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Tune ID#386 (Controversial Reel)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Controversial Reel about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording LCTM (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Controversial Reel, The / The Controversial / Controversial / Ríl an Conspóide / Billy McComiskey's (4th in set Jim Colemans, also spelled Jim Coleman's Set on Drv 3; 3rd in set Jim Coleman's on Drv 4; 1st in set The Clooney Connection on KCB 5; 2nd in set Arty's Reels on CHydn 4) (also in D) (composed by Billy McComiskey)
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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).
~19783#1
[LCTM] Liz Carroll & Tommy Maguire. Kiss Me Kate. Liz Carroll (fiddle), Tommy Maguire (accordion).
~19811#2
[BMc 1] Billy McComiskey. Makin' the Rounds. Irish Traditional Music. Billy McComiskey (accordion). For this tune: with Pat Keogh (fiddle), Donny Golden (feet).
~19848#1
[Crsl] Séamus McGuire, Manus McGuire, Dáithí Sproule. Carousel. Séamus McGuire (fiddle, viola), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Dáithí Sproule (guitars, vocals).
~19963#4
[Drv 3] Dervish. At the End of the Day. Cathy Jordan (vocals, bodhrán, bones), Shane Mc Aleer (fiddle), Liam Kelly (flute, whistle, vocals), Shane Mitchell (accordion), Michael Holmes (bouzouki), Brian McDonagh (mandola, bassola, mandolin, guitar).
19972.16#3
[Drv 4] Dervish. Live in Palma. Cathy Jordan (vocals), Liam Kelly (flute), Shane McAleer (fiddle), Shane Mitchell (accordion), Brian McDonagh (mandola, guitar), Micheal Holmes (bouzouki).
~199713#1
[KCB 5] The Kilfenora Céili Band. Set on Stone. Aidan McMahon (fiddle), Anne Marie McCormack (fiddle), Anne Rynne (fiddle), Garry Shannon (flute), Anthony Quigney (flute), Conor McCarthy (accordion), John Lynch (banjo), Tim Collins (concertina), Fintan McMahon (piano), Sean Griffin (drums), Paul O'Driscoll (double bass).
~200013#2
[JNolan] John Nolan. A Rake of Reels. John Nolan (accordion).
20091#2
[DPss 2] Dan Possumato. Pulling Out the Stops. Traditional Music and Song of Ireland. Dan Possumato (accordion).
~201610#2
[CHydn 4] Cathal Hayden. Hooked on Banjo. Cathal Hayden (banjo).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Jim Coleman's
Drv 3, Drv 4
Boogie Reel
BMc 1, JNolan
Free and Easy
DPss 2
Boyne Hunt
CHydn 4
Played beforeOn Albums
Tear the Calico
LCTM
Cedars of Lebanon
Crsl
Drag Her around the Road
KCB 5
Maid of Mount Kisco
JNolan
Johnny Henry's
DPss 2
Donegal Reel
CHydn 4

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 #162 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
As reel #45 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #139 in [FT] Randy Miller. The Fiddler's Throne. [available]
As reel #204 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan.

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): 1976