The Rose In The Heather

jig

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on December 19th 2001 by Toni Ribas.

This tune has been added to 490 tunebooks.

Also known as An Rós Sa BhFraoch, The Corofin, The Humours Of Corofin, Rose Among The Heather, The Rose And The Heater, The Rose And The Heather, The Rose In The Garden, Rose In The Heather, The Rose On The Heather.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Celtic Heritage by Marcille Wallis
An Tobar Gl�é by Neil Mulligan
Athens Hotel by Colcannon
Brighid's Kiss by Lá Lugh
Celtic Crossing by William Coulter
Crossroads by Máirtín O'Connor, Cathal Hayden, Seamie O'Dowd
Dancing To Jigs And Reels by Various Artists
Do You Know Eddy Kelly? by Elandir
Dratsville by Greanstalk
Eavesdropper by Kevin Burke And Jackie Daly
Farewell To Connacht by Na Fili
Fiddler's Fancy by Tommy Peoples
Foinn Seisiun 1 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
Gogarty's Music II: A Decade On by Various Artists
Heat Of The Moment by Pierre Schryer And Ian Clark
Humours Of Lissadell by Seamus And Manus McGuire
I Can Hear You Smiling by Josephine Marsh Band
In The Heather by Various Artists
Irish Accordion Masters by Joe Derrane And Jerry O'Brien
Irish Dance Time by Jackie Roche And His Irish Dance Band
Irish Dances by Various Artists
Irish Traditional Music (on Uilleann Pipes, Hammered Dulcimer, Fiddle, Flute And Whistle) by Various Artists
Irish Traditional Music Of County Clare by Bernard O'Sullivan And Tommy McMahon
Irlande by Frankie Gavin, Arty Mc Glynn And Aidan Coffey
John McCusker by John McCusker
Kitty Hayes Remembered by Kitty Hayes
Kitty Lie Over by Mick O'Brien And Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh
Lifescapes Celtic Fiddle by Various Artists
Live At The Crane by Dusty Banjos
Live At Trinity Hall by Trinity Hall Session Players
Music From Co.Leitrim by Packie Duignan And Seamus Horan
Music From Sliabh Luachra by Denis Murphy
My Love Is In America by Shaskeen
On Oiche Go Maidin by O'aces
One by Murphy Roche Irish Music Club
Past Masters Of Irish Dance Music by Various Artists
Pigtown Fling by Randal Bays And Joel Bernstein
Reel Irish by Kasír
Rossinver Braes by Ben Lennon And Tony O'Connell
Senex Puer by Lá Lugh
Seoltai Seidte (Setting Sail) by Various Artists
Set Dances Of Ireland: Music For Listening And Dancing by Various Artists
Sharon Shannon by Sharon Shannon
Skin And Bow by Declan Folan And Junior Davey
Slowplay Jigs, Reels And Hornpipes by Jeffrey Hillgrove
Tear The House Down by The Fables
The Art Of Traditional Fiddle Playing by Matt Cranitch
The Best Of Frankie Gavin by Frankie Gavin
The Blue Bottle by InisFail
The Blue CD by Irish Session Tunes
The Coming Of Spring by Eitre
The Crooked Rose by Stockton's Wing
The Curlew by Cliff Moses
The Frost Is All Over by Paul McGrattan
The Michael Sexton Ceili Band by The Michael Sexton Ceili Band
The Professor by James Morrison
The Quiet Glen by Tommy Peoples
The Sound Of Coleman Country by Various Artists
The Stone In The Field by Tommy Reck
They'll Be Good Yet by Kitty Hayes And Peter Laban
Traditional Irish Music by William Sullivan
Tree by Gaelic Storm
Tripping Down The Stairs by Spiral Seisiún
Up At The Crack Of Noon by Ciúnas
Whirlwind by Brian Hughes

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

This is one of my favorites,not to slow not to fast.

# Posted on January 20th 2003 by Ryan

Rose and the Heater

# Posted on March 6th 2003 by gian marco

Gian Marco, they don't actually call it the Rose and the Heater, do they? Tell me that's a typo... Rose + Heater = dead rose...

# Posted on March 6th 2003 by Zina Lee

Zina, I haven't the original album of Packie Duignan, I have the mp3 files. I have found the title with "AND" in CDDB (www.gracenote.com).

# Posted on March 6th 2003 by gian marco

Heather!

Zina, I just realized that the problem in not "in" or "and", but "Heater"!
Of course is a typo. The rose is in (or and) the HeatHer.

# Posted on March 6th 2003 by gian marco

Rose in the Heather

Well done Ryan - my favourite setting of this jig. It's amazing how this great tune can be spoilt by playing both the first and fifth bar as "F3 EFE" which many session musicians tend to do.

# Posted on March 6th 2003 by Bannerman

# Posted on March 7th 2003 by Zina Lee

Rose in the Heather

The reason the 1st & 5th bar this tune is often played "F3 EFE" is that 2 octave instruments (ie whistle & pipes) have trouble with the low B.

I humbly suggest that if you hear a tune being massacred, its most likely due to the players vs. the setting.

# Posted on March 10th 2003 by Steve Barnes

This tune seems to bear remarkable similarities to the 'Rights of Man'?

# Posted on July 29th 2007 by P-K

?

The two tunes don't share the same key or timing.

# Posted on July 29th 2007 by slainte

Sorry- please ignore my comment. Confusing two adjacent midis on my player! (this is getting serious)

# Posted on July 30th 2007 by P-K

My version is slightly different from the ones copied from Norbeck's tune collection:

K: Dmaj
FAF EFE|DFA BAF|ABd ede|fdB AFE|
~F3 ~E3|DFA BAF|AdB AFE|1 FDD D2E:|2 FDD D2e||
fdB ABd|faa afd|~g3 fed|Bee efg|
fdB ABd|f2a afa|bag fge|1 fdc d2e:|2 fdc d2A||

# Posted on August 4th 2007 by slainte

My transcription from:
http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_231_2_ruairi_mc_gorman_in_the_senior_fiddle_competition/

DEF EDB,|DFA BAF|AB/c/d e2g|fdB AFE|
F3 ~E3|DFA ~B3|B/c/dB AFE|FDD D2E|
FAF EDB,|DFA ~B3|AB/c/d e2g|fdB AFE|
FF/F/F EE/E/E|DFA ~B3|BdB AFE|FDD D2e||
fdB AB/c/d|faa afd|g3 fed|Bcd e2g|
fdB AB/c/d|faa ~a3|bag fae|fdd d2e|
fAA eAA|dfa afd|~g3 fed|Bcd e2g|
fdB AB/c/d|faa ~a3|bag fge|fdB AFE||

# Posted on November 17th 2007 by Pere

Help with a tune

Hi all. I have been trying to get 'Rose in the Heather' for awhile now and I'm still having a bit of trouble with it. I'm still in a stage where I need both sheet music and to listen to a tune before I can start getting it down. I have a feeling I have a different sheet music version than the sound sample I'm using. Can anyone point me to the sheet music for the version seen in the following video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HOFtWwRoC0&feature=related

thanks in advance!

# Posted on August 1st 2008 by jasten

That's very similar to the version I transcribed above. Not exactly the same though.

# Posted on August 2nd 2008 by slainte

rose in the heather

Just wonderin what the possible not to substitute for the 6th note in this song. It can't be played on tin whistle??? SOund

# Posted on October 9th 2008 by deisendoolin

Re: rose in the heather

Have you tried the flute/whistle-friendly settings in the "Comments" tab for this tune?

# Posted on October 9th 2008 by browndog

Re: rose in the heather

~F EFE DFA BAF

# Posted on October 9th 2008 by Whiddler

"An Rós sa bhFraoch" / "The Rose in the Heather"

"Tutor for the Feadóg Stáin"
Micheál Ó hAlmhain & Séamus MacMathúna
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, 1971

Sadly, this lovely little tutor, and "Ag Deanamh Ceoil: A Selection of 52 Tunes" (stage 2), is no longer available, or so I understand it.

This was the first jig taught, page 14

# Posted on October 9th 2008 by ceolachan

Re: rose in the heather

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/447/comments

# Posted on October 9th 2008 by ceolachan

"Tutor for the Feadóg Stáin"

I didn't realise that the Rose in the Heather was in this Tutor. As far as its availability is concerned though, the last time I was in Monkstown there was a pile of these tutors stacked up in a corner of the shop. Anyone interested should give Comhaltas a ring on 01 280 0295 as I understand they're now doing sales over the phone for Visa or Laser payments.

The version shown here by 'c' is the one I first learnt - there was a lovely rendition of it on the Stockton's Wing CD, "The Crooked Rose". However, I found the one with the low B in the Tommy Peoples tunebook and I think it's nice to mix the two different tune settings for variation purposes.

# Posted on October 10th 2008 by Bannerman