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Tune ID

Tune ID

Can someone help with this reel please - no luck on google!

Think it's in G, but could also be F. Also, I don't have a vertical slash on this keyboard...

G2DG BG~G2/Bdef gdBG/A2EA cAAb/c'afd cAFA/G2DG BG~G2/Bdef gdBG/~c3a BDD2/cAFA G4//

Apologies if the abc is a bit screwy.

Thanks!

# Posted on February 8th 2009 by triplet

Re: Tune ID

St Andrews?

T:St Andrews
R:Reel
M:4/4
C:Sean Ryan, Offaly (fiddle)
Z:Bernie Stocks
K:F
% TUNEdb Number 2272
F2CF AFFG | Acde fcAF | G2DG BGGf | efge fcBG | F2CF AFFG |
Acde fdcA | B2GB A2FA | GCEG F4 :: f2cf acfa | cfag fedc |
g2dg bdgb | dgba gbag | f2cf acfa | cfag fedc | B2GB A2FA | GCEG F4 :|

# Posted on February 8th 2009 by Prof. Prlwytzkofski

Re: Tune ID

Yes that's it! Thanks a lot. The fourth bar of the first bar is a bit diffierent - it doesn't have the huge jump to the Bb (or high C, as I've done it in G) - which is a shame, but it has to be the same tune.

Is there a collection of the great man's tunes available at all?

# Posted on February 8th 2009 by triplet

Re: Tune ID

fourth bar of the first *part*

# Posted on February 8th 2009 by triplet

Re: Tune ID

anyone know what gauge strings and the plectrum Barney uses when he plays theshort scale banjo ?

# Posted on February 8th 2009 by checker

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I've seen one volume of Sean Ryan's compositions, called "Hidden Ireland" and I understand there's now a second out.

# Posted on February 8th 2009 by alec b

Re: Tune ID

No, it's not St Andrews Reel, though that's normally played in F too.

# Posted on February 8th 2009 by nicholas

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St Andrews is in the Tunes base - its posted as The Ballyket Courthouse and also as The Clogger's Quilt, which are as far as I can see versions of the same tune.

I've heard the tune this post is asking for an ID for, but the name escapes me for now...

# Posted on February 8th 2009 by nicholas

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Here it is!: -

It's Pottinger's Reel, a tune written by Shetland fiddler / composer Tom Anderson and named for Shetland fiddler Willie Pottinger. It's in the Tunes database.

# Posted on February 8th 2009 by nicholas

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I agree with "kilfarboy". If I've read the "abcs" correctly, this tune was the first of 2 reels recorded by the Sean Ryan trio on "Back Home To The Cliffs Of Moher", an "Outlet" label recording which hasn't been posted here yet. [ Robert Ryan mentioned it recently in another discussion. ]
On the Outlet LP - a sampler - which I have, it's called "St.Andrew's", and the 2nd is called "The Swallow". This 2nd reel is commonly referred to as "St.Andrew's" - I believe the 2 titles have become confused over time. If anyone has Sean Ryan's book of tunes, that would settle it one way or another.

# Posted on February 8th 2009 by Kenny

Re: Tune ID

Here I.am told is the right Name to this Reel {Leslie Craig}
And also the True Composer of the Tune C:John Lowe,,
jim,,,,,

X:25
T:Archie Menzie's
R:Reel
C:John Lowe
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:F
FE|~F CF AFEF|Acde fcA^F|G2DG BGDG|(3Bcd ef gdBG|!
~F CF AFCF|Acde fcAF|BdGB AcFA|GECE F2:||!
fe|ffcf afef|cfag fed^f|g2 dg bg^fg|dgba gfed|!
f2 cf afef|cfag fedc|BdGB AcFA|GECE F2:||

# Posted on February 9th 2009 by FIDDLE4

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