The Scartaglen

slide

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on August 1st 2005 by fiddlercjp.

This tune has been added to 43 tunebooks.

Also known as The Scart, Scarta Glen, Scartaglen.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• An Calmfhear: The Trooper by Johnny O'Leary
• And So The Story Goes... by Sean Tyrrell, Kevin Glackin And Ronan Browne
• Crossroads Céilí by The Temple House Ceili Band
• Danu by Danu
• Denis Doody Plays Kerry Music by Denis Doody
• Foinn Seisiun 3 by Ennis/Dublin Session Group
• It's About Time by Allie Bennett
• Le Chéile / Together by Séamus Begley And Oisín Mac Diarmada
• Long Distance by Nancy Conescu And Friends
• Lover's Ghost by Cran
• Marie And Martin Reilly by Marie And Martin Reilly
• Melodic Journeys by James Kelly
• Music From Sliabh Luachra by Denis Murphy
• Northern Lights by Kevin And Seamus Glackin
• Sceal Eile by Gerry Harrington And Eoghan O'Sullivan
• Sully's Fancy by Tony Sullivan
• The Chieftains 2 by The Chieftains
• The Flow by Chris Leslie
• The Iron Man by Tommy Peoples And Daithi Sproule
• The Pirates Of Puirt by Daimh
• The Rushy Mountain: Classic Music From Sliabh Luachra 1952-77 by Various Artists
• The Star Above The Garter by Denis Murphy And Julia Clifford
• The Whinny Hills Of Leitrim by Noel Sweeney
• Up To Here by Afterhours
• Wind And Reeds by Paudie O'Connor And John O'Brien

X: 1
T: Scartaglen, The
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: slide
K: Dmaj
A2 a aga A2 g gfg | A2 a aga efg efg |
A2 a aga A2 g gfe | f/2g/2af gfe d3 d3 |
A2 a aga A2 g gfg | A2 a aga efg efg |
agf gfe fed edc | BAB gfe d3 d3 |]
c2 A cee dff cee | c2 A cee dcd fed |
cAA cec dfd cec | BAB gfe d3 d3 :|

This is the second of a set of two slides under the same name on Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford's "Star Above the Garter" recording. The transcription is from the playing of Johnny O'Leary.
The first slide in the set was called Padraic O'Keefe's by Johnny O'Leary, and I think Tommy Peoples plays it as a jig called "The Bank of Turf" on his Iron Man album. I don't think it is posted yet, and if not, I will put it up also.

# Posted on August 1st 2005 by fiddlercjp

Scartaglen

On my copy of the Iron Man there is no jig called the Bank of Turf, but the final tune on the recording is a lovely reel also called Scarta Glen. It starts something like DFEF D2dB | cA(B)AG EFGE .

Matt

# Posted on August 1st 2005 by Matt Harris

Bank of Turf

The Bank of Turf as a jig is posted here on the session as tune 1819. The slide form of the tune, as played in Slieve Luachra before the Scartaglen slide, can be found in Terry Moylan's book on Johnny O'Leary as tune 38 under the name of Padraig O'Keefe's slide (1).
Hi Matt- yes, the Scartaglen reel is another Slieve Luachra classic, and is always played after a tune which is called Banks of the Ilen in O'Neill's.

# Posted on August 2nd 2005 by fiddlercjp