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Tune ID#2907 (Arthur Darley's)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Arthur Darley'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 JD 3 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?BarsMode ?
Double jig56D Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Arthur Darley's / The Swedish Jig / The Bruckless Shore / Bruckless Shore (1st in set The Blue Horse on NNC 2) (also in G) (composed by Arthur Darley)
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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).
19743#1
[JD 3] John Doherty. The Celebrated Recordings. John Doherty (fiddle, vocals).
~19802#1
[MMlny 2] Mick Moloney. Strings Attached. Mick Moloney (banjo, mandolin, guitar). For this tune: (mandolin).
~199314#3
[JKn 3] James Keane. That's the Spirit. James Keane (accordion).
~19972#3
[GL1] The Dance Music of Ireland. Jigs and Reels. Gerald Trimble (cittern), Johnny Cunningham (fiddle).
20043#2
[CFF 4] Celtic Fiddle Festival. Play on. . .. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Christian Lemaître (fiddle), André Brunet (fiddle), Ged Foley (guitar, fiddle).
~20097#1 (0:51)
[Girsa 1] Girsa. Girsa. Traditional Irish Music. Maeve Flanagan (fiddle, whistle, percussion), Deidre Brennan (vocals, fiddle, mandolin, percussion), Kristen McShane (fiddle, percussion), Margaret Dudasik (vocals, fiddle, whistle, dance), Bernadette Flanagan (piano, bodhrán, dance), Blaithin Loughran (accordion, percussion), Pamela Geraghty (vocals, accordion, guitar, percussion), Emily McShane (vocals, piano, bodhrán, percussion).
~20104#1
[NNC 2] Niamh Ní Charra. Súgach Sámh / Happy Out. Niamh Ní Charra (fiddle, concertina, vocals, viola). For this tune: (fiddle).
~201312#1 (0:30)
[GOMra] Garry O'Meara. Pickin' Time. Garry O'Meara (banjo, mandolin). For this tune: (banjo).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Mooncoin
JKn 3
Scatter the Mud
GL1
Stan Chapman's
CFF 4
Played beforeOn Albums
Over the Hills to Runbush
MMlny 2
Sail-Maker's Wife
NNC 2

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 jig #68 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
As jig #123 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [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): 1974