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Frank Roche's

strathspey

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on July 20th 2001 by martin t.

This tune has been added to 48 tunebooks.

Also known as Frank Roche's Favourite, Lady Ann Hope, Roche's Favourite.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

In Ireland by James Galway And The Chieftains
Irish Piping Tradition by Gay McKeon
Irish Traditional Music (on Uilleann Pipes, Hammered Dulcimer, Fiddle, Flute And Whistle) by Various Artists
King Of The Button Box by Jimmy Shand
Stony Steps by Matt Molloy
The Bluebell Polka by Jimmy Shand

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

X: 1
T: Frank Roche's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: Gmaj
G2GB AGE2|cBce dBd<g|1 B2Bd (3cBA (3BAG|(3EFG (3FGA (3GBG (3AFD:|
[2 B2Bd (3cBA (3BAG|(3EFG (3FGA G4||
|:dgBg dgBg|(3gab (3agf e2ef|(3gab (3agf (3gfe (3dcB|
[1 (3cde (3def (3gdc (3BAG:|2 (3cde (3def (3gdc (3BcA||

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The source

The truth of this tune is that it is really classified as a fling.but i think that there really is no difference between a fling and a strathspey.the tune first appeared in print in the frank roach collection.

# Posted on July 20th 2001 by martin t

Further up, further in

I started playing this tune and it sounded really familiar to me. At first I couldn't put my finger on it but then I realised that this tune was used by the Waterboys in their song "Further Up, Further In" on the album "Room to Roam".

I seem to recall Mike Scott saying it was a Scottish melody. Anybody out there know what it's called in Scotland?

# Posted on July 20th 2001 by Jeremy

Lady ann hope

this iseems to be a version of a scottish strathspey called 'lady ann hope' found in the atholle collection, and no doubt others. there are far more runs of triplets in this version and a few different notes, but they are undoubtebly linked

# Posted on March 15th 2002 by *weescottishfiddler*

Roche Collection

The title "Frank Roche's" was attached when this tune was published in the Roche's Collection, which was edited by (you guessed it) Frank Roche. It is, as weescottishfiddler notes above, a setting of William Marshall's "Lady Ann Hope" but (sorry mairtin) strathspeys and flings really are different! In Ireland, flings imported from Scotland were played for two-hand social dancing and occasionally the figure of a set. The Scottish fling is a solo dance in competitions, I believe. The strathspey is still a solo dance in Cape Breton, as it once was in Scotland. To turn a strathspey into a fling, you generally have to simplify it a bit and play it with the right rhythmic pulse, which is approximately "get OFF me, get OFF me," etc.

# Posted on October 26th 2006 by blarneystar

This tune was actually composed by John Pringle, first appearing in 1800 in a collection of Pringle's own tunes.

# Posted on October 27th 2007 by niall_kenny