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Tune ID#3410 (Cordal Jig)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Cordal Jig about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording DD 6 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Cordal Jig, The / Cordal Jig / The Cordal / Port na Cordaile / Morgan Rattler / If I Had in the Clear / Five Hundred a Year / Land of Potatoes / Jackson's Bouner Bougher / The Idle Road / The Slopes of Sliobh Luachra [sic for "Slopes of Sliabh Luachra"] / Tom Billy's Jig / Port Thom Billy / Tom Billy's No. 3 / Julia Clifford's (2nd in set The Wren's Nest on DD 6; 2nd in set Tom Billys Jigs on GOC 3) (also in C, also with many more parts)
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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).
~19763#2
[MMulc 1] Mick Mulcahy. Mick Mulcahy. Mick Mulcahy (accordion).
19851.1#2
[DD 6] Dé Danann. Anthem. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, flute, viola, piano), Alec Finn (bouzouki, guitar), Martin O'Connor (accordion), Johnny McDonagh (bodhrán), Mary Bergin (whistle), Jackie Daly (accordion), Mary Black (vocals), Dolores Keane (vocals).
~19981#2
[LOF 5] Liam O'Flynn. The Piper's Call. Liam O'Flynn (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (B pipes).
20021.15#1
[KCThtr] Live from the Katharine Cornell Theater. Traditional Irish Music. Téada: Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle), John Blake (flute).
~20047#3
[DLyn] Dana Lyn. Looking for the Early Opener. Dana Lyn (fiddle, viola, piano).
~20042#2
[GOC 3] Gerry O'Connor. No Place Like Home. Gerry O'Connor (banjo, fiddle, viola). For this tune: (banjo).
~20051#2
[CTrsh] Ciaran Tourish. Down the Line. Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle).
20082#2
[RedW] The Red Wellies. The Red Wellies. Claudine "Beanie" Odell (fiddle), Duncan Wickel (fiddle, pipes), Vincent Fogarty (bouzouki).
~20082#2
[Snchrd] Dermy Diamond, Tara Diamond, Dáithí Sproule. Seanchairde. Old Friends. Dermy Diamond (fiddle), Tara Diamond aka Tara Bingham (flute), Dáithí Sproule (guitar).
~20122#3
[MiMulc] Michelle Mulcahy. Suaimhneas. Michelle Mulcahy (harp).
~20123#2
[MidRare] John Cronin and Daithí Kearney. Midleton Rare. John Cronin (accordion), Daithí Kearney (banjo).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Humours of Glynn
CTrsh, Snchrd
A Thousand Farewells
MMulc 1
Wren's Nest
DD 6
Humours of Kilclogher
LOF 5
Whelan's Jig
DLyn
Old Joe's
GOC 3
Sporting Pitchfork
RedW
Winnie Hayes's Jig
MiMulc
Tom Billy's
MidRare
Played beforeOn Albums
Paddy Taylor's
CTrsh, Snchrd
Winnie Hayes's Jig
KCThtr
Spotted Dog
RedW
Humours of Lisheen
MidRare

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 #1046 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #257 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #50 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. [available]
On page 60 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
On page 107 of [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As tune #333 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As jig #34 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): 1903