Tune Search
Sign in or join  to see your:     Home   Playlists   Practice Machine   Stats   Friends   Albums   Preferences   Sign out
The Irish Traditional Music Tune Index

Tune ID#2691 (Blossom of Ballisland)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Blossom of Ballisland about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JK 3 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig48AABBCCA Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Blossom of Ballisland, The / The Blossom of Ballisisland (also in G) (composed by James Kelly)
To get to your personal tune notes, Log in or Create an account
Note shared with my friends:

Note to myself only:
1 member plays this tune.
0 of them are your friends.

Suggest this Tune

To:
Comment to friend:
map of tune distribution
Where members are who play this tune.

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.

Click play below to hear the first 12 seconds.
Year
Recorded
Track
#Tune?
[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~19962#2
[JK 3] James Kelly. Traditional Irish Music. James Kelly (fiddle).
~20111#3
[DBrder] Dan Brouder. "The Lark's Air". Dan Brouder (accordion, melodeon).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Dark Corners
JK 3
Finbar's Farewell to Limerick
DBrder
Played beforeOn Albums
Kings Inn
JK 3

Bibliography

According to my research, there are zero transcriptions that are musically very similar to this tune anywhere in the indexed books, regardless of tune title. Try my recommended links to other indexes if you need a transcription. To learn to play this tune, simply learn it from another musician or study the recording(s) listed above. See also: Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music.

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