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Help me out - a reel that goes to high C Sharp

Help me out - a reel that goes to high C Sharp

Hey I was wondering if you could suggest what this tune I'm looking for could be. I've heard being called 'Sean Ryan's' but I can't find a tune entitled that that sounds anything like this. This tune is very different- I've only ever heard it played on the whistle, in A Major. It starts off with AB Csharp highE roll, and goes really high to high c sharp in the first part, and then goes lower for the start of the B part of the tune. Very nice tune. Any ideas (im no good at doing the ABC thing...)

# Posted on January 12th 2008 by om_1109

Re: Help me out - a reel that goes to high C Sharp

Could it be The Coast of Austria? http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/692

# Posted on January 12th 2008 by RichardB

Re: Help me out - a reel that goes to high C Sharp

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/177

# Posted on January 13th 2008 by reenactor

Re: Help me out - a reel that goes to high C Sharp

Sorry, but the tune http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/177 (Sean Sa Ceo, in A-dorian) in fact only goes up to high C-nat, which many fiddlers can reach from the first position. However, I have a Matt Cunningham version of Gladstone's (in A-major) which really does go up to the high C-sharp. The beginning of the B-part reads ce | a2c'a g2bg |, and this sequence re-occurs 4 bars later. Most fiddlers would need to shift up to the 2nd or 3rd position to play this. I'll post the Matt Cunningham version on "Gladstone's" in the Tunes section.

# Posted on January 13th 2008 by lazyhound

Re: Help me out - a reel that goes to high C Sharp

The tune in question, Lazyhound, is often-times played with a C# in that last section- but you're right, that version doesn't do that. I missed that when I posted the reply.

# Posted on January 13th 2008 by reenactor

Re: Help me out - a reel that goes to high C Sharp

Folks, look in the comments for that tune - there are two versions that have the (imho proper) C#.

# Posted on January 13th 2008 by reenactor

Re: Help me out - a reel that goes to high C Sharp

Here are two:

The Auld Fiddler http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7392

and

Sean Maguire http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4358

# Posted on January 14th 2008 by nigelg

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