Key signature: Fmajor
Submitted on June 29th 2001 by Miss Lonelyhearts.
This tune has been added to 90 tunebooks.
Also known as Kilnamona Barn Dance, The Kilnamona Barn Dance, The Kilnamona.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Kilnamona
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: barndance
K: Fmaj
|:cFAc FGAc|c2 B2 G3 A|B2 G2 d3 d|d2 c2 A4|
|cFAc FGAc|c2 B2 G3 A|B2 G2 d2 c2|F4 F4:|
|:a4 agfa|g3 g gfde|fgfd c2 Ac|d2 (3ggg g2 fg|a3 a agfa|
|g3 g gfde|fgfd c2 (3ABc|1 d2 (3fff f4:|2 d2 f2 [Af]4|
"variation for Part B measures 5 and 6"
|acaa acfa|gBgg gfde|
Kilnamona Barndance
As played by Martin Hayes on Under the Moon. Coming from Bill Malley's, this makes a wonderful key change from G to F major, an unusual key for Irish trad and not the most common key for fiddlers and other trad players. Measures 1 and 5 of Part A take a little practice but are well worth the trouble...remember to keep your bowing motions small and calm to smoothly navigate those string crossings. I play this with a fair amount of swing, to the point of sounding like a polka, sliding into those "d"s in measure 3 of Part A and the final low "F"s on Part A. Enjoy!
# Posted on June 29th 2001 by Miss Lonelyhearts
Solas
This is the Kilnamona Barndance on Solas' second album "Sunny Spells & Scattered Showers." They do it in G.
# Posted on February 10th 2004 by errik
A video clip by one of the "two gentlemen from Clare" doing the Kilnamona Barndance is available at Custy's http://www.custysmusic.com/mall/CustysTraditionalMusicShop/index2.htm
# Posted on December 10th 2004 by kilnamona
"The Kilnamona Barndance" ~ G Major
K: G Major
|: AB>c |
d>GB>d G>AB>c | d2 c2 A2 B2 | c2 A2 e3 d | e2 d>c B>G (3ABc |
d>GB>d G>AB>c | d2 c2 A2 B2 | C2 A2 e2 d2 | G4- G :|
|: fg>a |
b2 g>b b>ag>b | a2 f>a a>ge>f | (3gag f>g e>gd>g | e>gd>G B>A (3Bcd |
b2 g>b b>a (3gab | (3aba f>a a>ge>f | (3gag f>g (3efg d2 | g4- g :|
K: G Major (minus what PB calls the dreaded 'dinxters')
|: ABc |
dGBd GABc | d2 c2 A2 B2 | c2 A2 e3 d | e2 dc BG (3ABc |
dGBd GABc | d2 c2 A2 B2 | C2 A2 e2 d2 | G4- G :|
|: fga |
b2 gb bagb | a2 fa agef | (3gag fg egdg | egdG BA (3Bcd |
b2 gb bagb | a2 fa agef | (3gag fg (3efg d2 | g4- g :|
# Posted on February 18th 2007 by ceolachan
"The Kilnamona Barndance" ~ transcription courtesy of 'pmo'
Discussion: “Names of tunes needed please!!” (?)
# Posted on February 17th 2007 by pmo
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/12730
Answer: ~ the Kilnamona Barn Dance ~
# Posted on February 17th 2007 by Bannerman
K: G Major
|: ge |
dGBD GABc | d2 cd A3 B | c2 A2 e3 d | e2 d2 BABc |
dGBd GABc | d2 cd A3 B | c2 A2 e2 d2 | G4 G2 :|
|: ga |
b4 bagb | a4 agef | g2 ge d3 d | eaag a2 ga |
b4 bagb | a4 agef | gbeg d G2 d | eggf g2 :|
# Posted on February 18th 2007 by ceolachan
"The Kilnamona Barndance" ~ Will's transcription transposed to G
The following is to facilitate comparison with the previous G Major transcriptions. I have transposed Will's F Major to G Major, note for note (hopefully without mistakes):
K: G Major
|: dGBd GABd | d2 c2 A3 B | c2 A2 e3 e | e2 d2 B4 |
dGBd GABd | d2 c2 A3 B | c2 A2 e2 d2 | G4 G4 :|
|: b4 bagb | a3 a agef | gage d2 Bd | e2 (3aaa a2 ga |
b3 b bagb | a3 a agef | gage d2 (3Bcd |1 e2 (3ggg g4 :|2 e2 g2 [Bg]4 ||
variation for Part-B measures 5 & 6:
~ |
bdbb bdgb | acaa agef | gage d2 (3Bcd |1 e2 (3ggg g4 :|2 e2 g2 [Bg]4 ||
# Posted on February 18th 2007 by ceolachan
Listen to Tim Collins play this tune on the concertina: http://www.suttnerconcertinas.com/sounds/Tim_Collins_A2-3.mp3 (From Suttner Concertina Catalogue Page: http://www.suttnerconcertinas.com/catalogue.html)
# Posted on February 18th 2007 by slainte
"The Kilnamona Barn Dance" ~ more ways with it
K: G Major
D4 G>AB<c |:
d>GB>d G>AB>c | d2 c2 A3 B | c2 A2 e3 c | (3efe d2 B>AB<c |
(3ded B>d G>AB>c | (3ded c2 A3 B | (3ccc A2 (3eee d2 |[1 G4 G>AB<c :|
[2 G4- G>dg<a ||
|: (3bc'b g>b b>ag>b | a2 a>b a>ge>f | g>ag>e (3ddd B>d | e2 a>e (3aba g>a |
b2 b>c' (3bc'b g>b | a>Aa>b a>ge>f | g>ag>e (3ddd B>d |[1 e>Af>A g>dg<a :|
[2 e>Af>A g>fg<e ||
K: G Major (minus '>' & '<'...)
D2 GABc |:
dGBd GABc | d2 c2 A3 B | c2 A2 e3 c | (3efe d2 BABc |
(3ded Bd GABc | (3ded c2 A3 B | (3ccc A2 (3eee d2 |[1 G4 GABc :|
[2 G4- Gdga ||
|: (3bc'b gb bagb | a2 ab agef | gage (3ddd Bd | e2 ae (3aba ga |
b2 bc' (3bc'b gb | aAab agef | gage (3ddd Bd |[1 eAfA gdga :|
[2 eAfA gfge ||
# Posted on February 18th 2007 by ceolachan
In D
How about playing it in D? We had this playing on the CD around the house, so I picked up the whistle and it seemed to start nicely on an A, finishing on D's. Nice contrast in this tune.
# Posted on January 15th 2008 by the wounded hussar
Yes, definitely ~ "The Kilnamona Barndance" ~ Will's transcription in D
X: 1
T: Kilnamona
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: barndance
K: D Major
|: ADFA DEFG | A2 G2 E3 F | G2 E2 B3 B | B2 A2 F4 |
ADFA DEFG | A2 G2 E3 F | G2 E2 B2 A2 | D4 D4 :|
|: f4 fedf | e3 e edBc | dedB A2 FA | B2 (3eee e2 de |
f3 f fedf | e3 e edBc | dedB A2 (3FGA |[1 B2 (3ddd d4 :|[2 B2 d2 [F4d4] |]
& the variation given for Part-B measures 5 and 6 ~
fAff fAdf | eGee edBc | dedB A2 (3FGA |[1 B2 (3ddd d4 :|[2 B2 d2 [F4d4] |]
# Posted on February 5th 2008 by ceolachan
"The Kilnamona Barndance" ~ and some more fun with it in D
X: 5
T: The Kilnamona Barndance
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: barndance
K: D Major
|: d>B |\
(3ABA (3FGA D>E (3FGA | (3ABA G2 E3 F | G2 E2 B>EG>A | (3BcB A>G F>DC>D |
ADFA DAFG | A2 G2 E3 F | G2 E2 B>A^G>A | D2 (3DDD D2 :|
|: (3Ade |\
f3 f fedf | e3 e e>dB>c | d>ed>B (3ABA (3FGA | B>e (3eee e>Ad>e |
f>A (3def A>f (3agf | e>Ac>e A>ec>e | d2 (3edB A2 (3FGA | B>d (3ddd d2 :|
& the version minus > & (3 ~
K: D Major
|: dB |\
A2 FE DEFA | A2 G2 E3 F | G2 E2 BEGA | B2 AG FDCD |
ADFA DAFG | A2 G2 E3 F | G2 E2 BA^GA | D2 D2 D2 :|
|: de |\
f3 f fedf | e3 e edBc | dedB A2 FA | B2 e2 eAde |
fAdf Afaf | eAce Aece | dedB A2 FA | B2 d2 d2 :|
# Posted on February 5th 2008 by ceolachan
Source for this tune?
Anyone know anything about the source of this tune? It isn't in my O'Neill's, which is the Krassen "corrected" one.
# Posted on March 14th 2008 by tedsoulos
Gerdie Commane
The source for this tune was the late Gerdie Commane, a concertina player from Kilnamona, Co. Clare. I believe that John Williams of Chicago was the first to record the tune, and is responsble for giving it the title. I don't know if Martin Hayes learned it from John or directly from Gerdie Commane. Gerdie was recorded, along with the late fiddler Joe Ryan, on the "Two Gentlemen from Clare" CD produced by Eoin O'Neill.
# Posted on March 25th 2009 by blarneystar