Key signature: Amajor
Submitted on June 30th 2001 by martin t.
This tune has been added to 102 tunebooks.
Also known as Dawn, Dusty Miller, Miller's, The Miller's , Twilight In Portroe.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Dawn, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
A,2CE D2FA|E2CE ABcA|BE(3EEE dEcE|BdcB AFEC|
A,2CE D2FD|E2CE ABce|fefg afed|1 (3cec Be cAA2:|2 (3cec Be cAAg||
abga fece|fbbg agfa|(3gfe be (3gfe be|ac'ec' aefg|
abga fece|dcBc defg|(3aba gb afec|1 dcBe cAAg:|2 dcBe cAA2||
Harder than heck
This tune is tough, I've seen it transposed in all different settings, keys etc. but this is the setting I was taught. In internet land it also seems to be the rarest - good going AC!! crackin' tune
# Posted on January 30th 2002 by Mad Baloney
The B-Parts a little different from what I play, I play it as follows:
abga fece|fbba geea|gebe c'ebe|ac'ea c'ae'c'|
abga fece|dcBc defg|(3aba gb afec|1 dcBe cAAg:|2 dcBe cAA2||
You need to go into the 2nd position for this one, this was my 2nd position lesson.
# Posted on January 30th 2002 by Mad Baloney
The Dawn - De Dannan version
I lost the album that had "The Dawn" on it by De Dannan. Does anyone have that?? If so please transcribe it for me if you can. Thanks
# Posted on January 5th 2003 by Mad Baloney
The Dawn/The Miller's Reel
The Dawn appears to be an Irish interpretation of an American tune called the Miller's Reel, in Cole's with the name of the composer (which I forget at the moment). The setting in Cole's is played at least by Scottish fiddle player Karen Steven and to my ear is much finer musically than any of the various Irish settings of the the Dawn, which mostly differ slightly in the second part and are close to identical to the Miller's Reel in the first.
# Posted on February 14th 2003 by rengelman
Chords
Does anyone have the chords for this reel. Would appreaciate to get it.
# Posted on March 3rd 2003 by Snurrebakken
Brad, De Danann's Dawn Reel is actually Sean Ryan's "Twilight In Portroe" - see http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4091.
# Posted on January 12th 2005 by Dow
The dawn
I have this in a different setting - its a great reel but very hard to play!! You need 5th and 3rd positions I think on the fiddle as it ranges from bottom G to top G!!!
I could scan the music and email to anyone who wants to have a go
TonyHouse2000@aol.com
# Posted on February 15th 2005 by foot
Dawn / Twilight
I think the version played in Across the Pond is more like Twilight in Portroe.
RayD
# Posted on March 21st 2006 by JRDAVIES
Does anyone know how Matt Molloy plays this on "Contentment is Wealth" with Sean Keane? It's a lovely reel that generally goes below the range of the pipes, whistle, and flute. But Matt has apparently worked out how to fake it. I can't hear him well enough over the fiddle on the recording to figure out what he's doing.
Any thoughts?
# Posted on October 3rd 2006 by TheSilverSpear
I just had a listen...I think he rolls on G for the G, and A, initially in the first part and then kicks in when the tune is in range. As you say, it's a bit hard to hear him through the fiddle.
# Posted on October 4th 2006 by Ger the Rigger
"The Dawn Reel" in D
Key signature: D Major
Submitted on February 4th 2008 by lazyhound.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8214
# Posted on March 2nd 2008 by ceolachan