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Tune ID#891 (Independent)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Independent about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording LR 1 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Hornpipe32AABBG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Independent, The / The Independent Hornpipe / Independence Hornpipe / Damhsa (also in F or D)
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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).
~194814#1
[LR 1] Leo Rowsome. Classics of Irish Piping. Leo Rowsome (pipes).
~195831#1
[TDMI] Traditional Dance Music of Ireland. Jimmy Hogan (accordion).
198613#2
[Ch JG] James Galway and the Chieftains. In Ireland. James Galway (flute, whistle), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle, bones), Matt Molloy (flute, whistle), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán, harpsichord).
199112#1
[Ch AIE] The Chieftains. An Irish Evening. Live at the Grand Opera House, Belfast. Martin Fay (fiddle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán, vocals), Matt Molloy (flute), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán, keyboards).
19975#1
[Dnu 1] Danú. Danú. Daire Bracken (fiddle), Brendan McCarthy (accordion), Donnchadh Gough (pipes, bodhrán), Tom Doorley (flute), Eamonn Doorley (bouzouki, fiddle), Timmy Murray (guitar), Cárthach Mac Craith (vocals). For this tune: Tom (flute).
~200611#1
[BHghs 2] Brian Hughes. Whirlwind. Brian Hughes (whistle). For this tune: (Eb whistle).
~20083#2
[MvDnly 2] Maeve Donnelly. Flame on the Banks. Maeve Donnelly (fiddle).
~20183#1
[BG 8] Bobby Gardiner. Melodeon Mad! Bobby Gardiner (melodeon, lilting).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Mulqueeney's
Ch JG
Newcastle
MvDnly 2
Played beforeOn Albums
Star Hornpipe
LR 1
Colonel Fraser
Dnu 1
Moving Pint
BHghs 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 #2 in [D&M] Arthur Warren Darley and Patrick Joseph McCall. The Darley and McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music. [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): 1914