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Tune ID#2990 (Fred Finn's No. 2)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Fred Finn's No. 2 about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording IT 2 (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):
Fred Finn's No. 2 / Fred Finn's #2 / Fred Finn's / The Five Crossroads / Michael Preston's / Preston's Reel / Ríl Phreastúin / Peter Horan's
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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).
~19781#2
[IT 2] The Irish Tradition. The Corner House. Billy McComiskey (accordion), Brendan Mulvihill (fiddle), Andy O'Brien (guitar, vocals).
19818#1
[JyHenry] Johnny Henry. One Out of the Fort. Johnny Henry (fiddle).
~19811.7#1
[LinL] Charlie Lennon and Mick O'Connor. Lucky in Love. Charlie Lennon (fiddle), Mick O'Connor (flute).
~199920#2
[MtRd] The Mountain Road. A Compilation of Tunes Popular in South Sligo. Michael Hurley (flute), Mairead Hurley (flute), with Jim Corry (piano).
20022.16#2
[KCThtr] Live from the Katharine Cornell Theater. Traditional Irish Music. Téada: 1st time Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle), then with Seán McElwain (banjo).
20033#2
[Tda 2] Téada. Give Us a Penny and Let Us Be Gone. Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle, vocals), John Blake (flute, guitar), Paul Finn (accordion, concertina), Seán McElwain (banjo, bouzouki), Tristan Rosenstock (bodhrán, vocals).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
League		KCThtr, Tda 2
Smash the Windows		IT 2
Jim Donoghue's		MtRd
Played beforeOn Albums
Flannel Jacket		KCThtr, Tda 2
Boys on the Hilltop		LinL
Laurel Tree		MtRd

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 #104 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
As reel #69 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #161 in [FT] Randy Miller. The Fiddler's Throne. [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): 1978
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