Key signature: Adorian
Submitted on November 12th 2004 by errik.
This tune has been added to 71 tunebooks.
Also known as King's, King’s, Kings, Old King's, Old King's, King George IV.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: King's, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ador
A,2 EA, FA,EA,|~A,2 ED CA,A,G,|
A,2 EA, FA,EF|1G2 DC B,G,G,B,:|2G2 DC B,G,G,d||
^cA (3AAA eaed|^cA (3AAA BGBd|^cA (3AAA eaef|ged=c BGBd|
^cA (3AAA eaed|^cA (3AAA BGBd|=c2 dc B2 dB|AGED B,G,G,B,||
This is the reel version of King George IV played by Altan. I haven't heard it anywhere else. A similar tune called "Old King's Reel" is played by Cape Breton musicians.
T:Old King's Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:ADor
A|EA,A,B, A,2 A,A | EA,EF GEDB, | A,
# Posted on November 12th 2004 by errik
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A|EA,A,B, A,2 A,A | EA,EF GEDB, | A,
# Posted on November 12th 2004 by errik
I can't post the transcription...
# Posted on November 12th 2004 by errik
You can't use this - "<" - the 'less than' or 'snap' in the 'Comment' box - - -
This is an old problem, and I'm expecting what has happened is you've tried to put a 'snap/less-than' sign in the transcript, probably after - - - |A,*
It removes everything that follows it. Some of us have resorted to the '*' - asterisk instead, but you can also, as you'll see above, put it in the 'Subject' header, which is limiting. You could write up to that point, put the line with the 'snap' in the header, and then continue to write the rest in 'Comment' - or just jurry-rig it by using the asterisk. Best of luck. I know the frustration of it, but in this space that sign is taken as an HTML tag...
# Posted on November 12th 2004 by ceolachan
This isn't "King George IV," or "The Old King's Reel"
Errik, this fabulous tune is actually called "The King's Reel," neither "King George IV" nor "The Old King's Reel," though all the tunes seems related. Believe me! You'll see they are all slighly different tunes if you listen to Ashley MacIsaac playing the set: King George IV/ King George V/ The Old King's Reel/ The King's Reel.
As I said somewhere before, there is no such reel called "King George IV." I believe Mairead Mooney mixed up the title of well-known strathspey with that of this tune "The King's Reel" when learning them from the playing of Buddy MacMaster. It seems two tunes are often played together in Cape Breton.
So, please edit the details of the tune.
Thanks for another great tune. Keep posting!
# Posted on November 13th 2004 by slainte
P.S. Seamus Egan recorded this tune on banjo with Eileen Ivers: it's in "Cape Breton Set" in his solo album "A Week in January." Cracking track!
# Posted on November 13th 2004 by slainte
Yeah, I confirm the real name of the tune is "The King's Reel." It seems in the Athole Collection (1884) under the title: you will find the abc transcription of the tune through this page: http://www.flutesong.net/music/abc/index.htm I think the key signature should be Ador, but it's basically the same as errik's transcription.
# Posted on November 13th 2004 by slainte
Other Recording:
This reel also appears in a set on the album "Close to the Bone" by the Old Blind Dogs. A really nice set, in fact:
The Honeymoon Reel/The Kings Reel/The Clayslaps Reel
# Posted on January 19th 2006 by raven_in_the_woods
You got the last bar wrong. It goes:
|caBg BGDB,|
# Posted on May 20th 2008 by Dow