The Chorus

reel

Key signature: Dmixolydian

Submitted on June 17th 2002 by Josh Kane.

This tune has been added to 53 tunebooks.

Also known as The Chorus Gigg, The Chorus Jig, The Glen Road To Carrick.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Lifelong Home by Alex Francis MacKay
• Agus Na Muideartaich by Fergie MacDonald And Friends
• And So The Story Goes... by Sean Tyrrell, Kevin Glackin And Ronan Browne
• Blueprint by Natalie MacMaster
• Bridging The Gap by Kevin And Sean Moloney
• Came The Dawn by Seamus Creagh
• Ceol Is Piob by TIarnan O Duinnchinn
• Cornerstone by Celtic Spring
• Eclection by Gabe McVarish
• Faoi Bhlath by Dave Sheridan, Ciaran Somers, Nicolas Quemener
• Fiddle Sticks, Irish Traditional Music From Donegal by Various Artists
• Fidil by Ciarán Ó Maonaigh And Aidan O'Donnell
• Heart Behind The Bow by Kimberly Fraser
• In Ireland by The Great Danes - Anders Trabjerg And Jonas Fromseier
• Irish Fiddle Player by Jimmy Power
• Irish Piping Tradition by Gay McKeon
• Jig It In Style by Sean Keane
• Johnny Doherty by John Doherty
• Maeve Donnelly by Maeve Donnelly
• Northern Lights by Kevin And Seamus Glackin
• Paddy In The Smoke by Various Artists
• Sarah McFadyen And Kris Drever by Sarah McFadyen And Kris Drever
• Serenade by Mick McAuley And Winifred Horan
• Seven Years Of Listening by Mick O'Brien And Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh
• Sugach Samh/Happy Out by Niamh Ni Charra
• That's The Spirit by James Keane
• The Celtic Harp by The Chieftains
• The Celts Rise Again by Various Artists
• The Coming Of Spring by Eitre
• The Departure by Chrissy Crowley
• The Flooded Bridge by Patricia Clark And Simon Bacon
• The Invasion by Jerry O'Sullivan
• The Iron Man by Tommy Peoples And Daithi Sproule
• The Master's Choice by Bobby Gardiner
• The South West Wind by Ronan Browne And Peter O'Loughlin
• The Thing Itself by Maeve Donnelly And Peadar O'Loughlin
• The Traditional Music Of Ireland by Seamus Egan
• The Whirlwind by Paddy Glackin And Robbie Hannan
• Time On Our Hands by SiobhᮠPeoples And Murty Ryan
• Traditional Music From Cape Breton by Various Artists
• Velvet Arm Golden Hand by Joseph Cormier And J.P Cormier
• Water From The Well by The Chieftains
• Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald: House Parties And 78s by Winston 'Scotty' Fitzgerald
• Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 3, Disc 1 by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Chorus, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmix
AD~D2 AGFG | AD~D2 A2dB | AD~D2 AGFG | ~E2cA G2FG |
AD~D2 AGFG | AD~D2 D2dB | AD~D2 AGFG | ~E2cA G2FG ||
Addc AGFG | Addc ~A2AG | Fddc AGFG | ~E2cA G2FG |
Addc AGFG | Addc A2Bc | dBcA BGAG | ~E2cA G2eg ||
|:~f2dg f2dg | ~f2df ~a2ag | f2dg ~f2df | ~e2ef g2ag :|
|: fde^c d2dB | AD~D2 A2Bc | dBcA BGAG |1 E2cA G2ag :|2 E2cA G2FG||

This tune goes nicely with Ashmolean House following it.

# Posted on June 17th 2002 by Josh Kane

Variant in G

Here is a G major variant of this tune. It has a different feel to the Dmix version but I don't think it is quite sufficiently different to merit a submission as a separate tune. This variant comes from an old New England collection of fiddle music.
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
AG|F2DF ABAG|FADF A2d2|D3F ABAF|GFEF G2:||
Bc|dBcA BGFG|Ad^cd A2B=c|dBcA BGFG|AcBA G2Bc|
dBcA BGFG|ABcd efge|dBcA BGFG|AcBA G2||
|:ag|fddd fddd|fdfg abag|fddd fddd|cdef g2:|
Bc|dBcA BGFG|Ad^cd A2B=c|dBcA BGFG|AcBA G2Bc|
d2 (3cdc BGFG|ABcd efge|dBcA BGFG|AcBA G2||

-trevor macsheoinin

# Posted on November 23rd 2002 by Trevor Jennings

This appears to be related to the Kilfenora Jig http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/779, which (significantly) appears as the "Chorus Jig" in some old manuscripts.

# Posted on August 15th 2004 by Dr. Dow

Oops wrong link: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/949

# Posted on August 15th 2004 by Dr. Dow

The Cross Reel

A close variant of this tune is played in Shetland as The Cross Reel - I'm sure it's on one of the "Da Silver Bow" albums played by Aly Bain and others. Also in Tom Anderson's collection Ringing Strings.

# Posted on December 20th 2004 by kris

The Chorus Reel

Closely related to "Within a Mile of Dublin": http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/125

I need to learn this someday, but there are too many variants to learn and play.

For example, have a look at these tunes:
Tinkerman's Wife: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4944
Four Courts: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/2278

# Posted on June 9th 2006 by slainte

The Cross Reel

The cross reel mentioned above is on The Boys of the Lough - The Day Dawn CD, where it's played after Da Day Dawn and the C part of the Papa Stour Sworddance. This is the ABC for the Cross Reel
X:1
T:Da Cross Reel
M:4/4
R:reel
L:1/8
K:D
fage d2 d2|ABAF D2 D2|g(fed) =c2 c2|EDEF G2 G2:|
|:[G2B2]-[GB]G [F2A2] [F/2A/2]\
L:1/16
[F3A3]|\
L:1/8
[G2B2]-[GB]G [F2A2] [F2A2]|\
[G2B2]-[GB]G [F2A2] [F/2A/2]\
L:1/16
[F3A3]|
L:1/8
EDEF G2 G2|(FG)Ac [G2B2] [G2B2]|AFAB d2 d2| FGAB GGG<G|
AFAF (G2 G2)|Gefg (af)de|(fd)fg a2 a2|defg afdf|
(e=c)ef g2 g2|defg afde|(fd)fg a2 ag|
fage d2 d2|ABAF D2 D2|g(fed) =c2 c2|EDEF G2 G2|
fage d2 d2|ABAF D2 D2|g(fed) =c2 c2|EDEF G2 G2:|

# Posted on September 29th 2010 by macpanda