Humors of Castle Bernard - irishtune.info

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Hornpipe	32	AABB	D Major

Discography

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).
2007	3#2	[PotW] John Wynne and John McEvoy. Pride of the West. John Wynne (flute), John McEvoy (fiddle).
2019	2#1	[THill] Tim Hill. Music at the Gate. Uilleann Pipes. Ceol ag an nGeata. Tim Hill (pipes). For this tune: (B pipes).

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In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played after	On Albums
An Suisin Bán	PotW

Played before	On Albums
Corney Drew's Hornpipe	THill

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 #1770 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #935 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
On page 214 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [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

Tune ID#4880 (Humors of Castle Bernard)

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Discography

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Bibliography