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Tune ID#3395 (Eddie Kelly's #2)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Eddie Kelly's #2 about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording RT 1 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig32AABBE Dorian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Eddie Kelly's #2 / Eddie Kelly's (2nd in Eddie Kelly's Set on SoRua; 1st in set Calliope House on RT 1; 2nd in set Mí na Nollag on Lu 1)
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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).
~19833#2
[SoRua] Dolores Keane, John Faulkner. Sail Óg Rua. Dolores Keane (vocals, bodhrán), John Faulkner (vocals, fiddle, bouzouki, guitar).
~19952#1
[RT 1] Reeltime. Reeltime. Máirin Fahy (fiddle, vocals), Éilís Egan (accordion), Chris Kelly (guitar), Benny Hayes (piano, keyboards, ukelele, vocals). For this tune: Éilís (accordion).
199711#2
[Lu 1] Lúnasa. Lúnasa. Seán Smyth (fiddle, whistle), Mike McGoldrick (flute, whistle), John McSherry (pipes, whistle), Donagh Hennessy (guitar), Trevor Hutchinson (double bass).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Meelick Team		SoRua
Kerfunten Jig		Lu 1
Played beforeOn Albums
Eavesdropper		SoRua
April's Fool		RT 1
Give Us a Drink of Water		Lu 1

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 jig #223 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): 1983
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