Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on June 3rd 2007 by ceolachan.
This tune has been added to 9 tunebooks.
Also known as The King Of Meenasillagh, Wheel Of Fortune, The Wheel Of Fortune.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Old Wheel Of Fortune, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
dB |: AFEF DDEG | FDAD BdcB | AFEF DDEG |1 FAEF DcdB :|2 FAEF Dfed ||
K: Amaj
cAeA fAec | Aaec dcBc |1 Acec Acea | fdBc dfed :|2 d/d/d fd cdec | Bcde fd c/c/d ||
"The Wheel of Fortune" / "The Old Wheel of Fortune"
This transcription is from the playing of James Byrne, Donegal fiddler...
# Posted on June 3rd 2007 by ceolachan
"The Auld Wheel of Fortune" ~ reel & the highland fling/strathspey:
"The Old Wheel Of Fortune"
Key signature: D & A Major
Submitted on June 2nd 2007 by ceolachan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7297
# Posted on June 3rd 2007 by ceolachan
???
So, you posted it yesterday, and forgot already?
# Posted on June 3rd 2007 by m_gavin
Smart arse! ~ this is the reel, and like with a lot of 'Scottish' tunes, there is a companion strathspey (highland fling), so I'm just being 'considerate' and giving the links between the two tunes, for the posterity of this website, and for you entertainment pleasure...
# Posted on June 3rd 2007 by ceolachan
What fantastic posts. I love how they both link up now, and how the other one's been reunited with its proper name. God love ya, 'c'!
# Posted on June 4th 2007 by Dr. Dow
Yeah, these are nice. I like especially the strathspey. Makes me want to buy those collections.
# Posted on June 4th 2007 by m_gavin
Thanks "c" for this lovely reel. You can listen to James Byrne himself playing this reel on this page: http://www.cdworld.ie/product-detail/31217/VINCENT+CAMPBELL++CON+CASSIDY++JAMES+BYRNE++FRANCIS+BYRNE/THE+BRASS+FIDDLE And of course you can buy the recording too.
# Posted on June 4th 2007 by slainte
King Of Meenasillagh
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3268
Maybe not twins, but brothers at least....
# Posted on June 4th 2007 by swisspiper
"King Of Meenasillagh" ~ Yes!
Great catch Swiss, I had done a search but didn't check all the bars, they are definitely of the same fabric... While there is some difference, I would call them one-and-the-same tune. Excellent! I like the variations between the two as well. I have most of the Altan recordings, but nothing post Kennedy, so I haven't got "Another Sky". Do they give any notes as to where they sourced the tune and title?
# Posted on June 4th 2007 by ceolachan
I do not have this Altan CD either, I play it with my band on request of our fiddler. I have heard Altan's version once or twice, it is better and faster than ours....
# Posted on June 5th 2007 by swisspiper
Meenasillagh is a townland of Glencolumbkille (Co. Donegal). If I remember correctely it's a nice walk over the hill north of 'downtown' to another small harbour with a few inhabitants still.
# Posted on June 5th 2007 by swisspiper
My suspicion is that it might refer to a fiddler from the area...
# Posted on June 5th 2007 by ceolachan
J.B.?
# Posted on June 5th 2007 by slainte
King of Meenasillagh - I don't think so
On The Brass Fiddle, James Byrne plays the Old Wheel of Fortune (this tune) and Ri Mhin na Salach (The King of Meenasillagh). They are not the same tune at all and on this basis the alternative title for this tune and http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3268 are quite wrong.
The turn of King of Meenasillagh doesn't go into A. If you want to hear it, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUv3SL3Cio4
The name according to the LP liner notes refers to a local stepdance who frequently asked for the tune to dance to. (Not this tune!)
# Posted on August 27th 2010 by Jeeves Tones
stepdanceR
# Posted on August 27th 2010 by Jeeves Tones