Coppers And Brass

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on August 7th 2001 by Will CPT.

This tune has been added to 171 tunebooks.

Also known as Coppers & Brass, Hartigan's Fancy, Hartigan’s Fancy, Hartigans Fancy, Humours Of Ennistymon, The Humours Of Ennistymon, Rumours Of Ennistymon.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

1891-1945 Disc 1 by Michael Coleman
Artistic License by Pendragon
Best Of Irish Ceili Music by Various Artists
Best Of Irish Fiddle by Florie Brown
Clare Concertinas by Bernard O'Sullivan And Tommy McMahon
Coppers And Brass by Dick Gaughan
Drops Of Springwater by Karen Tweed
Farewell New England's Shores by Skip Healy
Fifty-Odd Years by Jimmy Power
Foinn Seisiun 1 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
Gogarty's Music II: A Decade On by Various Artists
Good Friends-Good Music by Boys Of The Lough
Gusty's Frolicks by Sean Keane
In The Footsteps Of Coleman by Various Artists
Irish Dancer by Larry McKee And The Shandonairs
Irish Fiddle Solos by Pete Cooper
Lifescapes Celtic Fiddle by Various Artists
Memoire Celte by Broken String
Memories Of Sligo by Tommy Healy And Johnny Duffy
Molly's Revenge Four by Molly's Revenge
Open House by Kevin Burke
Paddy Keenan by Paddy Keenan
Piper's Choice Volume 1 by Various Artists
Plays The Irish Tenor Banjo by Kieran Hanrahan
Return To Inis Mor by Joe Derrane
Rince: Complete Irish Dancing Set - First Steps And Beyond by Various Artists
Set Dances Of Ireland, Volume III by Various Artists
Set On Stone by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
Slow Airs And Set Dances by Eugene O'Donnell
The Best Of Irish Jigs And Reels Vol.1 by Various Artists
The Best Of Joe And Antoinette Mckenna by Joe And Antoinette McKenna
The Bucks Of Oranmore by Joe Burke
The Bunch Of Keys: The Complete Recordings Of Johnny Doran by Johnny Doran
The Dawning Of The Day by Finbar And Eddie Furey
The Family Album by The McCarthys
The Flags Of Dublin by Paddy Glackin, Mick O'Brien And Mick Gavin
The Living Tradition Vol II by All Ireland Champions Tara And Garrai Eion Ceili Bands
The Master Pipers Volume 1 by Johnny Doran
The Mountain Road by Comhaltas Tour Group 1997
The Piping Of Patsy Touhey by Patsy Touhey
The Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Master by Padraig O'Keefe
Tracin' by Gearóid Ó HAllmhuráin And Patrick Ourceau
Traditional Irish Dance Music by Various Artists
Traditional Music From The Glens Of Antrim by Leo Brown And PJ Hill
Traditional Music Of Ireland by Joe And Antoinette McKenna
Traditional Music Of Ireland And The Bucks Of Oranmore by Joe Burke And Charlie Lennon
Warming Up by Martin Mulhaire, S�amus Connolly And Jack Coen

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Coppers and Brass

I learned this off a video of Dervish playing with flute player Seamus Tansey--a terrific rolling three-part jig. Dervish also put this on one of their cds in Cmajor (just jump down a string on fiddle).

All those big jumps across the strings--especially in Parts B and C--make this initially a tricky tune for fiddlers, but take it slow and the jumps will soon fall in place.

We do this one after Connaughtman's Rambles, changing key while hanging on the B note that ends Connaughtman's and begins Coppers and Brass. But it'd go well after almost an Dmajor jig, or before for that matter.
Will

# Posted on August 7th 2001 by Will CPT

Coppers and Brass

I fell in love with this tune after hearing it on a Dervish album. Would love to see that video sometime.

This is an odd, G-heavy grouping, but it works for me on the bouzouki: Charles O'Connor, into Coppers and Brass/Humors of Ennistymon with chording, then Haste to the Wedding, with Donnybrook Fair thrown on the end.

Someone told me that if it's just the A and B part, the tune is Coppers and Brass, but if you play all three parts, it's the Humors of Ennistymon....

# Posted on August 8th 2001 by Taibhse

I learnt this from the High Level Ranters album "High Level" (1971) - it probably crept onto a Northumbrian record as the A part bears more than a passing resemblance to the "Keel Row".
They played "Tobins" after it, and we tag "Sweets of may, Dingle Regatta and Father Kellys" before it to make a super set of jigs.

# Posted on March 17th 2003 by geoffwright

I had this tune in my head one day in Miltown Malbay, myself and a friend were sitting sheltering from the rain in the car beside our tent, I took out the mandolin to get it down, and my friend said to me, "that's a lovely jig, what's it called?" I told him I hadn't a notion, and that I didn't even know where I'd heard it.

It was about two weeks later it hit me I'd heard Dervish play it, so I put on the CD and then realised there was a third part to it, I still didn't know the name though. I was listening to Michael Coleman by chance and heard him play it, finally I was able to put a name to it.

# Posted on August 13th 2003 by oraghalm

Coppers and Brass ( my favourite two parts version )

# Posted on February 19th 2005 by gian marco

An interesting version of coppers and brass

T:Coppers And Brass
R:Jig
S:Paddy Canny, Clare (fiddle)
Z:Bernie Stocks
N:As played
D:Home tape of unknown provenance
H:'f2' in bar 17 slid heavily
M:6/8
K:G
{d}(3BABB GBd | ~c3 Adc | ~B3 GBd | (3cBAG FGA |
~B3 ~G3 | (3.c.c.Bc ABc | dfd cAF | AGF G2A |
{d}(3BABB GBd | ~c3 Adc | ~B3 GBd | (3cBAG FGA |
(3.B.B.GG (3.B.B.GG | AFF (3.A.B.cA | BdB {d}cAF | AGF G(5ABcde ||
f2f {g}fed | {e}dcA AGF | GBd ~g3 | afd {e}dcA |
^cde fed | cAG FGA | (3BcdB {d}cAF |1 AGF G2e :|2 AGF G2f ||
gdB (3.g.g.dB | (3.e.e.cA ecA | gdB {d}BAB | {d}cAG FGA |
(3.g.g.dB (3.g.g.dB | ecA ecA | ~B3 ~G3 | (3.c.c.AF G2f |
gdB (3.g.g.dB | (3efgf ecA | ~B3 ~G3 (3.c.c.AG FGA |
(3BcdB GEG | cec ABc | dfd (3cBAF | AGF G3 ||

# Posted on April 17th 2005 by gian marco

Irish name

I've never come across an Irish name for this in my travels, but out of interest it could be 'Pinginí is Pinginí" (I don't know if many people in the world still call pennies 'coppers', but we do here) pennies = pinginí, and the popular slang for brass is pinginí as well (the actual word being prás, but that doesn't make the translation as interesting!)

# Posted on February 27th 2008 by DonallDubh