Eleanor Kane's

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on November 2nd 2004 by Kenny.

This tune has been added to 10 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

At Reavy's House by Jim Eagan
John Bowe And Mary Conroy by John Bowe
Saffron And Blue by Manus McGuire
The Rakish Paddy by Paddy Cronin

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Eleanor Kane's

I only recently discovered that this is an Ed Reavy composition, and although not as often played as some, I think it's a good one. I first heard it played on whistle on Seamus Tansey's "green" album, where it's called "The Boys Of Laois". I think it was also recorded by the McGuire brothers, Seamus and Manus.

# Posted on November 2nd 2004 by Kenny

Repeat

The repeat mark at the end:
Does it send you back to the beginning as written or should there be a mark to show the last 8 bars as a separate B section and just repeat that. The A section obviously has it's own built in repeats.

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Donough

Edited

Sorry for the ambiguity, donough. 1st part is the top 4 lines of music - 16 bars played through once . 2nd part is the bottom 2 lines played twice. So, as you say, there should be a repeat mark at the beginning of the 5th line.
I've edited the abc notation.

# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Kenny

Eleanor Kane's / Boys of Laois "contour"

notice here how 2 consecutive notes are always different and only a second or third appart. (Say; if you play A , then B or C follow (goin' up) or G or F (going down)
A bit too predictable to my taste (it's a common feature of hornpipes, actually, and why I find most of them...mm.. boring)
Does anyone know if this has to do with the time and/or place this type of tune was written in?

# Posted on November 17th 2004 by birlibirdie

While this tune is quite similar to some others I like it. Though certainly, for Reavy's standards, this would not be the best example.

# Posted on February 20th 2008 by PaddyCmusic