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Tune ID#4941 (Jerry McMahon's Reel)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Jerry McMahon's 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 FireAfl (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel16ABA Dorian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Jerry McMahon's Reel / Sailing into Walpole's Marsh / Ag Seoladh isteach i Riasc Walpole (compare 1st part with 1st part of Sailing into Walpole's Marsh #3687)
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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).
~19928#2
[FireAfl] Matt Molloy, Seán Keane, Liam O'Flynn. The Fire Aflame. Matt Molloy (flute), Seán Keane (fiddle), Liam O'Flynn (pipes). For this tune: Matt (B flute).
~20041#2
[TTItself] Maeve Donnelly and Peadar O'Loughlin. The Thing Itself. Maeve Donnelly (fiddle), Peadar O'Loughlin (flute).
~20076#2
[RdOnly] Brian McNamara and Tim Collins. Reed Only. Brian McNamara (pipes), Tim Collins (concertina).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Patsy Sean Nancy's
FireAfl
Jack Roe's
TTItself
John Doherty's Rambles
RdOnly
Played beforeOn Albums
Beauty Spot
RdOnly

Bibliography

According to my research, there are zero transcriptions that are musically very similar to this tune anywhere in the indexed books, regardless of tune title. Try my recommended links to other indexes if you need a transcription. To learn to play this tune, simply learn it from another musician or study the recording(s) listed above. See also: Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music.

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1992