John Brosnan's

reel

Key signature: Bminor

Submitted on May 27th 2004 by Kenny.

This tune has been added to 61 tunebooks.

Also known as Brosnan's, John Brosnans, Roscommon.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 20th Feakle Festival: Reeling Through The Years by Various Artists
• A Fig For A Kiss by Providence
• Augusta: 20 Years Of Irish Music Recorded Live At The Augusta Heritage Center by Various Artists
• Celtic Reign by Celtic Reign
• Claddagh Ring by The Tulla Ceili Band
• Cuisle by Angela Deane
• Echoes Of Erin by Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann Concert Tour 2006
• Grá Dá Raibh by The Fuchsia Band
• It's Not Racket Science by At The Racket
• Meiteal by Seamus Begley And Stephen Cooney
• New Century - Irish Music by Ronan Le Bars And Nicolas Quéméner
• Pure Chance by Shona Kipling And Damien O'Kane
• Redwood by Lunasa
• Riding Towards Life by Evergreen
• Stormy Brew by Rig The Jig
• Sunshine And Showers by Gliondar
• The Boys From The Blue Hill by Vinnie Kilduff
• The Cook In The Kitchen by John Brosnan
• The Killaville Sessions by Ceoltoiri Coleman
• The Luck Penny by Seamus Bugler

X: 1
T: John Brosnan's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Bmin
FBBA Bcde | f2 ef dcBA | FA A2 FA EA | FA A2 fAeA|
FBBA Bcde | f2ef dcBA | f2 ef dfcf |1 FBBA B2 BA :|2 FBBA Bcde ||
fB B2 fBde | f2 bf afea | fB B2 fBdf | eA A2 eAce |
fB B2 fBde | f2 bf afef | f2 ef dfcf |1 FBBA Bcde :|2 FBBA B3 A ||

John Brosnan's

This was requested a while ago. I'll have to comment later.

# Posted on May 27th 2004 by Kenny

John Brosnan's

John Brosnan is a box-player , I think from either Cork or Kerry. I was told that this is less a composition of his, but more a "re-working" of "The Corner House" in Bm. I first heard it played by John Skelton with "The House Band". Begley & Cooney recorded it with didgeridoo.

# Posted on May 28th 2004 by Kenny

From the online Fiddler's Companion, "John Brosnan is an accordion player from Kilcummin, between Killarney and Castleisland, County Kerry, who composed the tune in 1974. In addition to playing boxes, Brosnan tunes and repairs them, as well as deals in new instruments.

From Paul DeGrae comes that John Brosnan originally composed this tune in A minor.

Here is how I have it with some variations:
K:Ador
E~A3 EABd|egdB cBAG|E~G3 EGDG|E~G3 dGBG|
E~A3 EABd|egdB cBAG|~e2dB cBAG|1 EAAG ~A3G:|2 ~A3G ~A2 (3Bcd||
|:e~A3 eA (3Bcd|~e2 af gedg|e~A3 eAge|~d2BG DG (3Bcd|
e~A3 eA (3Bcd|~e2 af gedg|~e2 dB cBAG|1 EAAG ~A2 (3Bcd:|2 EAAG ~A3G||

# Posted on October 24th 2005 by LH