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The Irish Traditional Music Tune Index

Tune ID#6401 (O'Neill's Cavalcade)

These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording TMacMn 2 (details in the Discography below).

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Mode ?
March	G Dorian

Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):

O'Neill's Cavalcade / O'Neill's March / Marcshlua Uí Néill (also in E or B, also without the 2-part second section) (compare 1st part of second section with 1st part of polka Tralee Gaol #2145)

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Discography

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).
1972	9#1	[TMacMn 2] Tony Mac Mahon. Mac Mahon from Clare. Tony Mac Mahon (accordion).
2005	10#1	[TMacMn 3] Tony Mac Mahon, Steve Cooney. Scaoil Amach an Pocaide. Live in Spiddal. Tony Mac Mahon (accordion), Steve Cooney (guitar).

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 #28 in volume 1 of [LPTW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. [available]
As tune #98 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session 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): 1972

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