (banjo), Joe Whelan (accordion). For this tune: with James Carty (flute).
~2002	1.8#2	[MSCB] Michael Sexton Ceili Band. Michael Sexton Ceili Band. Michael Sexton (accordion), Caroline Tubridy (fiddle), Pat Curtin (flute), Brian Morgan (flute), Ralph Morgan (banjo), George Byrt (piano), Martin Garrihy (drums).
~2005	5#1	[CDrny 4] Chris Droney. Down from Bell Harbour. Chris Droney (concertina).
~2006	4#2	[TEdey 1] Tim Edey. Irish Music from the Dingle Peninsula and Beyond. Tim Edey (accordion, whistle, banjo, piano, keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, double bass, percussion). For this tune: (guitar, accordion).
2007	12#2	[KHys 2] Kitty Hayes. Remembered. In Concert in Glór and Bantry House. Kitty Hayes (concertina). For this tune: with Peter Laban (C pipes), Mick Kinsella (harmonica), Josephine Marsh (fiddle).
~2011	13#1	[FlgMem] Andrew Mac Namara, Orla Harrington, Jim Higgins. Flagstone Memories. Orla Harrington (fiddle), Andrew Mac Namara (accordion), Jim Higgins (piano, percussion).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played after	On Albums
Hughie Travers'	KHys 1, TEdey 1, KHys 2
George White's Favourite	AtMcGn 1
John Brennan's	Shskn 10
John Kelly's Concertina Reel	JKn 5
Touch Me If You Dare	MSCB

Played before	On Albums
Hughie Travers'	MM 1
Chicago Reel	LFJW
Bucks of Oranmore	MSCB
Jolly Tinker	CDrny 4
Far from Home	FlgMem

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 #202 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. [available]
As tune #32 in [SIMB] Tony Sullivan. Sully's Irish Music Book. [available]
As tune #42 in [P50] Brian and Eithne Vallely. Play 50 Reels. [available]
As tune #51 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. [available]
As reel #135 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #131 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): 1968

Tune ID#1965 (Travers' Reel)

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