The King Of Meenasillagh

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on July 11th 2004 by errik.

This tune has been added to 24 tunebooks.

Also known as The Old Wheel Of Fortune, Wheel Of Fortune, The Wheel Of Fortune.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Another Sky by Altan
• The Brass Fiddle: Traditional Fiddle Music From Donegal by Various Artists
• The Fiddle Music Of Donegal - Volume Two by Various Artists
• The Old Wheel Of Fortune by Fidil
• When I Was Young by Len Graham, Garry Ó Briain, Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin

X: 1
T: King Of Meenasillagh, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
d3 B|:AFED CDEG|(3FED AD BdcB|AFED CDEG|1FGEF DcdB:|2FGEF Dfed||
cA (3AAA fAec|Acec dcBc|Acec Acea|fdBc dfed|
cA (3AAA fAec|Acec dcBc|defd cdec|Bcde fdBd||

Bars 1 and 5 of the B-Part can be played cAeA fAeA instead of the triplet.

# Posted on October 7th 2004 by errik

"The Old Wheel Of Fortune" ~ strathspey & reel

"The Old Wheel Of Fortune Strathspey"
Key signature: D & A Major
Submitted on June 2nd 2007 by ceolachan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7297

"The Old Wheel Of Fortune Reel"
Key signature: D & A Major
Submitted on June 3rd 2007 by ceolachan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7306

# Posted on June 4th 2007 by ceolachan

This tune is NOT the King of Meenasillagh...

... but the Old Wheel of Fortune. See my comments under http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7306

# Posted on August 27th 2010 by Jeeves Tones

THIS is the King of Meenasillagh

Seeing as there is some confusion as to what tune is really the King of Meenasillagh, here is a rough-and-ready ABC of it. I originally learned it from "The Brass Fiddle". Of course, the flute can't recreate all the great droning effects. That video of James Byrne from 1988 is marvellous stuff.
K:Dmaj
|G|:FGEF D2EF|GEFD EDEG|FGEF D2Dg|fdec dBAG|
|FGEF D2EF|GEFD EDEG|FGEF ~D3g|fdec dBAg|
|:fddc dfaf|eAAE Aceg|fddc dfaf|eABc dcdg|
|fddc dfaf|eAAE Aceg|fdfa gfed|cABc d2d|

# Posted on August 28th 2010 by LongNote