Key signature: Adorian
Submitted on August 6th 2003 by nobu.
This tune has been added to 67 tunebooks.
Also known as Sean Ryan's.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Nightingale, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Ador
|:EAA A2B|cAd cAG|EDE G3|DEF GFG|
EAG A2B|cAB cde|~g3 ege|1 dBG A2G:|2 dBG A3||
|:aea aef|gdg gdg|aea aef|gfe def|
g2e fed|edB GBd|~g3 ege|1 dBG A2G:|2 dBG A3||
C:Sean Ryan
Composed by Sean Ryan
# Posted on August 6th 2003 by nobu
Sean Ryan
I once saw Sean play this tune, he always played 'The castle jig' before it, another of his own compositions.
Good luck
Mikea
# Posted on August 8th 2003 by Mikea
The Nightingale
I saw that someone else recently tried to post Kevin Burke and Martin Hayes' setting of this from the In Concert cd. It is a particular nice version, a bit different from nobu's original here. As follows:
X: 1
T: Nightingale, The
T: Sean Ryan's
C: Sean Ryan
D: In Concert, Kevin Burke (with Martin Hayes on this track)
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: A Dorian
G | EAA A2 B| cAd cAG | ~E3 ~G3 | ~E3 GED |
| EAA A2 B | cAB cde | gfg e/f/ge | dBG A2 G |
| EAA A2 B | cAB cAG | EDE ~G3 | G,B,D GFG |
| EAA A2 B | cAB cde | gfg e/f/ge | dBG A2 a ||
| aea aef | gdg gda | aea aef | gfe deg |
| aea aef | gdg gdg | {a}gfg e/f/ge | dBG A2 ^g |
| aea aef |gdg gda | aea aef | gfe def |
| g2 e fed | edB GBd | {a}gfg e/f/ge | dBG A2 G ||
They also sometimes drone the E against the open A in the EAA A2 bits.
# Posted on January 13th 2005 by Will CPT
"The Hidden Ireland:"
"The First Selection of Irish Traditional Compositions of Séan Ryan"
Compiled by Bryan Ryan
Page 10: "The Nightingale"
# Posted on December 7th 2005 by ceolachan
Who is sean Ryan?
are you talking a bout the whistle player sean ryan?
i don't know where he's from but i met him at a workshop at the Joe Mooney summer school Co. Leitrim.
(he's Irish obiously)
anyway there's another tune on here by the name of sean ryan's but it goes below the register of the whistle....
i presume we're all thinking of different sean Ryans.
# Posted on December 31st 2006 by saxwhistle
Sean Ryan
http://www.brendantaaffe.com/sean_ryan.html
# Posted on December 31st 2006 by slainte
The tunes of Seán Ryan ~
"The Hidden Ireland:
The First Selection of Irish Traditional Compositions of Seán Ryan"
Compiled by Brian Ryan
Page 10: "The Nightingale"
From the book:
"Seán Ryan was born in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary. It was his good fortune to grow up in the Newtown area, an environment steeped in Irish traditional music. The flute was his first instrument, but he began learning the fiddle at an early age. His father Thomas also was an outstanding fiddler. Seán was imbued with a great love for Ireland, her music, song, dance, culture, language, her people and games. He was a champion step-dancer and a very fine singer. ~ " ~ CaitlÃn & Brian Ryan
# Posted on January 1st 2007 by ceolachan
i am mistaken... this is not the same sean ryan... he told us of how his grandmother helped him learn whistle and that she played a squeeze box......
thaks for taking the time though,
very much appreciated
# Posted on January 29th 2007 by saxwhistle
It's easy to confuse the two Sean Ryans at first. The whistle Sean Ryan lives in Tipperary, and that's where fiddle Sean Ryan was from as well. Then we have the two box players named Paddy O'Brien of course. There's also two Seamus Egans that both play banjo. Oh the humanity!
# Posted on January 29th 2007 by Phantom Button