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Tune ID#4540 (Berehaven)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Berehaven about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording FD 1 (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):
Berehaven / The Berehaven /The Berehaven Reel / The Bearhaven / Barehaven / Bare Haven / Ríl Bhaile Chaisleáin Bhéarra / Finbarr Dwyer's (composed by Finbarr Dwyer aka Finbar Dwyer, although not according to album FD 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).
~19707#2
~19701.1#2
~20028#2
[JFtg] Joe Fitzgerald. Hills of Clare. Joe Fitzgerald (accordion).
~200310#2
[KitRec] Seán O'Driscoll and Larry Egan. The Kitchen Recordings. Seán O'Driscoll (banjo, bouzouki), Larry Egan (accordion).
201115#2
[DGrny 1] Dan Gurney. Traditional Irish Music on the Button Accordion. Dan Gurney (accordion).
20147#1
[Unfldg] Unfolding. Young Music from East Clare. Aisling Hunt (accordion).
201414#2
[LfAllChk] Nathan Gourley and Laura Feddersen. Life Is All Checkered. Nathan Gourley (fiddle, guitar), Laura Feddersen (fiddle). For this tune: Nathan (fiddle).
20141#2
[LLses 5] The London Lasses and Chris O'Malley. The One I Loved the Best. Karen Ryan (fiddle, mandola, banjo, whistle), Elaine Conwell (fiddle), Elma McElligott (flute, whistle, saxophone, backing vocal), Brogan McAuliffe (concertina), Brona McVittie (vocal, harp), Chris O'Malley (piano, guitar). For this tune: 1st time Maureen Linane Hankens (accordion).
~20229#2
[DOMr] Diarmuid Ó Meachair. Siúl na Slí. Diarmuid Ó Meachair (accordion, melodeon). For this tune: (D/D# accordion).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Trim the Velvet
FD 1, FTIM
Grant's Reel
JFtg
Bill Maley's
KitRec
Miss Patterson's Slipper
DGrny 1
Farewell to Cailroe
LLses 5
Miss Patterson's Slipper
LfAllChk
Bell Harbour
DOMr
Played beforeOn Albums
Stone in the Field
KitRec
Spike Island Lassies
DGrny 1
Eileen O'Brien's
Unfldg
Paddy Fahey's Reel No. 2
LLses 5
Paddy Kelly's
DOMr

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 reel #121 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As reel #226 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): 1970