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Tune ID#3056 (Moving in Decency)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Moving in Decency about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording MMR 3 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBE Dorian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Moving in Decency / Ag Bogadh linn go Measúil / Living in Decency / All Around Gortin / Jer Quigley's / Paddy Carthy's (2nd in set Mama's Pet on Skylrk 4; 2nd in set The Teetotaler on TCB 4)
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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).
~19963#2 (1:00)
[Skylrk 4] Skylark. Raining Bicycles. Máirtín O'Connor (accordion), Gerry O'Connor (fiddle, viola), Len Graham (vocals), Garry Ó Briain (guitar, mandocello, keyboards, vocals).
20006#1
[MMR 3] Mike and Mary Rafferty. The Road from Ballinakill. Mike Rafferty (flute, whistle, lilting), Mary Rafferty (accordion, flute, whistle, concertina). For this tune: Gerry Conroy (whistle).
20024#1
[AJK] Alan and John Kelly. Fourmilehouse. Alan Kelly (piano accordion), John Kelly (flute, whistle).
20029#2
[ACC] Aidan McMahon and Anthony Quigney. A Clare Conscience. Aidan McMahon (fiddle), Anthony Quigney (flute). For this tune: Aidan (fiddle).
20067#2
[TCB 4] The Tulla Céilí Band. 60th Anniversary Celebration. Mark Donnellan (fiddle), Martin Hayes (fiddle), Jim Corry (piano), Sean Donnelly (accordion), Michael McKee (accordion), J.J. Conway (flute), Jennifer Lenihan (flute), Martin Glynn (flute), Mick Flanagan (drums).
20076#1
[Aths 1] Áthas. Áthas. Heather Lewin-Tiarks (fiddle, viola, cello), Amy Richter (bodhrán, djembe, whistle), Jeff Ksiazek (guitar, whistle, flute). For this tune: Jeff (G whistle).
201111#1
[PMcGl 2] Paul McGlinchey. The Boys of the Town. Paul McGlinchey (flute).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Moving Bog
ACC
Miss Johnson
TCB 4
Played beforeOn Albums
Mama's Pet
Skylrk 4
Pride of Rathmore
MMR 3
Grand Canal
AJK
Paddy Fahey's Reel No. 3
ACC
Teetotaller
TCB 4
Hare's Paw
Aths 1
Fair Wind
PMcGl 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 tune #252 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. [available]
As reel #61 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan.

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): 1967