McKenna's

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on August 2nd 2009 by celtic marine.

This tune has been added to 18 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Tribute To John McKenna by Mick Woods
• Agus Na Muideartaich by Fergie MacDonald And Friends
• Ah, Surely! by Eddie Cahill
• Bad Turns And Horse-Shoe Bends by Harry Bradley
• Classic Recordings Of The Irish Fiddle Legend by Paddy Reynolds
• Crossing Point by Daimh
• Drivin' Leitrim Timber by Dave Sheridan
• Flute Tunes by Peter Woodley
• Irish Fiddle Player by Jimmy Power
• Mind The Pipes by Leonard Barry
• Music Of A Champion by Brendan McGlinchey
• No Borders by Meascán
• Ocean View by Shanachie
• Out For The Night by Battlefield Band
• Rattlin' Banjos (part 1) by Gerry O'Connor
• Ronan Martin by Ronan Martin
• The Fuchsia Band by The Fuchsia Band
• The Night Rambler's Companion by Harry Bradley
• The Piper's Call by Liam O'Flynn
• The Pipering Of Willie Clancy. Vol 2 by Willie Clancy
• The Princess Royal: Dance Music From South Armagh by The Nine McCusker Brothers And Hugh Savage
• The Ulster Outcry by Ar Leitheidi
• Toss The Feathers by Mountain Dew
• Traditional Dance Music Of Ireland by Various Artists
• Traditional Music Of Ireland, Vol. 1 by Sean Ryan And PJ Moloney

X: 1
T: McKenna's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
dg|: d2B BAB |dBB BGE |D2B BAB |GBd edg|
d2B BAB |dBB BAB |GAB dGB |GBd edg :|
ed|: g3 a3|bge d3 |g3 aba | gef g2a|
bag agf |ged edg |d2B BAB |GBd e2d :|

Leitrim Equation

This tune is the first on the Leitrim Equation album. I understand John McKenna used to play this tune sandwiched in between the other jig called McKenna's on this database (aka Up Leitrim). On the album Kevin plays this with a bit of breath pulse on the Bs and plenty of rolls and cranns on the B part. Good stuff!

# Posted on August 2nd 2009 by celtic marine

ABC

I think you have left out the '|' where a barline is supposed to appear - i'd change it before the sheetmusic is put up, otherwise there will just be a string of notes.

# Posted on August 2nd 2009 by samburnstone

ABC

You're right samburnstone. Sorry about that. I suppose Jeremy corrected it-thanks. BTW, forgot to mention that when repeating A part can play:

| GBd edg :|| and play the | GBd e2d | when going into B part.

# Posted on August 4th 2009 by celtic marine

Kevin taught this at a workshop recently as described above (the breath pulse being done with a throat/glottaral push). Video here...
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/video/video.php?v=1289918166751

# Posted on November 10th 2009 by Loughcurra

it's worth noting that this is the same tune as the 'Black Rogue' (O'Neill's version) just with McKenna's twists at the end of phrases.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1076

# Posted on November 6th 2010 by Loughcurra

This tune is quite different from Black Rogue. While the transcriptions and intervals look a little similar the two tunes sound very different because of where the notes fall relative to the tonic. You could not possibly mistake one for the other in a session.

Someone did put an ABC very close to Up Leitrim in the Black Rogue comments but I suspect it's a variant of Up Leitrim recorded under the wrong name.

# Posted on October 19th 2011 by ElaineT