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Tune ID#252 (John Doherty's Rambles)

Transcription of first 2 bars of John Doherty's Rambles 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 3 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel16ABG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
John Doherty's Rambles / The Heel and Toe Reel / Butter and Peas / Gate House Maid /The Gatehouse Maid / The Nine Pint Coggie (1st in set The Trip to Cullenstown on A BI) (1st bar has a standard variation, used on JK 1 always) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Ballinamore #1741 and with 1st part of Miss Gunning's #6311)
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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).
198822#2
[DODnl 3] Danny O'Donnell. Bean ag Baint Duilisc. Danny O'Donnell (fiddle).
~19885#2
[KSG] Kevin and Séamus Glackin. Na Saighneáin. Northern Lights. Kevin Glackin (fiddle), Séamus Glackin (fiddle). For this tune: Séamus (fiddle).
~19892.7#2
[JK 1] James Kelly. "Capel Street". James Kelly (fiddle).
20016#1
[A BI] Altan. Blue Idol. Not identified in liner notes. [Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle), Dermot Byrne (accordion), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki), Mark Kelly (guitar), Dáithi Sproule (guitar)].
~20076#1
[RdOnly] Brian McNamara and Tim Collins. Reed Only. Brian McNamara (pipes), Tim Collins (concertina).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Miss McLeod		DODnl 3
Glen Road to Carrick		KSG
Petticoat Loop		JK 1
Played beforeOn Albums
Ash Plant		A BI
Jerry McMahon's Reel		RdOnly

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.
On page 147 of [Altan] Martin Tourish. Altan. The 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): 1988
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