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Tune ID#6122 (Peter O'Byrne's Fancy)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Peter O'Byrne's Fancy about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording FFurey (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig32AABBD Mixolydian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Peter O'Byrne's Fancy / Peter O Byrne's Fancy / Peter Byrne's Fancy / Peter Byrnes Fancy / (2nd in set The Sunday Feast Jigs on MMcAly 2)
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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).
~19697#1
[FFurey] Finbar Furey. Traditional Irish Pipe Music. Finbar Furey (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (C# pipes).
~20036#3
[MCny 1] Michael Cooney. A Stone's Throw. Michael Cooney (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes).
20069#1
[MOR 2] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. Inside Out. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina).
~20164#2
[MMcAly 2] Mick McAuley. Highs and Bellows. Mick McAuley (accordion, vocals, guitar).
201810#2
[StDunne] Stevie Dunne. Live at the Crosskeys Inn. Stevie Dunne (banjo, guitar).
~20181#3
[DogFog] Mike McGoldrick and Dezi Donnelly. Dog in the Fog. Dezi Donnelly (fiddle, viola), Mike McGoldrick (flute, pipes, bodhrán).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Jimmy Ward's
MCny 1
Palm Sunday
MMcAly 2
Humours of Kilclogher
StDunne
Fox in the Thatch
DogFog
Played beforeOn Albums
Come Along with Me
MOR 2
Scatter the Mud
MMcAly 2

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 jig #99 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): 1969