Con Cassidy's

strathspey

Key signature: Amixolydian

Submitted on December 15th 2004 by errik.

This tune has been added to 15 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Cheap Present by Birkin Tree
• Altan: Live by Altan
• Best Of 1987-1993 by Altan
• Ceol A'Ghleanna by Ciarán Ó Maonaigh
• Ceol Aduaidh by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh And Frankie Kennedy
• Cork Folk Festival Archive: Celebrating 21 Years by Various Artists
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 12 by Matt Cunningham
• Drops Of Springwater by Karen Tweed
• Far From The Hills Of Donegal by Oisin McAuley
• In Full Spate by Paddy Glackin
• In The Tradition by Boys Of The Lough
• Like Magic by Todd Denman And Bill Dennehy
• Lost In The Loop by Liz Carroll
• Macalla Na HÓige by Hugh Healy And Colm Healy
• Magnificent Seven by Blazin' Fiddles
• Music For Peace by Gary Hastings And Frankie Gavin
• Shatter The Calm by Dan Beimborn
• The Far Set by Michael Clarkson And Gerry Jones
• The Fiddle Music Of Donegal - Volume One by Various Artists
• The Fiddle Music Of Donegal - Volume Two by Various Artists
• The Red Crow by Altan
• Toss The Fiddles by Various Artists
• Traditional Fiddle Music From Donegal by Con Cassidy
• Who? by Darren Maloney

X: 1
T: Con Cassidy's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: Amix
ed|:cAAG EGAB|cAA^g a^gae|cAAG EGAB|dBGB dged:|
|:~=c3 e gedB|=cBAb aged|=cB^cd efge|dBGB dged|
~=c3 e gedB|=cBAg abga|bgaf gage|dBGe ^gaed||

Highland, not strathspey

Played by Altan on Horse With A Heart. Not sure if Con himself wrote the tune, but it sounds great.

# Posted on December 15th 2004 by errik

Errik, is this the way that they play it? With all 8th notes? Although I can't listen to it at the moment , just from viewing the sheet music, I don't think that's a strathspey!

Cheers,
Armand

# Posted on December 15th 2004 by fiddlinviolinin

Clearly says right at the top "Highland, NOT strathspey". Don't think Con wrote this as it seems closely related to the reel "The Dogs among the Bushes".

# Posted on December 15th 2004 by LongNote

Con would not have to have written it, Mairead just learnt it from him...

# Posted on December 16th 2004 by Pádraig

On "Horse With A Heart," Altan plays this with a few Scottish snaps thrown in here and there, but on their "Live" CD they play it much faster and more straight, almost a reel. I notated it as all eighth notes, leaving the Scotch snaps and such up to the player. But I believe the notes are right, and I LOVE the modulation from A Mixolydian to C. Keeps the tune going.

# Posted on December 16th 2004 by errik

Con cassidy's C vs C#

Erik ,
I'm not sure how where to play c or c# in the second part ot this great tune.
Is it really the way it is in written here:
Firt bar with C
2nd with c#
3rd first a c# than cnat
and so on

Thanks for checking
Urs

# Posted on December 16th 2004 by swisspiper

The second bar of part B should have a C-Natural, I just forgot to put it in the ABC. The second part has all C-Naturals except for that one C-Sharp in bar 3.

# Posted on December 16th 2004 by errik

I just edited the ABC and fixed all the C's.

# Posted on December 16th 2004 by errik

Not the same as on my disk-

Mine's a jig, melodically unrelated.. I'll see if I can add it here

# Posted on May 6th 2005 by danbeimborn

This is derived from the Scottish strathspey, Alasdair MacAlister http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1315.

# Posted on June 2nd 2007 by Dow