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Tune ID#3221 (Slate Roof)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Slate Roof about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording A HH (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Slate Roof, The / Little Katie Taylor / The Lansdowne Lass / Josie McDermott's / Sailing into Walpole's Marsh / Three Scones of Boxty (untitled on A HH) (1st part same as 1st part of The Lansdowne Lass #4739, and 2nd part is similar in spots; 1st part also similar to 1st parts of Katie Taylor's id:#1632: and Fahey's #7087) (composed by Paddy Taylor, according to Snchrd and Altan, or by Josie McDermott, according to book HN)
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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).
19881#4 (2:59)
[A HH] Altan. Horse with a Heart. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Frankie Kennedy (flute), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki), Mark Kelly (guitar).
20002.6#1
[LaL] Lámh ar Lámh. Many Hands. Séamus Fay (lilting).
20029#2
[GLPL 2] Grey Larsen and Paddy League. Dark of the Moon. Grey Larsen (flute, whistle, concertina, harmonium), Paddy League (bodhrán, guitar, concertina). For this tune: (concertina).
~200815#2
[Snchrd] Dermy Diamond, Tara Diamond, Dáithí Sproule. Seanchairde. Old Friends. Dermy Diamond (fiddle), Tara Diamond aka Tara Bingham (flute), Dáithí Sproule (guitar).
20091#1
[JDr 6] Joe Derrane. Grove Lane. Joe Derrane (accordion).
~20129#2
[JDwyer] John Dwyer. The Dursey Sound. John Dwyer (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Three Scones of Boxty		A HH, Snchrd
Man of the House		GLPL 2
Rogha an Ghabha		JDwyer
Played beforeOn Albums
Collier's Reel		GLPL 2
Prayer Reel		JDr 6

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 reel #75 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As reel #296 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
On page 38 of [Altan] Martin Tourish. Altan. The 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): 1986
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