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Tune ID#3159 (Humours of Carrigaholt)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Humours of Carrigaholt about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Ch 4 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel16ABD Mixolydian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Humours of Carrigaholt, The / Pléaráca Charraig an Chabhaltaigh / Patsy Campbell's (5th in set Drowsey Maggie on Ch 4; 1st in The Humours of Carrigaholt Set on LOF 5) (also doubled, also in G) (compare 2nd part with 2nd part of Patsy Campbell's #3424)
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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).
~19731#5 (2:20)
[Ch 4] The Chieftains. 4. Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones). For this tune: Seán Potts (whistle).
199512#1
[AOT 3] Any Old Time. Crossing. Traditional Music from Cork and Beyond. Matt Cranitch (fiddle), Dave Hennessy (accordion), Mick Daly (vocals, guitar, banjo).
~19989#1
[LOF 5] Liam O'Flynn. The Piper's Call. Liam O'Flynn (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (B pipes).
~20012#1
[PACarb] Peter Carberry, Angelina Carberry, John Blake. Memories from the Holla. Peter Carberry (accordion), Angelina Carberry (banjo), John Blake (guitar). For this tune: with Liz Kane (fiddle).
~20144#1
[DOSlvn 2] Dympna O'Sullivan. Enriched. Saibhriú. Dympna O'Sullivan (concertina).
~20151#3
[ShLBreda] Elaine Hogan and Sheila Garry. The Shores of Lough Breda. Sheila Garry (fiddle), Elaine Hogan (harp).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Dever the Dancer
Ch 4
Woods of Ballinahinch
ShLBreda
Played beforeOn Albums
Whelan's Jig
Ch 4
Dublin Porter
AOT 3
Mayor Harrison's Fedora
LOF 5
Tie the Bonnet
PACarb
Teetotaller
DOSlvn 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 #133 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
On page 76 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
As tune #12 in volume 3 of [LPTW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. [available]
On page 90 of [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As 10 (Treoir) in [L] Alan's private loose music.
As tune #22 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session 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): 1968