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Tune ID#6385 (First Day in Spring)

Transcription of first 2 bars of First Day in Spring about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording AWhyte (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig48AABBCCD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
First Day in Spring / The First Day of Spring (composed by PJ Kelly aka P.J. Kelly aka Father Kelly)
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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).
~19792.11#1
[AWhyte] Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte (fiddle). For this tune: with Fr PJ Kelly (piano accordion).
~199911#2
[CNea 1] Colin Nea. The Pure Box. Colin Nea (accordion). For this tune: with Joe Finn (pipes), Aidan McMahon (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Father Kelly's Farewell		CNea 1
Played beforeOn Albums
Cappycun Chase		AWhyte

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.
On page 10 of [FrKlly] The Far East. Fr Kelly's Favourites. A Musical Tribute to Composer Fr PJ Kelly. [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): 1979
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