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Tune ID#745 (Golden Keyboard)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Golden Keyboard about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording AMPR (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBE Dorian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Golden Keyboard, The / Golden Keyboard / An Méarchlár Órga / Green's Reel / Kevin Carberry's (composed by Martin Mulhaire)
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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).
19612.19#1
[SltSdt] Seoltaí Séidte. Setting Sail. Joe Burke (accordion).
196230#2
[JPwr] Jimmy Power. Go Home and Have Your Dinner. Jimmy Power (fiddle). For this tune: Four Courts Ceili Band: Jimmy (fiddle), Paul Gross (fiddle), Michael Plunkett (recorder), Tommy Maguire (accordion).
~19768#1
[AMPR] Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds. Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds. Andy McGann (fiddle), Paddy Reynolds (fiddle).
19785#2
[NHTL] Noel Hill and Tony Linnane. Noel Hill and Tony Linnane. Noel Hill (concertina), Tony Linnane (fiddle). For this tune: Tony Linnane (fiddle).
~198512#1
[CW] Matt Molloy and Sean Keane. Contentment Is Wealth. Matt Molloy (flute), Sean Keane (fiddle).
~19851.11#1
[GL20] Green Linnet Records. The Twentieth Anniversary Collection. Sean Keane (fiddle), Matt Molloy (flute).
~19918#2
[Tri 1] Trian. Trian. Liz Carroll (fiddle), Billy McComiskey (accordion), Daithi Sproule (guitar, vocals). For this tune: Billy McComiskey (accordion).
19972#3
[JDr 3] Joe Derrane. The Tie that Binds. Joe Derrane (accordion). For this tune: with Jerry O'Sullivan (pipes).
~199823#2
[KHe] Kevin Henry. One's Own Place - A Family Tradition. Kevin Henry (flute, whistle, pipes, vocals). For this tune: Maggie Healy (whistle).
~200111#1
[PGMOD] Paddy Glackin and Mícheál Ó Domhnaill. Reprise. Athchuairt. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (guitar, vocals, keyboard). For this tune: with Noel Hill (concertina).
~20021.2#1
[WFO 1] Wooden Flute Obsession. Eamonn Cotter (flute).
~200415#1
[JCnly 3] Johnny Connolly. An Mileoidean Scaoilte. Johnny Connolly (melodeon). For this tune: (C melodeon).
~20069#1
[BHghs 2] Brian Hughes. Whirlwind. Brian Hughes (whistle). For this tune: (Eb whistle).
~20141#2
[ACrby 2] Angelina Carberry. Pluckin' Mad. Angelina Carberry (banjo, tenor guitar).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Fisherman's Island
NHTL
Cooley's
JPwr
Bell Harbour
Tri 1
Hunter's House
JDr 3
Tarbolton
KHe
Edwardsville Reel
ACrby 2
Played beforeOn Albums
Mayor Harrison's Fedora
CW, GL20
Farrell O'Gara
SltSdt
Kiss Me Kate
AMPR
Father Kelly's
Tri 1
Salamanca
PGMOD
Ambrose Moloney's
WFO 1
Silver Spear
JCnly 3
I Wish I Never Saw You
BHghs 2
Geoghegan's Fancy
ACrby 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 tune #16 in volume 2 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As reel #182 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
On page 28 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
On page 43 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As reel #116 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As reel #155 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan.
As tune #160 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): 1961