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Tune ID#2274 (Blackbird)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Blackbird about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording KClns 1 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Hornpipe32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Blackbird, The / An Londubh / The Old Blackbird / Blackthorn Hornpipe / New Century / Byrne's Hornpipe / Cornphíopa Uí Bheirn / O'Brien's Hornpipe (1st in set Poll Halfpenny on MSHtn 4) (also in Mixolydian) (compare as air #165, set dance #164, hornpipe #162, and song; compare 2nd part with 2nd part of Worm and the Blackbird #7188)
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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).
~197210#2
[NaF 3] Na Filí. 3. Tomas O Canainn [Tomás Ó Canainn] (pipes, accordion, vocals), Matt Cranitch (fiddle), Tom Barry (whistle).
~197612#1
[KClns 1] Kathleen Collins. Traditional Music of Ireland. Kathleen Collins (fiddle).
~197611#2
[MMulc 1] Mick Mulcahy. Mick Mulcahy. Mick Mulcahy (accordion).
~19794#2
[DncOBrn] Donncha Ó Briain. Ceol ar an bhFeadóg Stáin. Irish Traditional Music On Tin Whistle. Donncha Ó Briain (whistle).
~199310#2
[JCnly 1] Johnny Connolly. An tOileán Aerach. Johnny Connolly (melodeon). For this tune: (D melodeon).
~19993#1
[JOH 1] John O'Halloran. "But Why, Johnny?". John O'Halloran (accordion). For this tune: (D melodeon), with Dermot Byrne (accordion).
200016#2
[NR] Charlie Piggott and Gerry Harrington. The New Road. Charlie Piggott (accordion), Gerry Harrington (fiddle).
20007#1
[MOR 1] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. The Nervous Man. Traditional Irish Music on Concertina. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina).
~200713#1
[CAdz 1] Charlene Adzima. The Initiation. Charlene Adzima (fiddle, viola, vocals).
200811#2
[RedW] The Red Wellies. The Red Wellies. Claudine "Beanie" Odell (fiddle), Duncan Wickel (fiddle, pipes), Vincent Fogarty (bouzouki).
200814#1
[MSHtn 4] Matt and Shannon Heaton. Lovers' Well. Shannon Heaton (vocals, flute, whistle), Matt Heaton (vocals, guitar, bouzouki, bodhrán). For this tune: Shannon (flute), Dan (accordion).
200813#1
[RBys 3] Randal Bays. Dig with It. Randal Bays (fiddle, guitar, harp).
~20082#1
[BMcGrth] Brian McGrath. Pure Banjo. Brian McGrath (banjo, guitar, keyboards).
~20105#2
[GMrphy] Gráinne Murphy. Short Stories. Gráinne Murphy (fiddle).
~20104#1
[SODwyer] Seán O'Dwyer. Irish Trad Concertina from Beara. Seán O'Dwyer (concertina). For this tune: (G/D concertina).
~20135#2
[DPower 3] David Power. The Eighteen Moloney. David Power (B pipes).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Leitrim Fancy
NaF 3
Scully Casey's
MMulc 1
Echo
JCnly 1
Mullingar Races
NR
Thomond Bridge
DncOBrn
McGlinchey's Hornpipe
RedW
Bill Flanagan's Birthday
GMrphy
Garden of Daisies
DPower 3
Played beforeOn Albums
Hogan's Pass
KClns 1
Walls of Liscarroll
JOH 1
Flowers of Edinburgh
MOR 1
Alexander's
CAdz 1
Poll Ha'penny
MSHtn 4
Rights of Man
RBys 3
Blackthorn Stick
BMcGrth
Madame Bonaparte
GMrphy
Fisher's Hornpipe
SODwyer

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 #207 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. [available]
As other #8 in [Ng] Alan Ng. Alan Ng's Transcriptions. [available]
As hp #4 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As hp #5 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan.

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): 1963