I learned this slip jig off East Galway flute player Sean Moloney's solo album. It comes from the repertoire of his father and renowned flute player Eddie Moloney.
Maybe a very local tune. Abbey is a placename, I believe. I don't know where exactly it is, but probably somewhere in the east part of Clare.
Simple and catchy, isn't it? The second tune in the same track of the recording isn't so attractive as this one. Most of Gmaj doulbe jigs go nicely with it, but do you know any other good slip jig?
This one would be terrific with The Lough Key following it (played in G Major instead of F major). I tried it out yesterday, and really like the transition. Very nice tune indeed!
Thanks for the ideas. I don't think of any good slip jig to play before or after this one yet, but "Pay the Reckoning" is a really nice tune to follow.
Anyway, I'm quite happy to save the life of this rare tune. There're many more nice old tunes awaiting to be discovered though.
Yamadasan, have you tried "A Whack At The Whigs"? If you play it after Down In Abbey you get this flurry of descending triplets into the next tune which sounds quite unusual.
Down in Abbey
I learned this slip jig off East Galway flute player Sean Moloney's solo album. It comes from the repertoire of his father and renowned flute player Eddie Moloney.
Maybe a very local tune. Abbey is a placename, I believe. I don't know where exactly it is, but probably somewhere in the east part of Clare.
# Posted on January 2nd 2005 by slainte
Down in Abbey
Nice tune, Hiroyuki.
# Posted on January 2nd 2005 by Will CPT
Any other good slip jig to play with this one?
Simple and catchy, isn't it? The second tune in the same track of the recording isn't so attractive as this one. Most of Gmaj doulbe jigs go nicely with it, but do you know any other good slip jig?
# Posted on January 3rd 2005 by slainte
Might go well with My Mind Will Never Be Easy, which I like down in A dor, where Martin Hayes plays it. But on whistle, keep it up in E dor.
# Posted on January 3rd 2005 by Will CPT
This one would be terrific with The Lough Key following it (played in G Major instead of F major). I tried it out yesterday, and really like the transition. Very nice tune indeed!
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/3201
# Posted on January 4th 2005 by violynnsey
Here's the ABC for the tune in G major:
X: 1
T: Lough Key
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K:Gmaj
|:~G3 BGd c2e|~G3 BdB cAF|~G3 DBB DGF|1 E2G AGF G2D:|2 E2G AGF GAB||
|:AGE EDB, DEG|dBA ABd edg|dBA AGE EDB,|DB,A, A,B,D E2B:|
# Posted on January 4th 2005 by violynnsey
Thanks for the ideas. I don't think of any good slip jig to play before or after this one yet, but "Pay the Reckoning" is a really nice tune to follow.
Anyway, I'm quite happy to save the life of this rare tune. There're many more nice old tunes awaiting to be discovered though.
# Posted on January 5th 2005 by slainte
Yamadasan, have you tried "A Whack At The Whigs"? If you play it after Down In Abbey you get this flurry of descending triplets into the next tune which sounds quite unusual.
# Posted on January 5th 2005 by Dow
Mmm.... F naturals?
# Posted on January 5th 2005 by slainte
It's only a small key change, and the Fnats only appear later in the tune, so it works for me.
# Posted on January 5th 2005 by Dow
Ah you mean because of the whistle?...
# Posted on January 5th 2005 by Dow
Yep. Not me but my big transverse whistle hate f naturals.
# Posted on January 5th 2005 by slainte
Abbey
Reading through the biography of Maeve Donnelly I found Abbey is in Galway. It seems not so far from Loughrea and Ballinakill.
# Posted on February 25th 2005 by slainte
Down in Abbey
I've just realised this is a variant of Hardiman the Fiddler: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/48
# Posted on October 14th 2005 by slainte