Terry 'Cuz' Teehan's

hornpipe

Key signature: Eminor

Submitted on December 18th 2001 by seara.

This tune has been added to 215 tunebooks.

Also known as Cuz Teehan's, Deireadh Fomhair, Frank Thornton, Frank Thornton's, Frank Thornton's Highland, Kerry Fling, Molloy's Favourites, Teahan's Highland, Teehan's, Teehan's Highland, Terry 'Cuz' Teahan's, Terry 'Cuz' Teehan's Favourite, Terry Teahan's, Terry Teehan's, Terry Teehan's Highland Fling.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Flying Start by Paul Moran And Fergal Scahill
A Living Thing by Various Artists
Boil The Breakfast Early by The Chieftains
Cairde Cairdín by Diarmuid O'Brien
Call The Tune: Music For The Sets Volume 4 by Various Artists
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 4 by Matt Cunningham
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 6 by Matt Cunningham
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 8 by Matt Cunningham
Denis Doody Plays Kerry Music by Denis Doody
Dochas by Dochas
Down The Ivory Stairs by Padraic O'Reilly
Foinn Seisiun 2 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
Fused by Michael McGoldrick
Heat Of The Moment by Pierre Schryer And Ian Clark
In The Morning Early by Tulca Mor
Jamie Smith by Jamie Smith
Learning Irish Fiddle by Paul McNevin
Live by Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker And John Doyle
London Lasses And Pete Quinn by London Lasses And Pete Quinn
Lunasa by Lunasa
May Morning Dew by Mick O'Brien
Meiteal by Seamus Begley And Stephen Cooney
Midnight On The Water by The Kings River Band
Next Stop by Caladh Nua
Out On The Ocean by Moher
Skin And Bow by Declan Folan And Junior Davey
Sliabh Notes by Sliabh Notes
The Best Of Patrick Street by Patrick Street
The Celtic Harp by The Chieftains
The Celts Play Connecticut by Various Artists
The Dear Little Isle by Inishbofin Ceili Band
The Killaville Sessions by Ceoltoiri Coleman
The Night Of The Fair: Traditional Irish Music From Sliabh Luachra by Dan Herlihy And Friends
The Parish Platform by Rattle The Boards
Tripping Down The Stairs by Spiral Seisiún
Tunes For Practice by Seamus Creagh
When The World Was Wide by Trouble In The Kitchen
Whirlwind by Brian Hughes
Wooden Flute Obsession Disk 1 by Various Artists

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

X: 1
T: Terry 'Cuz' Teehan's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Emin
|:B2 BA B2 BA|dB AF DE FA|B2 BA B2 BA|dB AF E3 z|
B2 BA B2 BA|dB AF DE FA|B2 BA B2 BA|dB AF E3 z|
Be ef g2 fe|d2 Bd AD FA|Bz ef g2 fe|dB AF E3 z|
Be ef g2 fe|d2 Bd AD FA|Be ed BA FA|1 DE ED EF GA:|2 DE ED E4||

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Seara

Hornpipe??!!
Lunasa "Lunasa"
Track 9 -> Deireadh Fomhair (Terry Cu'z'Teehans + Alice�s)

# Posted on December 18th 2001 by seara

Great tune!

I just had to comment after finding this: what a terrific tune!

A lot of tunes, when rendered down to sheet music lose their soul - they become very flat, and you need to hear them to find the pulse that brings the tune to life.

Some tunes, however, have such a strong pulse to the melody that they just come to life under your fingers. This one is a beautiful example of that: it just pulls you right in, and you can't stop playing it.

It's just a joy to play on a flute of whistle - it's such a strong tune, it practically embellishes itself right under your fingers!

# Posted on September 10th 2002 by MarkCC

hornpipe or slow reel?

# Posted on January 10th 2005 by JHowley

Definitely not a hornpipe. Slow reel, fling, or highland?

# Posted on January 10th 2005 by slainte

I would say Slow Reel, as it doesn't look like a Highland (aka fling/ schottische)

# Posted on January 10th 2005 by Pádraig

Altered reel played slow

My guess is that it might be a 16 bar reel that they slowed down and doubled the B part. They did that with the "Miller of Drohan" on their "Otherworld" recording. They also started it on the B part compared to the tune I'm used to hearing that I learned from Dale Russ years ago. I suppose you'd have to ask Kevin or Sean though to find out for certain.

# Posted on January 11th 2005 by Phantom Button

Terry Teehan's

It seems related to "The Tap Room": http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/711

# Posted on April 12th 2005 by slainte

Highland Fling

PHWARRR! - Obviously Highland Fling, 16 bars, a nice swing to it with those long notes too and a lovely second ending for the B part, so often relegated in later life as a single reel, but hey, that can work too. I tend to use snaps in this too, and definitely swing it.

# Posted on June 3rd 2005 by ceolachan

I first heard this tune as a Scottish slow air, but can't remember where or when.

# Posted on November 8th 2005 by Beheader

Sounds like a slowed down Reel to me. I do have it, slowed down like this, on a record somewhere..........but where?

# Posted on November 8th 2005 by Ptarmigan

The great Mick O'Brien plays this in his May Morning Dew record on whistle and calls it simply the kerry. He plays it in the set with the kerry fling and Joe Bans or something liek that. Nice.

# Posted on November 15th 2005 by timo

also, i think i remember reading somewhere, possibly from lunasa notes, that it was terry teehan's version of the green fields of rosbeigh (aka a few other names that i cant think of right now).

# Posted on November 15th 2005 by timo

This appears on "Skin And Bow" by Declan Folan and Junior Davey as "Molloy's Favourite", the other tune in the set being The Road To Gloutane http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1615.

# Posted on March 10th 2007 by Dr. Dow

love this tune i agree with MarkCC completely, it has a certain ebb and flow to it, and it just flows really well on the whistle or flute

# Posted on September 17th 2008 by chansherly212

another version of the tune... i find quite interesting..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXZirB_3WSk

# Posted on October 23rd 2008 by chansherly212

That's the art of misremembering.

# Posted on October 25th 2008 by slainte

Tsk, tsk!

chansherly212, the link you've offered ~ using fingertips on that low Dixon whistle and you can see the tension...

# Posted on October 25th 2008 by ceolachan

yeah, i noticed that too, using finger tips on the low whistle really is restricitve, i was just noticing that that version is different from what i'm used to

anyway, here's a video of me playing this tune along with another one.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymI5ZszZvmU

# Posted on November 18th 2008 by chansherly212

For a very similar feel -at least as far as the 1st part is concerned- see:
Lexie McAskill's http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1093

# Posted on June 16th 2010 by birlibirdie

"Terry 'Cuz' Teahan's Highland Fling"

# Posted on February 5th 2011 by ceolachan

E Dorian

K: EDor

# Posted on February 5th 2011 by ceolachan

"Frank Thornton's Highland Fling"

This is Terry 'Cuz' Teahan's name for this one, in honour of Frank Thornton, a founding member and honorary president of "The Irish Musicians Association of America", 1979...

The following article was published in Irish Traditional Music From Chicago, Vol II 1976/77.

Frank Thornton
http://www.detroitima.org/hall_of_fame/2002/thornton_frank/index.html

Frank Thornton was born in 1908 about five miles from Listowel, Co. Kerry. He started on the flute at age eight, learning from a cousin named Hanrahan who led the town flute band and from another local flute player named Furey. Frank's uncle, Miles thornton, also played the flute and was a dancing teacher and long-time all ireland step dancing champion. ~

(Follow the link above for the full article and some of his poetry.)

~ In 1956, Frank thought the time had come for a more positive and unified association of Irish Musicians in the various cities of American. Together with a few distinguished musicians here, among them the late Ed Reevy of Philadelphia, Louis E. Quinn of New york, and Johnny McGreevy of Chicago, others too. He founded the I.M.A., Irish Musicians Association of America. Guided by Frank Thornton as its first president, the organization quickly grew in strength and number. In 1963, there were 27 I.M.A. clubs flourishing all across America. In 1969, Frank organized the first ever concert tour of Irish champion musicians from Ireland. This prestigious group was led by the then Comhaltas President Labhras O Murchu. this led to the founding of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann here in 1972, when the then chief Comhaltas organizer, the late Diarmuid O'Cathain came here as the Ardchomhairle representative. He soon made contact with Frank Thornton, who supplied a list of names and contacts that played a vital role in the establishment of Comhaltas here, especially the Annual Concert Tours.

More later...

# Posted on February 6th 2011 by ceolachan

"The Road to Glountane" by Terence "Cuz" Teahan

with John Dunson
tune transcriptions and copying by Ann & Chuck Heyman
production coordination by Justin O'Brien
Published in Chicago, Illinois - 1980 - 91 pages
tunes, tales, photos and poetry...

Sadly this seems to be long out of print. Over time I've tried to secure other copies of it for friends, to give as a gift, but haven't seen an available copy in years.

Page 70: "Frank Thornton" - highland

X: 1
T: Frank Thornton
C: Terence "Cuz" Teahan - 1964
S: Terence "Cuz" Teahan
B: "The Road to Glountane", page 70
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: highland fling
K: EDor
B2 B>A B2 B>A | d>BA>F D>EF>A | B2 B>A B2 B>A | d>BA>F E2 E2 |
B2 B>A B2 B>A | d>BA>F D>EF>A | E2 B>A B2 B>A | d>BA>F E2 E2 ||
B>ee>f g>f e2 | d2 B>d A2 F>A | B>ee>f g>f e2 | d>BA>F E2 E2 |
B>ee>f g>f e2 | d2 B>d A2 F>A | B>ee>d B>AF>A | D>EF>A E2 E2 |]

& that in a reduced form:

K: EDor
|: B2 B>A B2 B>A | d>BA>F D>EF>A |
[B2E2] B>A B2 B>A | d>BA>F E2 E2 :|
|: B>ee>f g>f e2 | d2 B>d A2 F>A |
[1 B>ee>f g>f e2 | d>BA>F E2 E2 |
[2 B>ee>d B>AF>A | D>EF>A E2 E2 |]

From this lovely book, page 70, in Terry "Cuz" Teahan's own words:

You could always bank on Frank Thornton to be active in the promotion of Irish music. He was one of the founders of the Irish Musicians Association in 1957, and to this day he is more active than any musician I know in promoting Irish music. All through the years he has taught flute and tin whistle and gets very little out of it in the way of money. He organized a group and took them through Irleand, got them bookings in different towns, and it was a complete success. This was thirty years ago --- well before anyone had a notion of bringing Comhaltas to America.

* Frank Thornton, born in 1908 about five miles from Listowel, Co. Kerry, died in Chicago, Illinois on October 21, 1997. He was 89.
Among his many activities for the love of Irish traditions, he also played a leading role in establishing and promoting the presence of Comhaltas in North America.

Detroit Irish Music Association - The Detroit Branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann
http://www.detroitima.org/
Frank Thornton - Irish Traditional Music Hall of Fame
http://www.detroitima.org/hall_of_fame/2002/thornton_frank/index.html

# Posted on February 6th 2011 by ceolachan

Flinging it about today ~ ~ other possibilities

X: 3
T: Frank Thornton's
C: Terry 'Cuz' Teahan
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: highland fling
K: EDor
|: B2 B>A B2 A>B | d>BA>F D>EF<A |
B2 B>A (3BcB A>B |[1 d>BA>d B>EF>A :|[2 d>BA>F E2 E2 ||
B<ee>f g2 f>e | d2 B>d A>DF>A |
(3Bcd e>f (3gag f>e | d>BA>F E2 E2 |
B<ee>f g2 f>e | d2 B>d A>DF>A |
B<ee>d B>AF>A | D>E (3FED E>FG>A |]

X: 4
T: Frank Thornton's
C: Terry 'Cuz' Teahan
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: highland fling
K: EDor
|: B2- B>^A (3BcB =A>B | d2 A>F D2 F<A |
(3BcB B>A B2 A>B |[1 d>BA>d B>E (3FGA :|[2 d>BA<F E2- E2 ||
(3Bcd e>f g2 f>e | d>DF>d A>D (3FGA |
(3Bcd e>f (3gag f>e | d>BA<F E2 (3FGA |
B2 e>f g>ef>e | d2 (3Bcd A>DF<A |
B2 e>d (3BcB F>A | D>EF<D E>FG<A |]

# Posted on February 10th 2011 by ceolachan

"Frank Thornton's Highland Fling" - endings

# Posted on February 11th 2011 by ceolachan