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The Scartaglen

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on August 17th 2002 by CreadurMawnOrganig.

This tune has been added to 143 tunebooks.

Also known as The Banks Of Oileann, The Humors Of Newcastle, The Humours Of Scartaglen, The New Post Office, New Road, The New Road, The Scarta Glen Road, Scartaglen Road, Short Grass, The Star About The Garter, The Star Above The Garter, Tom Billy's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Scartaglen, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
DFEF D2dB | cAAG EFFE | DFEF D2dB | cAGE EDD2
| DFEF D2dB | cAAG EFGE | Addc dfed | cAGE EDD2 :|
|:f3e fage | f2ge afde | effe fage |
fdec Add2 | f2fe agef | fdge afde |
fage dfed |1 dcAG EDD2 :|2 dcAG EFFE || "last time" D4z4 ||

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The Scartaglen sheetmusic
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This tunes is often played after The Banks of the Ilen. Both tunes are of Kerry/Cork origin and were recorded by Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford.

For me, the first five notes of this tune make it. I remember hearing it for the first time in Friel's pub, Milltown Malbay in 1999. By the time the next tune came around, it had dissolved into thin air (like tunes do), except those first five notes, which stayed lodged in my brain as firmly as a plastic Excalibur in a block of quick-set cement.

Tommy Peoples has a version with C-natural (D mixolydian), called The New Road.

# Posted on August 17th 2002 by CreadurMawnOrganig

I like the beginning DFEF better.

# Posted on August 19th 2002 by SPeak

Sorry, that's what I meant. I've corrected the abc - ignore the sheet music.

# Posted on August 27th 2002 by CreadurMawnOrganig

The new road

this tune is in oneills as the new road but like the tommy people version has the c's a la naturelle. thats the only difference i can see the rest of the dots are basically very similar
any explanations i wonder?

# Posted on July 15th 2003 by timo

The Chieftains

On the Chieftains' "Water From the Well" CD, track 8, 3rd tune in set, it sounds like they play this single (without repeats).

# Posted on September 29th 2006 by timmy!

The Scartaglen

Here's a great version by Meabh O' Hare
Third tune...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swa_LUAm1Hw

# Posted on April 6th 2009 by bogman

Just transcribed the Deanta setting from a friend.

X: 1
T: The Scarta Glen Road
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
S: Deanta
K: Dmaj
DFEF D2Ad | cAGF EFGD | F3E DFAd | cAGF EFGE |
DFEF D2Ad | cAGF EFGD | Addc d2ed |
|1 cAGF EFGE :|2 cAGE EDD2 :|
|:f3e fage | f2df afde | f3e fage | fdec Add2 |
f3e fage | f2df afde | fage d2ed | cAGF EFGE :|

# Posted on May 19th 2011 by ElaineT

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