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Tune ID#308 (Chattering Magpie)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Chattering Magpie about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Plx 5 (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):
Chattering Magpie, The / Chattering Magpie / Chatterin Magpie / An Mheaig Chabach / Gliogaireacht an tSnaga / Gun in the Thatch (2nd in Last Night's Fun Set on CTL 8)
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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).
~19462#1
[ICTM] Ireland. Irlande. Aggie White (fiddle).
~195524#1
[TnRadio] Tuning the Radio. Aggie Whyte (fiddle), Eddie Moloney (flute).
~196214#2
[BG 2] Bobby Gardiner. Memories of Clare. Bobby Gardiner (accordion).
~19631#1
[SaaS] Peadar Ó Lochlainn and Aggie Whyte. Seancheol ar an Seannós. Peadar Ó Lochlainn (flute), Aggie Whyte (fiddle).
~19761#5
[Ch 6] The Chieftains. 6. Bonaparte's Retreat. Paddy Moloney [misspelled as:] Maloney (pipes, whistle, bodhrán), Seán Potts (whistle, bodhrán), Martin Fay (fiddle), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, oboe, tiompán), Seán Keane (fiddle).
~19798#2
[Plx 5] Planxty. After the Break. Christy Moore (vocals, guitar, harmonium, bodhrán), Donal Lunny (blarge, guitar), Andy Irvine (vocals, mandolin, mandola, hurdy gurdy, bouzouki), Liam O'Flynn (pipes, whistle), Matt Molloy (flute, whistle).
~19791.9#1
[AWhyte] Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte (fiddle).
~198411#2
[Crsl] Séamus McGuire, Manus McGuire, Dáithí Sproule. Carousel. Séamus McGuire (fiddle, viola), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Dáithí Sproule (guitars, vocals).
~198410#2
[FoNote] Peter O'Loughlin, Paddy Canny, Paddy Murphy, Geraldine Cotter. Friends of Note. Peter O'Loughlin (flute), Paddy Canny (fiddle), Paddy Murphy (concertina), Geraldine Cotter (piano).
19855#2
[Kn] Noel Hill and Tony MacMahon. In Knocknagree. Noel Hill (concertina), Tony MacMahon (accordion). For this tune: Noel Hill (concertina).
~198916#1
[PMrphy] Paddy Murphy. In Good Hands. Field Recordings from a Pioneer of the Irish Concertina. Paddy Murphy (concertina).
19911#5
[Ch AIE] The Chieftains. An Irish Evening. Live at the Grand Opera House, Belfast. Martin Fay (fiddle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán, vocals), Matt Molloy (flute), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán, keyboards).
~19923#2
[PMcG 1] Paul McGrattan. The Frost Is All Over. Paul McGrattan (flute, whistle).
~199516#1
[MMR 1] Mike and Mary Rafferty. The Dangerous Reel. Mike Rafferty (flute, whistle, pipes), Mary Rafferty (accordion, flute, whistle).
200013#2
[CTL 8] Cherish the Ladies. The Girls Won't Leave the Boys Alone. Joanie Madden (whistle, flute, vocals), Mary Coogan (guitar, banjo, mandolin), Donna Long (piano, keyboards, vocals), Mary Rafferty (accordion, concertina, whistle), Deirdre Connolly (vocals, whistle, flute), Liz Knowles (fiddle). For this tune: 1st 3 times Brendan Mulvhill (fiddle), Billy McComiskey (accordion).
20035#1
[Mona] Live at Mona's. Patrick Ourceau (fiddle), Brian Holleran (flute).
~20046#2
[TCllns 1] Tim Collins. Dancing on Silver. Tim Collins (concertina). For this tune: (Bb/F concertina), with Brian McNamara (C pipes).
~20053#3
[CDrny 4] Chris Droney. Down from Bell Harbour. Chris Droney (concertina).
200914#2
[RoClare] Riches of Clare. Pádraig Rynne, Noel O'Donoghue, Brian Mooney, Liam Murphy.
~20129#3
[MORDOM] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh and Danny O' Mahony. As It Happened. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina), Danny O' Mahony (accordion).
~20158#1
[RBPOL 3] Ronan Browne and Peter O'Loughlin. The Legacy. Ronan Browne (pipes, flute), Peter O'Loughlin (fiddle, flute). For this tune: with Tierna Browne (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Whistling Postman
Crsl, CDrny 4, RoClare
Peter Street
BG 2
Sunny Banks
Ch 6
Mountain Lark
Plx 5
Duke of Leinster
FoNote
Hand Me Down the Tackle
Kn
O'Rourke's
Ch AIE
Bell Harbour
PMcG 1
Last Night's Fun
CTL 8
Feeding the Birds
TCllns 1
Beauty Spot
MORDOM
Played beforeOn Albums
Flax in Bloom
TnRadio, SaaS, AWhyte, PMrphy, MMR 1, Mona
Lord McDonald's
Plx 5
Crowley's No. 1
Kn
Whelan's Jig
ICTM
Miss Thornton's
PMcG 1
Dark-Haired Lass
CTL 8
Wind that Shakes the Barley
TCllns 1
Martin Ainsboro's
RoClare
Boil the Breakfast Early
RBPOL 3

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 #77 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. [available]
On page 74 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
On page 29 of [T] Fintan Vallely. Timber. The Flute Tutor. 2nd Edition. [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): 1946