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Tune ID#2545 (Kings of Kerry)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Kings of Kerry about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording BgCn (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?BarsMode ?
Slide32A Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Kings of Kerry / The Kings of Kerry (4th in set Kings of Kerry on BgCn; for Ballyvourney Jig Set on MISD 7; 1st in set Kings of Kerry on AGrnv 1) (also as single jig) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Sleamhnán na Sróine #2480) (composed in 1989 according to e-mail from Mike Scott, 12 Mar 2006) (composed by Mike Scott, Sharon Shannon, and Steve Wickham)
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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).
~19962#4
[BgCn] Séamus Begley and Stephen Cooney. Meitheal. Séamus Begley (accordion, vocals), Stephen Cooney (guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, ditjeridú).
~1996A.7#3
[MISD 7] Donncha Lynch Trio. The Magic of Irish Set Dancing. Vol. 7. Donncha Lynch (accordion), Aogán Lynch (concertina), Donncha Lynch Jr. (guitar).
200219#3
[DLB] Donncha Lynch Band. Timmy 'the Brit' McCarthy's Set Dances of Cork and Kerry. Donncha Lynch (accordion), Aogan Lynch (concertina), Ronan Lynch (fiddle), Donncha Lynch, Jr. (guitar).
~200611#1
[AGrnv 1] Aoife Granville. Sráid Eoin Shuffle. Aoife Granville (flute, fiddle, whistle, vocals). For this tune: (fiddle).
~200714#2
[Hmdgr] Paul Brock and Enda Scahill. Humdinger. Paul Brock (accordion), Enda Scahill (banjo, mandolin).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Denis O'Keeffe's		BgCn, MISD 7, DLB
Chase Me Charlie		Hmdgr
Played beforeOn Albums
Gale Bridge		MISD 7
Wing Commander Donald McKenzie		AGrnv 1

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 slide #97 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): 1996
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