Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on April 6th 2004 by LH.
This tune has been added to 21 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Caucus, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
B|:dBBd ~g3d | egdB ~A3B | dBBd g2bg |1 a{b}age ~G3B:|2 aage g3a||
|:b~g3 ageg | g~e3 dega | b~g3 a2bg | aage ~g3a|
b~g3 agea | g~e3 dBGA | B2BG AGEG |1 GEDE G3a:|2 GEDE G3d||
|:edgd ed (3Bcd | egdB ~A3d | e2gd ed(3Bcd | gabg aag2 |
edgd ed (3Bcd | egdB A2GA | B3G AGEF |1 GEDE ~G3d :|2 GEDE G4||
The Caucus Reel
Submitted due to a request from "cluaintarbh".
This reel was composed by (Canadian) Jean Duval in honor of the "Caucus in Secaucus" (Secaucus is a place in New Jersey usa). It was recorded by the Raffertys on the Dangerous Reel cd.
Its a great tune.
# Posted on April 6th 2004 by LH
Caucus
Thank you very much for posting this. Appreciate it.
A fellow flute player
# Posted on April 6th 2004 by cluaintarbh
Great tune
I posted this as a "Gan Ainm" yesterday, but you beat me to it.
Conal O'Grada played it at Hammy's "flute-meeting" in Ballyvourney 2 months ago, so it's made it down to Cork. Glad to have the name and composer of it. Great flute tune.
# Posted on June 25th 2006 by Kenny
Jean composed the tune for Mike Rafferty, whom he had just met for the first time at a Comhaltas Convention (the caucus in the title). He worked it out early on the Sunday morning in the hotel bedroom we were sharing. I was still prostate after late night sessions but listened to the whole process. Jean asked me for ideas for a name, and I came up with "The Caucus _at_ Secaucus."
# Posted on July 22nd 2008 by Jeeves Tones
Just noticed that the first phrase in particular does not correspond to what Jean wrote. Here are the ABCs he himself gave me recently:
T:30. The Caucus at Secaucus
M:4/4
L:1/8
C:Jean Duval 06-04-1991
S:for Mike Rafferty and Rosín McLaughlin
R:reel
Z:Jean Duval
K:G
d|"G"eddB g3 d|"C"egdB "D"A3 d|"G"eddB gabg|"D"abge "G"g3:||
a|"G"b ~g3 "D"agea|"G"gage dega|b ~g3 "D"a2 bg|abge "G"g3 a|b ~g3 "D"agea|"G"gage dBGA|B2 BG "D"AGEG|"G"GEDE G
3:||
d|"G"edgd ed (3Bcd|"C"egdB "D"A3d|"G"edgd ed (3Bcd|"C"gabg "D"a2gd|"G"edgd ed (3Bcd|"C"egdB "D"A2GA|"G"B2 BG "D"AGEG|"G"GEDE G3:||
# Posted on August 20th 2008 by Jeeves Tones