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Tune ID#602 (Fantastic Reel)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Fantastic 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 AMPR (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Fantastic Reel, The / Glencolmcille / Gleann Cholm Cille / The Inver Races / Rásaí Inbhir / Charlie Cahey's Reel / Johnny Doherty's / American Reel (compare 1st part with 1st part of The Donegal Reel #528 and with 1st part of Reabui Reel #7014; compare especially 2nd part with 2nd part of Marry When You're Young #1218; compare 2nd part also with 2nd part of Sunny Banks #1849) (composed by Neil Doherty)
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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).
~19746#2
[JD 5] John Doherty. The Floating Bow. John Doherty (fiddle).
~19767#1
[AMPR] Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds. Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds. Andy McGann (fiddle), Paddy Reynolds (fiddle).
~19779#1
[DODnl 2] Danny O'Donnell. Ón tSean-Am Anall. Danny O'Donnell (fiddle).
199117#1
[FS] Fiddle Sticks. Irish Traditional Music from Donegal. Ciaran Tourish, Dermot McLaughlin, Tommy Peoples, Séamus Gibson, Séamus Glackin, Kevin Glackin.
~199417#1
[SndCmC] The Sound of Coleman Country. Peter Horan (flute).
~20051.12#1
[VCbl] Vincent Campbell. The Purple Heather. Vincent Campbell (fiddle).
20198#1
[Fdl 4] Fidil. Decade. Aidan O'Donnell (fiddle), Ciarán Ó Maonaigh (fiddle), Damien McGeehan (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Day I Listed
JD 5
Played beforeOn Albums
Ah Surely
AMPR
Old Dudeen
DODnl 2
McFarley's
FS
Mountain Top
SndCmC
Muineál an Bhardail
Fdl 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 #176 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
As tune #86 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
On page 48 of [SK] Sean Keane. Fifty Fiddle Solos. [available]
As reel #87 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [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): 1974