Key signature: Bminor
Submitted on May 27th 2004 by Kenny.
This tune has been added to 76 tunebooks.
Also known as Brosnan's, John Brosnans.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
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
Not this one on Lunasa's "Redwood" recording
This is linked to from Lunasa's recording "Redwood". Wrong tune - that one's a polka. (sounds familiar, but I can't think which one it is - just heard it on Pandora, so I can't replay!)
Most will probably figure that out, but stating the obvious isn't always a bad idea.
# Posted on April 29th 2010 by Jon Kiparsky
This tune sounds great in A minor
This tune sounds great in A minor.
I head it played by Kathleen Doyle on the uilleann at the SE tionol. Awsome!!!!
# Posted on April 14th 2011 by pyper
"Kathleen" Doyle on the "uilleann"?
Maybe you meant *Kara* Doyle on the uilleann pipes! (Uilleann in this case is an adjective, not a noun.)
# Posted on April 15th 2011 by Nico
Whoops
Yes Nico you are right. I should not post when I am sleepy.
I don't know why I thought Kathleen?
I had the best time learning from Kara. I love how she plays this tune. I have a recording of her playing that I am learning from.
I woke-up thinking that I put Kathleen instead of Kara, so I checked this post. I think kathleen Doyle is an actress?
The tired mind is a scarry thing. :(
# Posted on April 16th 2011 by pyper
Different key, different phrases
Sorry Kenny-- I have it from Padraig Buckley (a director of the Killarney School of Music), who plays with John Brosnan from time to time) that the proper key for the tune is Am- that is how John B. plays it.
LH's version of the tune, above, is a bit of a hodge-podge. The final line of the tune in both parts is distinctive and should be:
e~A3 eA (3Bcd|~e2 af gede|~e2de ceBe|FAAG A3||
This phrase appears in the first part as well and is very distinctive. You can hear John play the tune on his lovely CD, "The Cook In The Kitchen." That's how he plays it, and how we play it, at any rate.
# Posted on May 18th 2012 by David Levine
Fair enough.....
I stand corrected, David, but it works in both keys. I could only go by the version I first heard - see above. I'm aware of the "Cook In The Kitchen" recording, but have never heard it. Would it still be available somewhere ?
# Posted on May 18th 2012 by Kenny
Only direct from John Kenny... He still has some in the a box in a closet... It's worth chasing up...
David, why not a full transcription in Am added here? ~ as you play it?
# Posted on May 18th 2012 by ceolachan