Cape Clear

mazurka

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on June 18th 2009 by JACKB.

This tune has been added to 38 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Augusta: 20 Years Of Irish Music Recorded Live At The Augusta Heritage Center by Various Artists
• Champions Of Ireland: Harp by Various Artists
• Cuckanandy by Moving Cloud
• Driven by Donall Donnelly And Brian Hanlon
• Fiddle Fair: Declan McCarthy's Baltimore by Various Artists
• Heat Of The Moment by Pierre Schryer And Ian Clark
• Lads Of Lash by Choonz
• Lead The Knave by Arty McGlynn And Nollaig Casey
• Poirt An Phiobaire by Paddy Keenan
• Sessions From..... by An Teach Beag
• Spin by Whirligig
• The Boys Of The Town by Paul McGlinchey
• The Gooseberry Bush by BlackSheep
• The Road To Riley by Riley School Of Irish Music
• Two For Two by Laurence Nugent
• Upside Down by Sharon Shannon, Mike McGoldrick, Jim Murray, Dezi Donnelly
• Wound Up by Deirin De

X: 1
T: Cape Clear
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: mazurka
K: Dmaj
B|ef g2 g2|g2 gf e2|ee ^d2 B2|B2 B2 BA|
G2 G2 GA|B2 B2 BA|G2 B2 A2|A2 G2 E2||
ef g2 g2|g2 gf e2|ee ^d2 B2|B2 B2 ba|
g2 g2 gf|e2 g2 f2|f2 f2 e2|^d2 e2 e2||
|:b2 b2 ba|g2 g2 ga|bg a2 a2|ag f2 fg|
af g2 gf|e2 gf f2|e2 ^d2 B2| B2 B2 BA|
G2 G2 GA|bc dB e2| ^de f2 f2|f2 f2 ba|
g2 g2 gf|e2 g2 f2|f2 f2 e2|^d2 e2 e2||

Cape Clear

A very beautiful Irish air with a strong Spanish influence.

# Posted on June 18th 2009 by JACKB

Petrie's version

I'm surprised this tune was not here already!
Another way to play it:
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Stanford Petrie – Complete Collection, No. 79 (1905)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B Minor
FBc|d2 c>B BA|F3E DE|F>E DF E>D|B,3 FBc|d2 cB AF|
f3 edc|B>d cBAc|{c}B3||ffe|d>e fd ed|c>d ec dc|
B>d cB BA|F3 EDE|F>^G AF BA|Bc f>e dc|B>d cB Ac|B3||

# Posted on June 18th 2009 by swisspiper

Another version, D minor

http://www.archive.org/details/oldirishfolkmusi00royauoft
From the Forde Collection, 1909
Tune #653
"From O'Driscoll of Clonakilty"

X: 1
T: Cape Clear
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: Air
K: Dm
|:A|d>e e2 ed|d>c A3 G|FG A>G FA|G>F D3 A|
d>e e2 ed|cA a3 g|fe df e>d|d4:|
|a|a>g fg af|g>f ef ge|f>e df ed|d>c A3 G|
FG A=B cA|d>c de a>g|fe df e>d|d4|

# Posted on January 18th 2011 by Resodan