Beehive

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on April 11th 2003 by Kenny.

This tune has been added to 53 tunebooks.

Also known as Galway High, High, The High, Old High, The Old High, The Other High .

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 40 Years Reunion by The Dubliners
• A Whistle On The Wind by Joanie Madden
• Angels Are Free by Doolin'
• At Their Best. Sean McGuire And Roger Sherlock by Sean Maguire
• Callan Bridge by Niall And Cillian Vallely
• Celtic Roots (Spirit Of Dance) by John Whelan
• Claire Mann by Claire Mann
• Come To Dance: A Celtic Tradition by John Whelan
• Fibb'nacci Sequence by Knot Fibb'n
• Fire And Grace by Alistair Fraser With Natalie Haas
• Flea Ceoil by Various Artists
• Gentle Breeze by Various Artists
• Happy To Meet And Sorry To Part by Joe Burke, Michael Cooney And Terry Coleman
• Here Among Strangers by SÍucra
• In Ireland by The Great Danes - Anders Trabjerg And Jonas Fromseier
• Ireland's Best Session Tunes CD 1 by Waltons Recording
• Ireland's Own Traditional Accordionist by Finbarr Dwyer
• Irish Night by The Gallowglass Ceili Band
• Jealousy by Touchstone
• Kennedy's Kitchen by Kennedy's Kitchen
• L'Anche À Deux Cordes by Frank Sears, Sebastien Deshaies Et Marc Benoît
• Lamh Ar Lamh (Many Hands) CD 1 by Various Artists
• Live In Lisdoonvarna by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
• Masters Of The Celtic Accordion: The Big Squeeze by Various Artists
• Music At Matt Molloy's by Matt Molloy
• Music Of Dreams by Noel Hill And Tony MacMahon With Iarla O Lionaird
• Paddy In The Smoke by Various Artists
• Picassiette by Betsy Branch And Mark Douglass
• Rubai by Flook
• Set Dancing Downunder by The Coast Ceili Band
• Skylark by Skylark
• Step This Way by David Lindquist
• The Best Ever Traditional Irish Pub Session Volume Two by Various Artists
• The Daisy Field by Claire Keville
• The Dangerous Reel by Mike And Mary Rafferty
• The Dawn by Baal Tinne
• The Iron Behind The Velvet by Christy Moore
• The Merry Love To Play by Peter Horan And Gerry Harrington
• The Music Of Kevin Keegan by Kevin Keegan
• The Parish Platform by Rattle The Boards
• The Sligo Champion (CD 1) by Michael Gorman
• Torch And Fire by Dan Beimborn
• Tripping Down The Stairs by Spiral Seisiún
• Turas by Turas
• Twos And Threes by Murphy Roche Irish Music Club
• Welcome Here Again by Martin Hayes And Dennis Cahill

X: 1
T: Beehive
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|: f2 fg ecAG | FEFG ABcA | G2 FG Adde | fded cdeg |
f2 fd ecAG | FEFG ABcA | G2 FG Addc | ABGE ED D2 :|
|: a2 fa dafa | a2 fa dafa | b2 gb ebgb | b2 gb ebgb |
a2 fa dafa |a2 fa dafa | bgaf gefd | ABGE ED D2 :|

Beehive

Here's one for the flute players, in particular, because as a flute tune, I don't think they come much better! I learned it years ago from some musicians from Leeds, and this is the name they gave to it. The other names I've heard it called are "The Other High Reel", which sounds a bit made-up - the reason for this is obvious if you look at the second part - and "The Castle", which is the name given to it by Cathal McConnell, who recorded it on a "BoysOf The Lough" LP. The first recording of it I heard was by Noel Hill & Tony Linnane on a Christy Moore album. It was untitled. Most recent recording I have is by Claire Mann on her fine CD. She refers to it as "The Galway High Reel". I believe this tune is from the North Clare tradition.
The cs in the 2nd and 6th bars can be played natural. Thisis the basic version of the tune, and there is much scope for improvisation in the second part.
It is not the tune of the samename recorded by "Flook".

# Posted on April 11th 2003 by Kenny

Beehive

Not only a great reel but a real pleasure to play. Thanks for posting this one ! Atanos

# Posted on April 11th 2003 by Atanos

Thanks Kenny.

# Posted on April 11th 2003 by gian marco

It was recorded by Skylark (Andy MacNamara, Gerry O'Connor et al) as The Old High Reel. Their version is something like this:
|: f3d ecAG | FEFG AdcA | G2 FG Add2 | fded cdeg |
f2 fd ecAG | FEFG AdcA | G2 FG Addc | A2GE FD D2 :|
|: a2 fa dafa | a2 fa dafa | b2 gb efgb | efgb efgb|
a2 fa dafa |a2 fa dafa | bggf gedB | ABAG FD D2 :|

# Posted on April 14th 2003 by OrganicPeatCreature

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The version shown just above is much closer to what's played in most sessions I've heard it in.

# Posted on May 14th 2003 by pchaffee

Also recorded by Turas and published by Dolmen records - a rare album well worth tracking down. It's the third tune of track one in a set which starts with 'Paddy Gavin's' (The bond reel) and Liz Carrol's 'Wissahickin Drive', and ends with what sounds to me like a crunchalicious Dmajor setting of Sally Gardens which I'll shortly transcribe and post.

1a http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5332
1b http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1769
1c this tune
1d shortly to be transcribed and posted ;)

# Posted on April 21st 2007 by flow

The beehive

Here's a good clip of Joannie madden playing it. she also played it on her solo album ( whistle on the wind ) http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_232_1_joannie_madden_on_whistle/

# Posted on December 9th 2007 by silas

"The Old High Reel" ~ rescued duplication ~ G Major

Key signature: G Major
Submitted on January 5th 2008 by mellow_bellows.
~ /tunes/display/8119

X: 3
T: Old High
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|: BGGG AGDC | B,G,B,C DE=FD |C2 B,C DGGA | BGAG FGAc |
BGGG AGDC | B,G,B,C DE=FD | C2 B,C DGGE | DCB,G B,G, G,2 :|
|:d2 Bd GdBd | d2 Bd GdBd | e2 ce Aece | e2ce EGce |
d2 Bd GdBd | d2 Bd GdBd | ecdB cAGE | DEDC B,G, G,2 :|

I've heard this tune played by Joe Burke, John Whalen, and Paddy O'Brien, all Box players. This version is from the Paddy O'Brien Tune Collection, where he calls it the High Reel. ~ Rob

# Posted on January 5th 2008 by mellow_bellows

There's a nice version of this tune on John Whelan's "Celtic Roots: Spirit of the Dance" CD that is in the recordings database. It's the first track on the CD. In the database, it's labeled as "The Old High" which may be why it doesn't show up in the "other recordings" section.

# Posted on January 5th 2008 by jeff_willner

# Posted on January 6th 2008 by ceolachan

Correction to my own posting above: The Cs in bars 2 and 6 should be natural (as the Fs in Ceolachan's version). All others are sharp.

# Posted on September 25th 2008 by OrganicPeatCreature

Old High Reel

Here's Joannie Madden playing it... the first in the set...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H9aIrs3ZsI
here's the second tune she plays, Naughton's
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2622
and the third, one of her own, Shoot when the Ducks are flying
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/9221

# Posted on December 30th 2008 by conscientious objector