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Tune ID#978 (John Kelly's)

Transcription of first 2 bars of John Kelly's about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Ch 3 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars4-bar phrase structureMode ?
Slide32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
John Kelly's / John Kelly's Slide / Sleamhnán Sheáin Uí Cheallaigh / Tim Griffin's Slide / Tim Griffin's Jig / Bridgie McGrath's (also in C, also as single jig) (compare Captain Jinks included here in book R)
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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).
~197312#1
[Ch 3] The Chieftains. 3. Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones).
~19742#2
[KCB 3] [The Kilfenora Ceili Band]. [The Kilfenora Céilí Band].
19753#1
[JnKlly] John Kelly. Irish Traditional Concertina and Fiddle Music. John Kelly (concertina, fiddle). For this tune: (concertina).
20025#3
[BBg 3] Brendan Begley. It Could Be a Good Night Yet! Oíche go Maidean. Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich/Brendan Begley (accordion, vocals). For this tune: (C#/D accordion).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Kerry Jig		KCB 3
Maurice Manley's		BBg 3
Played beforeOn Albums
Merrily Kiss the Quaker		Ch 3
Tom Keane's Reel		JnKlly

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 #249 in volume 2 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #47 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
As tune #58 in volume 2 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As tune #13 in volume 2 of [LPTW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. [available]
On page 148 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
As slide #14 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #287 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As tune #67 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. [available]
As tune #100 in [IBPS] Pat Conway. Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides. [available]
As slide #13 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [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): 1927
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