Garrett Barry's

reel

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on August 23rd 2004 by Jiml.

This tune has been added to 50 tunebooks.

Also known as Denis Murphy's Miss McLeod's, Garret Barry’s, Mister McLeod's, Mr. McLeod's, The Other McLeod's, Sligo Duke.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Flying Start by Paul Moran And Fergal Scahill
An Bodhran: The Irish Drum by Colm Murphy
Between The Showers by Grainne Hambly
Celtic Fiddle Festival by Celtic Fiddle Festival
Champions Of Ireland Concertina by Denise Shiel
Close To Home by Dónal Clancy
Coleman's Cross: Tradtional Irish Music From County Sligo by Philip Duffy
Darby's Farewell by Josie McDermott
Doublin' by Paddy Glackin And Paddy Keenan
Eavesdropper by Kevin Burke And Jackie Daly
Foinn Seisiun 2 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
Grianan by Grianan MTC
Harpes D'Irlande by Katrien Delavier
Hives Of Honeyed Sound by Padraic Mac Mathuna
Hungry Grass by Hungry Grass
In Session by Eoin O'Neill
Jack In The Box Irish Session by Tionol
John Williams by John Williams
Late... In The Night by Christy Barry, Conor McCarthy, Cyril O'Donoghue
Learning Irish Fiddle by Paul McNevin
Mapless Journey by Kathy Buys
Memories Of Clare by Bobby Gardiner
Milestone At The Garden by Irish Fiddle Masters From The 78 RPM Era
Music At Matt Molloy's by Matt Molloy
Over The Edge by Moher
Piper's Choice Volume 1 by Lynn Saoirse
Pipes, Rods 'n' Reels by Ray Sloan
Prince Of Pipers by Finbar Furey
Set Dances Of Ireland, Volume II by Lynn Saoirse
Shadows On Stone by Matt Molloy
Speed 78 by Mike Rafferty
Standing Room Only by Eliot Grasso
Stranger At The Gate by Paddy O'Brien
Sundry by Shane Cook
The Chieftains 1 by The Chieftains
The Dusty Miller by Conor, Gay And Seán McKeon
The Family Album by The McCarthys
The Killaville Sessions by Ceoltoiri Coleman
The Kitchen Recordings by Sean O'Driscoll And Larry Egan
The Liffey Banks by Tommy Potts
The Man From Clare by Micho Russell
The Maple Leaf by Jimmy Noonan, Chris McGrath
The Pipering Of Willie Clancy. Vol 1 by Willie Clancy
The Pipering Of Willie Clancy. Vol 2 by Willie Clancy
The Road From Ballinakill by Mike And Mary Rafferty
The Ulster Outcry by Ar Leitheidi
They'll Be Good Yet by Kitty Hayes And Peter Laban
Traditional Irish Music From County Clare by Micho Russell
Traditional Irish Music On Flute And Guitar by Jack And Jimmy Coen
Traditional Music From Clare And Beyond by Gearoid O HAllmhurain
Uilleann Pipes by Pat Mitchell
Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 3, Disc 2 by Lynn Saoirse

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Garrett Barry's Reel

There is a "Garrett Barry's" jig already in the Tunes section. This tune is a reel. Also, several references to "Garrett Barry's" in the Recordings section should be to the reel, not the jig. This is bound to get confusing.

I learned this from Eoin O'Neill's "In Session" CD, where Yvonne Casey plays it on fiddle in a set followed by "Gatehouse Maid." You can also see them play it on the Custy's Music web site (look under video session clips). You can hear it played on flute on "Music At Matt Malloy's", in a set followed by "Miss McLeod's." A nice accordian version is on John Williams' self-titled CD in a set preceeded by "Darley's (a.k.a. Four Mile Stone) and "The Jug of Punch."

# Posted on August 23rd 2004 by Jiml

References to Recordings

Most of the links to Recordings of this tune is for Garrett Barry's Jig. The three mentioned in the previous comment are to the reel. There may be more.

# Posted on August 23rd 2004 by Jiml

I love this tune played with the gatehouse maid on Eoin O Neill's cd.

# Posted on August 23rd 2004 by Celtic1234

T:Garrett Barry's
M:C
L:1/8
S:Matt Molloy
R:reel
N:
D:
Z:gmp
K:G
~G3e dGBd|edBe dBA2|~G3B dG (3Bcd|AEE2 GED2|
~G3B d2Bd|edcB cdeg|edcB cde2|1gedB AGEF:|2gedB agef|
|:~g3b agf2|edBe dG (3Bcd|g2gb agf2|eaag agef|
~g2bg agf2|edBe dG (3Bcd|edcB c2ef|1gedB age2:|2gedB AGEF||

# Posted on March 16th 2005 by gian marco

Mister McLeod's

I've just learned it from Mike Rafferty's flute playing.

Christy Barry and Conor McCarthy recorded it as The Other McLeod's.

# Posted on September 23rd 2005 by slainte

Mister McLeod's

I forgot to mention it is Mike Rafferty who gave the alternative title.

# Posted on May 10th 2006 by slainte

I like the other versions here more than the Matt Molloy version. Strange - I usually like his settings.

# Posted on August 30th 2007 by Dow

This is in Gmaj, not Ador.

# Posted on October 8th 2007 by Dow

Garrett Barry's (reel)

Here's a somewhat closer transcription of what Yvonne Casey plays, based on a YouTube video posted in this thread: http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/15829.

It's lovely playing. It's not as "minimalist" as some might think at first blush. Yvonne uses some choice cuts, bowed triplets, and rolls. I'm not so crazy about those long Gs in the first part and long As at the end of the second part, but Yvonne makes them work.

For the G3s, I also play variations: GFG or GDG or ~G3. For the A3s (at the turn from the first half into the second, and again when the second half repeats), I sometimes play A2 B/c/d or AcBA to get back to the g.

Also, I sometimes add slurred triplets to some of the quarter note g's and a's in the 2nd part, for example: |b-g3 (3aba ge|

X: 1
T: Garrett Barry's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
S: From the playing of Yvonne Casey, fiddler, Co. Clare
K: G
G3B d2 Bd|edBe dBAB|G3B d2 BG|ABGE D2 DE|
G2 GB d2 Bd|edBA GA B/c/d|edBA Bdef|1 gedB ADFA:|2 gedB A3f||
g2 Bg gage|dB{d}BA GA B/c/d|g2 fa gedg|ea{b}ag a2 ga|
b~g3 a2 ge|dBAB GA B/c/d|edBA Bdef|1 gedB A3f:|2 gedB ADFA||

# Posted on November 18th 2007 by Will CPT