The Green Gates

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on June 3rd 2003 by Dow.

This tune has been added to 82 tunebooks.

Also known as The Canongate Twitch, Denis Is A Bastard, The Green Gate, Green Gates, Na Geataí Glasuaine, The Women's Rock.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Few Tunes by John Skelton
• An Toilean Aerach by Johnny Connolly
• Bandalised by Vin Garbutt
• Classic Ceili Bands by Various Artists
• Dancing Through Ireland by Various Artists
• Irish Dance Music by Various Artists
• Jealousy by Touchstone
• Keep It Up by Keep It Up
• Leaving Friday Harbour by Battlefield Band
• Live From The Katharine Cornell Theater Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
• On The Rise by Battlefield Band
• Poirt An Phiobaire by Paddy Keenan
• Rain, Hail Or Shine by Battlefield Band
• Real Reels Of Ireland by Various Artists
• Set Dances Of Ireland, Volume IV by Various Artists
• Seven Streams by The Turloughmore Ceili Band
• Show The Lady: Music For The Sets Volume 5 by Various Artists
• Songs, Jigs, Reels by Glenside And Kilfenora Ceili Bands
• Southerly Breeze by Various Artists
• Stockton's Wing by Stockton's Wing
• Teada by Teada
• The Collection by Stockton's Wing
• The Fertile Rock by Chris Droney
• The Last Of The Travelling Pipers by Felix Doran
• Top Of Coom by Conal Ó'Gráda
• Twos And Threes by Murphy Roche Irish Music Club
• Walking Stones by Ken Kolodner, Laura Risk, Robin Bullock
• With Friends Like These by James Keane
• With Friends Like These by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Green Gates, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
GBdg egdB|GBdg egdg|eA (3cBA eA (3cBA|cdef gedB|
GBdg egdB|GBdg egdB|cdef gedc|BGAF G4:|
|:dg~g2 bg~g2|dg~g2 egdg|eA (3cBA eA (3cBA|cdef gedB|
dg~g2 bg~g2|dg~g2 egdB|cdef gedc|BGAF G4:|

I can't believe this isn't here already. Perhaps it is and everyone else knows it by a different name. I've resisted the temptation to post my setting. The session-friendly session I've transcribed here is pretty much bog-standard, and close to the O'Neill's version, but I find it dead boring, to be honest. A flute player in Melbourne did some interesting things with it though - see below:

|:GBdg (3efe dB|~g3d eged|eA~A2 EA~A2|(3Bcd ed gedB|
gBfB (3efe dB|~g3d eged|cded egdc|(3Bcd AF G4:|
|:dg~g2 bg~g2|dg~g2 (3efg dB|eA~A2 EA~A2|(3Bcd ed gedB|
dg~g2 bg~g2|dg~g2 bged|cded egdc|(3Bcd AF G4:|

# Posted on June 3rd 2003 by Dow

Session-friendly *setting*, as opposed to session-friendly session. Can you have a "session-unfriendly session"? One where the players have a problem of collective self-hatred and an identity complex? Maybe that deserves a discussion thread. Silly me...

# Posted on June 8th 2003 by Dow