Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on January 7th 2003 by Mark Cordova.
This tune has been added to 89 tunebooks.
Also known as Dr O'Neill's, Dr. O' Neal, Dr. O'Neal.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Doctor O'Neill
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
A|:dcd AFD|E2F G2 A|BGB Bcd|AGF EFA|dcd AFD|\
E2 F G2 A|BGB Bcd|AFD D2 A:|
|:dcd ceA|dfe dcB|AFA Bcd|AGF E2A|dcd ceA|dfe dcB|AFA Bcd|1AFD D2 A:|2AFD D2 g|
|:fef afd|ded fed|gfg faf|gee e2 g|
fef afd|ded fed|gbg fag|fdd d2 g:|
|:fdf ece|dcB AFA|AFd AFD|AGF E2 g|fdf ece|dcB AFA|
AFA Bcd|1AFD D2 g:||2AFD D2 G|
|:FAF GBG|FAG FED|FAF GBG|AGF E2G|
FAF GBG|FAG FED|BGB Bcd|1AFD D2 G:|2AFD D3||
A 5 Part Jig
Here is a good old tune that shows up every now and then. I rarely hear more than three musicians at a time who know the piece.
I enjoy it with quite a few rolls and pickups but I notated it without any ornamentation or variation. See how the simplified version works for you.
I like to take it easy on this piece.Try to let it flow without attacking any individual part.
# Posted on January 7th 2003 by Mark Cordova
By the way
I learned the tune out of the Oneil's book and I play close to that version.
# Posted on January 7th 2003 by Mark Cordova
Nicely done Mark, and a great tune. Actually, to my ear, you have posted one of the more sessionable settings of this that I've seen.
On the other hand--and this is where my preference for seeing some ornaments enters into the debate--I'm not sure that "simplifying" the tune down to interval-based phrases really captures the tune, when most trad Irish players *would* more likely use, say, a roll. So does |ded dcB| really get the tune across, or should it be |~d3 dcB|? Can you play it either way? Well, yes, sure. But part of what defines Irish trad playing from other genres is the *ability* to do the ornaments and techniques, and the sensibility of where to put them in.
Maybe a better solution would be |d3 dcB|, which leaves the options more open, and to my eye, more obvious. Yes, I can roll that, or snap a triplet, or do the d-e-d thing. Experienced players will likely know what to do. But what about beginners?
Maybe it's a toss up. Ornaments complicate the notation too much, but unornamented settings don't help beginners understand the tradition or style.
# Posted on January 7th 2003 by Will CPT
This is really popular out my way, I admit that I just fudge through it & could never play it with out the help of others. Everyone else knows it though & it's a staple. These multiple part tunes (over 4 parts) need to be played often to keep them straight.
# Posted on January 7th 2003 by Mad Baloney
A more accurate ITM version
A|:~d3 AFD|E2F G2 A|~B3 Bcd|AGF EFA|
~d3 AFD|E2 F G2 A|BGB Bcd|AFD D2 A:|
|:~d3 ceA|dfe dcB|AFA Bcd|AGF E2A|
~d3 ceA|dfe dcB|AFA Bcd|1AFD D2 A:|2AFD D2 g|
|:~f3 afd|ded fed|~g3 faf|gee e2 g|
~f3 afd|ded fed|gbg fag|fdd d2 g:|
|:fdf ece|dcB AFA|AFd AFD|AGF E2 g|
fdf ece|dcB AFA|~B3 Bcd|1AFD D2 g:||2AFD D2 G|
|:FAF GBG|FAG FED|FAF GBG|AGF E2G|
FAF GBG|FAG FED|~B3 Bcd|1AFD D2 G:|2AFD D3||
Certainly, the sound of the above arrangement marks it as more Irish. I play the above version most of the time. It depends on how well I'm playing. If I am playing well - I modify it more according to the moment.
Will you made mention of the d3 alternative to dcd and what it means to you. I think that you have a worthy conversation and teaching topic there. Kevin Burke had the same talk with a group of us a few years back. You could have been quoting his book for all I know. (You apparently know him well enough that you have heard every moment of his training workshops by now.) In any event I regard dcd as an opportunity as well. To me, it might just as well be the d3. It means to me that something goes here.
# Posted on January 8th 2003 by Mark Cordova
I took a few one-on-one lessons with Mr. Burke years ago, and one workshop recently where we all just talked. And I saw one of his videos once, but didn't actually study it. My observation comes more from years of listening--to Burke and others--and recognizing that sometimes things written like |faf| are integral to the melody, and sometimes they're just a "simplification" of what was actually played: |~f3| or |ff/f/f/| etc.
Anyway, after playing this stuff for so long, I come at a piece of written music, as I'm sure you do, with a sense of where to put the rolls, etc. Posting ornamented settings along with the less adorned version, as you've done here, should help newcomers to the tradition get a better handle on how it all fits together.
# Posted on January 8th 2003 by Will CPT
"Doctor O'Neill's" & "The Haymakers Jig"
When the dancing in the dance "The Haymakers Jig" is well timed these are great mates, as the dance works out to be equivalent in length to a 5-part tune... But, things don't always go exact in these things, and there aren't that many 5-part jigs....
# Posted on December 9th 2005 by ceolachan
Nice Tune
We do this one at an easy pace, followed by "Top of Cork Road." It is a favorite of Bruce the bouzouki player, who likes to start with a D chord, and then go to a Dmaj7 chord in the beginning, a nice touch.
# Posted on February 8th 2006 by AlBrown