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Tune ID#3045 (Piper's Chair)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Piper's Chair about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording GCJR (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig32AABBG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Piper's Chair, The / The Pipers' Chair / The Pipers Chair / Pipers Chair / Cathaoir an Phíobaire / Cathair an Phíobaire / Cathaoir na bPíobaire . Cathaoir na bPiobaire / The Catholic Boy / The Catholic Boys (also in F, also as song-air)
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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).
~19632#1
[SaaS] Peadar Ó Lochlainn and Aggie Whyte. Seancheol ar an Seannós. Peadar Ó Lochlainn (flute), Aggie Whyte (fiddle).
~19712.4#1
[NaF 2] Na Filí. Farewell to Connacht. Tomás Ó Canainn (pipes, accordion, vocals), Matt Cranitch (fiddle), Tom Barry (whistle).
~19742.14#2
[MR 10] Micho Russell. Rarities and Old Favorites 1949-1993. Micho Russell (whistle, flute, vocals). For this tune: (whistle).
~19792.2#2
[AWhyte] Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte (fiddle).
~19935#1
[BG 5] Bobby Gardiner. The Master's Choice. Bobby Gardiner (accordion).
~199316#1 (2:17)
[MR 7] Micho Russell. In Our Own Dear Land. Micho Russell (whistle, flute, vocals). For this tune: (Eb flute).
199910#1
[GCJR] Gerard Commane and Joe Ryan with Eoin O'Neill. Two Gentlemen of Clare Music. Gerard Commane (concertina), Joe Ryan (fiddle). For this tune: Joe (fiddle).
~19992#1
[BCB 2] The Bridge Céilí Band. Sparks on Flags. Tom Ahearne (fiddle), Robert Gleeson (fiddle), Karen Gavigan (fiddle), Carthage Daly (fiddle), Catherine McHugh (fiddle), James Kinsella (accordion), Fionnuala Gleeson (flute), Eugene Nolan (flute), Pat O'Meara (piano, synthesizer), Liam McCormack (drums, bodhrán).
~200411#2
[TTItself] Maeve Donnelly and Peadar O'Loughlin. The Thing Itself. Maeve Donnelly (fiddle), Peadar O'Loughlin (flute).
20061#2
[MOR 2] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. Inside Out. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina).
20126#1
[PDArcy] Patrick D'Arcy. Wallop the Spot. Patrick D'Arcy (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (B pipes).
~201412#3

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Nightingale
AWhyte
Cliffs of Moher
MR 10
Queen of the Rushes
TTItself
Hag's Purse
MOR 2
Statia Donnelly's
ECrn 1
Played beforeOn Albums
Maid in the Meadow
GCJR, MOR 2
Whelan's Jig
SaaS
Rose in the Heather
NaF 2
Queen of the Rushes
BG 5
Sliabh Bloom
BCB 2
Langstern Pony
PDArcy
Anthony Frawley's
ECrn 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 tune #18 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #91 in volume 3 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #9 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. [available]
On page 32 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
As jig #57 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.

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): 1903