The Grand Canal

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on October 7th 2003 by fiel.

This tune has been added to 21 tunebooks.

Also known as The Bunch Of Green Rushes.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Aleanna by Aleanna
• At Complete Ease by John Carty And Brian Rooney
• Drimalost And Beyond CD2 by Danny Meehan
• Fourmilehouse by Alan And John Kelly
• Fourmilehouse by Alan And John Kelly
• Frankie Gavin And Alec Finn by Frankie Gavin And Alec Finn
• In Good Company - The Very Best Of by Kevin Burke
• Irish Traditional Accordion Session With Four Champions by Joe Burke, Kevin Loughlin, Finbarr Dwyer And John Whelan
• Isn't Anyone Going To Stop Them? by The Magic Square
• Live At Mona's by Various Artists
• Looking For The Early Opener by Dana Lyn
• Matt Molloy, Paul Brady, Tommy Peoples by Matt Molloy, Paul Brady, Tommy Peoples
• Merry Bits Of Timber by Emer Mayock
• O'stravaganza. Vivaldi In Ireland by Hughes De Courson
• Providence by Providence
• Sean Potts by Sean Potts And Paddy Moloney
• The Best Of Frankie Gavin by Frankie Gavin
• The Broken Pledge by Marc Pollier, Christian Maes, Christophe Raillard
• The Green Mountain by Pat O'Connor
• The Orange Tree by Grey Larsen And Andre Marchand
• The Rocky Road by Michael Kerry
• Traditional Fiddle Music From East Clare by Paddy Canny
• Up Close by Kevin Burke
• Waiting For A Call by Tommy Peoples

X: 1
T: Grand Canal, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|:"^am"ABcA "^em"GEED|GEAE GEED|"^am"ABcA GEED|"G"DEGB"D"A2AG|
"^am"ABcA "^em"GEEF|"G"G2GA "C"GEEG|"^am"AB (3cBA "^em"GEEB|"^am"cd (3edc "G"d2cd|
"^am"eaag "G"ed d2|"C"cdeg gedg|"^am"eaag "C"edcd|"^am"edcA"^dm"d2cd|
"^am"eaag "^dm"ed d2|"C"cdeg "^em"gfdf|"C"ef (3gfe"G"d2cd|"^am"edcA "G"d2dc:|

Paul Brady plays this to perfection.

# Posted on October 18th 2003 by Paddy

Bunch of Green Rushes

Alan and John Kelly play this tune on their CD "Fourmilehouse".
They call it "The Bunch of Green Rushes" .

# Posted on July 6th 2006 by Pierre Commes

The setting I learned from a box player who got it from Alan Kelly (I think) goes like this:

X: 1
T:Bunch of Green Rushes
M: 4/4
I:speed 350
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ador
ABcA G~E3|GEAE G~E3|ABcA G~E3|1 cdec dcAG:|2 cdec d2 cd||
eaag edcA|B/c/d ef gfed|eaag edcd|edcA dcAG|
A2 ag edcA|B/c/d ef gfed|efge d2 cd|edcA dcAG||

(Thanks to Will CPT for the transcription)

# Posted on July 30th 2008 by Reverend

Oh, and ignore the speed tag... I had that in for my ABC program, but it doesn't really belong in there...

# Posted on July 30th 2008 by Reverend