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The Well-Bred Foal

reel

Key signature: Bdorian

Submitted on October 24th 2004 by errik.

This tune has been added to 14 tunebooks.

Also known as Mike Hoban's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Well-Bred Foal, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Bdor
|:f2 ef dB~B2|Bcde f2 fa|edcB ABcd|edcB ABcd|
e2 ae cB~B2|Bcde f2 fg|aA (3AAA ABce|f2 ef dB~B2:|
|:bafe defg|afbf a2 fa|bafe defg|afea fB B2|
bafe defg|afbf a2 af|e2 fa bafb|afe=g fB B2:|

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The Well-Bred Foal sheetmusic
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A very fine reel by Mike Hoban, as played by Altan on The Blue Idol. This tune isn't listed on the album on here...

I've also heard this in A Dorian at sessions, starting on D on the fiddle instead of E.

# Posted on October 24th 2004 by errik

Note-

I normally play the G-Natural in the last bar as a variation; otherwise I play an A.

# Posted on October 27th 2004 by errik

Thank you

Many thanks,errik. I've been meaning to learn this for a while.

# Posted on October 27th 2004 by Kenny

You're welcome, Kenny. I had been meaning to learn this tune for months... I heard it at a session and the only part I remembered was the first bar of the A section. Then I heard it on Altan's album... and it all came to me. hehe

# Posted on October 28th 2004 by errik

The Well-Bred Foal

A slightly different transcription from the same source.

X: 1
T: Well-Bred Foal, The
T: Mike Hoban's
C: Mike Hoban (Co. Mayo accordion player)
D: The Blue Idol, Altan
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Bdor
f2 ef dBBA|Bcde f2 fa|edcB ABcd|edcB ABcd|
e2 ae cA A/A/A|Bcde fefg|aA A/A/A ABce|(3faf ef dBB2:||
bafe defg|afbf a2 f/g/a|bafe defg|afea fB B2|
bafe ^defg|afbf a3 f|e2 f/g/a bafb|afea fBB2:||

In the 5th bar of the A part, I hear one fiddle playing it as noted above, while the other plays: |e/e/e ae cAAc|.

Also note the sharped d in bar 5 of the B part.

# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Will CPT

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