Joe Bane's

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on August 29th 2003 by dafydd.

This tune has been added to 50 tunebooks.

Also known as Joe Bane's Fling, Joe Bane's Highland Fling, Joe Banes, Tom Ban's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 20th Feakle Festival: Reeling Through The Years by Various Artists
• Are You The Concertina Player? by Kate McNamara
• Around The World For Sport by The Doon Céilí Band
• Celtic Sessions by William Coulter
• Ceol Sidhe by Micheal O HEidhin
• Danu by Danu
• Double-Barrelled by Kieran O'Hare And John Skelton
• Flagstone Memories by Andrew Mac Namara, Orla Harrington And Jim Higgins
• Foinn Seisiun 3 by Ennis/Dublin Session Group
• Martin Hayes by Martin Hayes
• Masters Of Tradition by Various Artists
• May Morning Dew by Mick O'Brien
• Melting Snow by Orla Harrington
• My Love Is In America by Various Artists
• Na Fir Bolg by Jack Talty And Cormac Begley
• Notes From The Heart by Mick, Louise And Michelle Mulcahy
• Open Hearth by Mary And Andrew MacNamara
• Streetlife by Patrick Street
• The Flute Players Of Roscommon - Vol 1 by Various Artists
• The Man From Clare by Micho Russell
• The Shores Of Lough Graney by P.J.Hayes And Martin Hayes
• Through The Round Window by Eamonn Coyne

X: 1
T: Joe Bane's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|:B3 B B>AA>A|B>AB>c d>ge>d|B3 B B>AA>A|d2 c>A A>G G2:|
e2a2g2 g>e|d2 B>c d3d|e2a2g2 g>e|d2 c>A A>G G2|
e2a2g2 g>e|d2e2f2g2|a>baf g2 g>e|d2 c>A A>G G2|

Joe Bane's

From Geoff Bowen's fiddle tutor.Don't play it too fast.Marin Hayes plays a lovely version his cd,The Shores Of Lough Graney.

# Posted on March 1st 2003 by dafydd

I love this tune. I first heard Danu play it. It is also on the "Boston College Irish Fiddle Festival" CD.

# Posted on January 6th 2004 by Max Becher

I think it's a fling.

# Posted on July 8th 2006 by Dr. Dow

"Joe Bane's Highland" ~ which as usual also works as a single reel

Flings always get played as single reels, but in some cases the melody makes a better fling than a reel, and I'm inclined to think, despite the impresssive flute playing, that this air swings better as a fling...

R: highland fling
K: G Major
|: d>c |
B2 Bc B>A (3AAA | B>AB>c d>ge>d | (3BcB Bc B>AA>B | (3ded c>A A>G :|
G>d |
e2 a2 g2- g>e | (3ddd B>c d2 (3Bcd | e2 a2 (3ggg g>e | d2 c>A A>GG>d |
e2 a2 g2 g>e | d2 e>f (3ggg f>g | a>b (3agf g2- g>e | (3ddd c>A A>G ||

# Posted on July 9th 2006 by ceolachan

I agree. Nice playing, 'c'.

# Posted on July 9th 2006 by Dr. Dow

Wouldn't you say it was played as a barndance here though...or is that the same thing as a fling?

# Posted on April 25th 2012 by del_c

'Barndance'

'Barndance' can be a catch all term for all swung dance tunes, including hornpipes. The specific dances called this are generally related, and more usually the schottische, the highland fling/schottische, Germans (including the "7-Step), Military Two Steps and barndances - all often get muddled up with the one term - 'barndance'. That can be even further extended to include anything considered danceable in a barn. However, there are specific dances and tunes, usually 32 bars, that are more usually thought of as a 'barndance'. Oh yes, various types of polkas also sometimes get dropped under this header.

In general, 16 bars, and more usually with a second ending for the B-part, sometimes a full 4 bars/measures, swung, this is a highland fling/schottische, but there's no crime in referring to it as a 'barndance' as well, as true of other froms...

# Posted on April 25th 2012 by ceolachan

For Dow's da ~

X: 2
T: Joe Bane's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: highland fling
K: G Major
|: d>c |\
B2 Bc B>A (3AAA | B>AB>c d>ge>d | (3BcB Bc B>AA>B | (3ded c>A A>G :|
G>d |\
e2 a2 g2- g>e | (3ddd B>c d2 (3Bcd | e2 a2 (3ggg g>e | d2 c>A A>GG>d |
e2 a2 g2 g>e | d2 e>f (3ggg f>g | a>b (3agf g2- g>e | (3ddd c>A A>G |]

# Posted on May 1st 2012 by ceolachan