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Tune ID#5174 (Clumsy Lover)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Clumsy Lover about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording DD 8 (as reel) (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel64AABBCCDDA Mixolydian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Clumsy Lover, The (3rd in set Clumsy Love on McP BHB) (also as jig in 1st part of set on DD 8; also in D, with only 2 parts, on McP BHB) (composed by Neil Dickie, although credited to Gordon Duncan on CMcMlln) [This tune is not (yet?) part of the Irish tradition, but belongs rather to Scottish music.]
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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).
19883#1
[DD 8] De Dannan. A Jacket of Batteries. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, flute, piano), Aidan Coffey (accordion), Alec Finn (bouzouki, guitar, keyboard), Eleanor Shanley (vocals), Colm Murphy (bodhrán), Adele O'Dwyer (cello). For this tune: Aidan (accordion).
19883#2
[DD 8] De Dannan. A Jacket of Batteries. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, flute, piano), Aidan Coffey (accordion), Alec Finn (bouzouki, guitar, keyboard), Eleanor Shanley (vocals), Colm Murphy (bodhrán), Adele O'Dwyer (cello).
19912.2#3
[McP BHB] The McPeake Family and Paul Burns. Back Home in Belfast. (pipes).
~19991#2
[NVall 1] Niall Vallely. Beyond Words. Niall Vallely (concertina, keyboard).
~201612#2
[CMcMlln] Christopher McMullan. Uilleann Tales. Christopher McMullan (pipes, whistle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Clumsy Lover		DD 8
Woman of the House		McP BHB
Táimse im' Chodladh		CMcMlln
Played beforeOn Albums
Clumsy Lover		DD 8

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 #917 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc 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): 1988
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