Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on December 9th 2004 by adam b.
This tune has been added to 28 tunebooks.
Also known as Invercassley Falls.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Trip To Ballyshannon, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|:D2FE FDDF|AdBd AFDF|G2BG AFED|B,EED EFDB,|
D2FE FDDF|AdBd AFDF|G2BG AdBd|AFED B,EED:|
|:Dffe d~B3|AFFE DEFA|Beed efde|fdef edBd|
Affe d~B3|AFFE DEFA|B2dB AFED|B,EED EFDB,:|
Trip to Ballyshannon
Written by Alasdair Fraser, an Irish tune by a Scotsman, it rolls along nicely. There are many obvious spots for cuts between the repeated notes, but it also sounds good when played plainly .
# Posted on December 9th 2004 by adam b
Hm, yet it still sounds Scottish. It's a Scottish tune with an Irish name, is what it is.
# Posted on December 9th 2004 by radriano
You're right rad it does sound pretty scottish with those chordal structures it has. that fourth in there really makes it sound pretty scotish. Oh well, its still an ok tune and it doesn't try to lie too much.
# Posted on December 9th 2004 by Zug Isle fiddler
No, indeed, not a bad tune at all. I didn't mean to sound demeaning - there are plenty of great Scottish reels. Besides, wasn't it the Scots that invented the reel?
# Posted on December 9th 2004 by radriano
I don't think it sounds particularly Scottish at all.
# Posted on May 15th 2005 by Dow
This tune is brilliant.
# Posted on July 21st 2006 by Nathan G
NOT INVERCASSLEY FALLS!
If you listen to the rrack from the beginning, you should be able to distinguish that "Trip to Ballyshannon" is the second of 2 tunes in the set- not one tune w/ 2 names. I WOULD like to find "Invercassley Fall"s though.
# Posted on September 11th 2007 by maestramusica
Not sure why this tune is shown under both names from the CD track. Invercassley Falls is a completely different tune, written by Paul Machlis.
# Posted on March 30th 2008 by adam b