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Tune ID#6502 (Laughing Spoons)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Laughing Spoons about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording CHssn 3 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig32AABBG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Laughing Spoons, The / The Lauhging [sic] Spoons / The Loughing [sic] Spoons / Gerard Fahy's Jig (2nd in set Carl Hession's on TOCAM) (composed by Carl Hession)
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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).
~19958#2
[CHssn 3] Carl Hession. Ceol Inné Ceol Inniu Old Time New Time. Gerard Fahy (pipes), Frankie Gavin (fiddle), Kevin Crawford (flute), Kevin Carey (fiddle), Christy Dunne (banjo), Jackie Daly (accordion).
~20051#2
[TOCAM] Tony O'Connell and Andy Morrow. Tony O'Connell and Andy Morrow with Arty McGlynn. Tony O'Connell (concertina), Andy Morrow (fiddle).
201910#2
[Urn] Carl Hession, Eimear Coughlan, Francis Cunningham. Úrnua. Francis Cunningham (concertina), Eimear Coughlan (harp), Carl Hession (piano).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Rambles of Mike
CHssn 3, TOCAM, Urn
Played beforeOn Albums
Bluebells are Blooming
TOCAM

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 #215 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [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): 1995