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Tune ID#848 (Hughie's Cap)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Hughie's Cap about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JCt 4 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBD Dorian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Hughie's Cap (also with 2nd part as intro, also in C Dorian) (composed by Ed Reavy)
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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).
~199811#4
[Sol 3] Solas. The Words That Remain. Karan Casey (vocals), John Doyle (guitar, etc.), Seamus Egan (flute, banjo, etc.), Winifred Horan (fiddle, etc.), Mick McAuley (accordion, concertina, etc.).
~20035#2
[JCt 4] John Carty. At It Again. John Carty (fiddle).
~200417#2
[OMcD 1] Oisín Mac Diarmada. Ar an bhFidil. Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle, whistle).
~201612#2
[JTlty 1] Jack Talty. In Flow. Jack Talty (concertina).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Jessie over the Bridge
Sol 3
Paddy Lynn's Delight
JCt 4
Aughamore
OMcD 1
Dowd's Favourite
JTlty 1
Played beforeOn Albums
Sailor's Bonnet
JTlty 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 tune #26 in [ER] Joseph M. Reavy (compiler). The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy. [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): 1996