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Tune ID#2461 (Nicholas McAuliffe's)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Nicholas McAuliffe's about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JOS 1 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?BarsMode ?
Slide32G Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Nicholas McAuliffe's / Sleamhnán Chaisleán na Finne (as Unnamed Slide on ICTM; 2nd in set Brendan Begley's Slides on JOS 1; 2nd in set The Little Stack of Barley on Blasket) (also in D or A; setting in book JOL has a significant difference)
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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).
~198721#2
[ICTM] Ireland. Irlande. Seán Ó Duinnshléibhe of the Blasket islands (A melodeon).
~198710#2
[JOS 1] Jerry O'Sullivan. The Invasion. Jerry O'Sullivan (pipes).
~19873#2
[Blasket] Beauty an Oileáin. Music and Song of the Blasket Islands. Seán Ó Duinnshléibhe (A melodeon?).
~19898#2
[PBnPoc] Máire agus Séamus Ó Beaglaoich. Plancstaí Bhaile na bPoc. Máire ní Beaglaoich (vocals, piano, accordion), Séamus Ó Beaglaoich (vocals, accordion). For this tune: Séamus (accordion).
~199811#2
[MDOSe] Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé. Ó Chicago go Carrachán. Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé (accordion, vocals). For this tune: Caoimhín Ó Sé (whistle).
200012#1
[INS] Hammy Hamilton, Séamus Creagh, Con Ó Drisceoil. It's No Secret. Hammy Hamilton (flute, vocals), Séamus Creagh (fiddle, vocals), Con Ó Drisceoil (accordion, vocals, piano). For this tune: Séamus (fiddle), Con (accordion).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Stack of Barley
ICTM, Blasket
Denis Murphy's Slide
JOS 1
An tAth Pat Ahern
PBnPoc
Paudy Scully's
MDOSe
Played beforeOn Albums
Barrack Hill
JOS 1, INS
Echoes of Killarney
PBnPoc
Sergt. Cahill's Favorite
MDOSe

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 #244 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As slide #27 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): 1987