Andy Renwick's Ferret - irishtune.info

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Reel	32	AABB	A Dorian

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).
1990	5#2	[MNln 1] Martin Nolan. Travel 'n Style. Martin Nolan (pipes, whistle).
~1992	6#3	[CR 1] Craobh Rua. The More That's Said the Less the Better. Mark Donnelly (pipes, whistle), Michael Cassidy (fiddle), Brian Connolly (banjo, mandolin, bodhrán), Jim Byrne (guitar, mandola, vocals). For this tune: 1st time Mark Donnelly (pipes).

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In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played after	On Albums
Green Dot	MNln 1
Maids of Castlebar	CR 1

Played before	On Albums
Turnpike	CR 1

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 reel #545 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): 1990

Tune ID#74 (Andy Renwick's Ferret)

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Discography

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Bibliography