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Tune ID#3375 (Rick's)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Rick's about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording IFM (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Hornpipe32AABBG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Rick's / Rick's Rambles / John Joe Gannon's Hornpipe / Cornphíopa Sheán Seosamh Mhig Fhionnáin
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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).
19314#1
[IFM] Past Masters of Irish Fiddle Music. Ballinakill Traditional Dance Players: Jerry Whyte (fiddle), Tommy Whyte (fiddle), Stephen Moloney (flute), Tommy Whelan (flute).
~19956#1
[MMR 1] Mike and Mary Rafferty. The Dangerous Reel. Mike Rafferty (flute, whistle, pipes), Mary Rafferty (accordion, flute, whistle).
~19982#2
[LOF 5] Liam O'Flynn. The Piper's Call. Liam O'Flynn (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (D pipes).
~20036#1
[PDuffy] Philip Duffy. Killin' Clocks. Philip Duffy (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Pleasures of Hope
LOF 5
Played beforeOn Albums
Byrne's Hornpipe
IFM, MMR 1
Micho Russell's
PDuffy

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 #210 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
As tune #250 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [available]
As tune #251 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [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): 1931