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Tune ID#3107 (Man from Glountane)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Man from Glountane about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Chi (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars4-bar phrase structureMode ?
Slide32AABBA Mixolydian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Man from Glountane, The / The Man from Glauntaune / The Man from Gleanntán / Katie Scollard's Slide / Katie Scollard's / Johnny Mickys [Johnny Mickey's] (1st in set Johnny Mickey's on TOCnnr) (also in D or G) (compare fling Moneymusk #3269 and compare 1st part with 1st part of Barrack Hill #2462)
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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).
197613#1
[Chi] Traditional Irish Music in America. Chicago. Terry Teahan (accordion).
~19782.1#2
[DDoody] Denis Doody. Kerry Music. Denis Doody (accordion).
~1991B.9#1
[MotS 1] Monks of the Screw. Bráithre an Óil. Timmy O Connor (accordion), Paudy Scully (flute), John Drew (mandocello), Tim Browne (bouzouki).
~20048#3
[Boh 4] Bohola. 4. Jimmy Keane (piano accordion, vocals, foot), Sean Cleland (fiddle), Pat Broaders (dordan, vocals), Kat Eggleston (vocals).
~20083#1
[TOCnnr] Timmy O'Connor. As It Was in Toureendarby. Timmy O'Connor (accordion).
201010#3
[MCrJD 1] Matt Cranitch and Jackie Daly. The Living Stream. Matt Cranitch (fiddle), Jackie Daly (accordion).
20143#3
[ANCPOC] Aoife Ní Chaoimh, Paudie O'Connor. Didn't She Dance and Dance. Sliabh Luachra Music on Fiddle and Accordion. Aoife Ní Chaoimh (fiddle), Paudie O'Connor (accordion).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Brosna Slide		DDoody, Boh 4
Glountane Slide		MCrJD 1
Johnny the Tailor's Fancy		ANCPOC
Played beforeOn Albums
Johnny Mickys		MotS 1, TOCnnr
Regan's Slide		Chi

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.
On page 28 of [SLoP] Paul Deloughery. Sliabh Luachra on Parade. [available]
As slide #116 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [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): 1976
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