Key signature: Adorian
Submitted on August 24th 2003 by Miss Lonelyhearts.
This tune has been added to 67 tunebooks.
Also known as Arra Mountains, The Arra Mountains, Arragh Mountains, The Arragh Mountains, Arras Mountain, The Mountains Of Arra, The Silver Mountains, Sliabh Ara, The White Mountains.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Arra Mountains
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Ador
|:EAA EAB cBc|EAA EAG {A}GFG|EAA EAB c2 d|~e3 ege dBG:|
|A2 a gef ~g3|e2 a ged Bcd|e2 a gef g2 e|dB/c/d ege dBG|
A2 a gef ~g3|e2 a ged Bcd|e/f/ge f/g/af g2 e|dB/c/d ege dBG|
Paddy O'Brien's
Thanks to Emily for teaching this tune to Sos, Zina, and myself during Paddy's Angels' visit to Montana. Em learned it from Kevin Crawford at Gaelic Roots this year and gave it to us as he played it on flute. This instantly became one of my favorite slip jigs--it's "awesome," isn't it Em?
Totally.
For the sake of getting the basic tune under your fingers, here's a somewhat simplified setting:
T: Paddy O'Brien's
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: A dorian
|:EAA EAB cBc|EAA EAG GFG|EAA EAB c2 d|
|ege ege dBG:||
|A2 a gef g3|e2 a ged Bcd|e2 a gef g2 e|
|dBd ege dBG|
|A2 a gfe g3|e2 a ged Bcd|efg fga g2 e|
|dBd ege dBG||
And here's how it's been coming out on my fiddle lately:
T: Paddy O'Brien's
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: A dor
||EAA EAB ~c3|EAA EAF GFG|EAA EAB c2 d|~e3 ege dBG:||
|[Ae]aa gef ~g3|[Ae]aa ged Bcd|[Ae]aa gef g2 e|dB/c/d ege dBG|
|[Ae]aa gef ~g3|[Ae]aa ged Bcd|e/f/ge f/g/af g2 e|dB/c/d ege dBG||
# Posted on August 24th 2003 by Miss Lonelyhearts
Good job Will! I was also in that class and had fun learning this slip jig with Emily. Kevin rolled the C naturals as a variation.
Joyce
# Posted on August 25th 2003 by JMH
We've been playing this one followed up by Kid on the Mountain recently. Good stuff.
# Posted on December 22nd 2003 by Zina Lee
McNamara setting
T:Arra Mountains
R:slip jig
N:track 12b
D:Brian McNamara: Fort of the Jewels
Z:Bill Reeder
M:9/8
L:1/8
K:G
EAA EAB c3|EAA AGF GED|EAA EAB c2d|e2e ege dBG:||!
.Aza gef ~g3|~a3 ged Bcd|eAA gef ~g2e|d^cd efe dBG|!
.Aza gef ~g3|aba ged Bcd|e/f/ge f/g/af g2e|d^cd efe dBG||
# Posted on September 6th 2005 by Bill Reeder
Arra Mountains / Sliabh Ara ~ Tipperary
http://wikimapia.org/7623995/Arra-Mountains-Sliabh-Ara
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/105348
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/7899662
# Posted on October 11th 2009 by ceolachan
"The Arra Mountains" ~ C: Paddy O'Briend
X: 5
T: Arra Mountains, The
C: Paddy O'Brien
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Ador
|: E2 A EAB cBc | E2 A EAF GED |
E2 A EAB c2 d | e2 e ege dBG :|
|: A2 a gef gfg | A2 a ged Bcd |
[1 A2 a gef g2 e | d2 d ege dBG :|
[2 e2 e faf g2 e | d2 d ege dBG |]
# Posted on November 6th 2009 by ceolachan