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Tune ID#3628 (Well-Bred Foal)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Well-Bred Foal 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 BI (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBB Dorian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Well-Bred Foal, The / Mike Hoban's Reel (4th in set Mother's Delight on A BI) (composed by Mike Hoban)
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Discography cd

Here is the sole recording of this tune considering only the indexed recordings.

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Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune?		 [Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
20018#4
[A BI] Altan. Blue Idol. Not identified in liner notes. [Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle), Dermot Byrne (accordion), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki), Mark Kelly (guitar), Dáithi Sproule (guitar)]. For this tune: with Harry Bradley (flute).

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In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Ormond Sound		A BI

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 recording listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
On page 151 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): 2001
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