The Floating Crowbar

reel

Key signature: Dmixolydian

Submitted on December 23rd 2001 by Josh Kane.

This tune has been added to 165 tunebooks.

Also known as Rathcrogan, Rathcroghan, The Rathcroghan , The Rathcroghan.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• ALive by Kúla
• But Why, Johnny? by John Halloran
• Celtic Hotel by Battlefield Band
• Continental Reel by Birkin Tree
• Farewell New England's Shores by Skip Healy
• Just Intonational Music Of Two Pipers by Adrian Jefferies And Billy McCormick
• McGlynn's Fancy by Arty McGlynn
• Music Of A Champion by Brendan McGlinchey
• My Love Is In America by Shaskeen
• Otherworld by Lunasa
• Over The Straits by Fiddlehead
• Rogha Órdha by Various Artists
• Sporting Nell by Tommy McCarthy
• The Dear Little Isle by Inishbofin Ceili Band
• The Fiddle Music Of Donegal - Volume Three by Various Artists
• The Flute Players Of Roscommon - Vol 1 by Various Artists
• The Pipes Are Calling by Peter And Noel Carberry
• The Thing Itself by Maeve Donnelly And Peadar O'Loughlin
• Traditional Flute Music In The Sligo-Roscommon Style by Catherine McEvoy With Felix Dolan

X: 1
T: Floating Crowbar, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmix
|: AD (3FED AD (3FED | AD (3FED A2GF | EG~G2 AGED |
EF{A}GF GABd |AD (3FED AD (3FED | AD (3FED G2FG |
~A3B cd{f}ed |1 cAGE D2dB :|2 cAGE D2 (3EFG ||
|: Ad{e}d^c d2 (3B^cd | ea{b}ag ef{a}ge | ~A3B AG (3EFG |
A2GF EF{A}GE |Add^c d2bd | eaag ef{a}ge |
afge d2ed |1 cAGE D2 (3EFG :|2 cAGE D2dB ||

Floating Crowbar

I believe this tune to be a composition of BRENDAN McGLINCHEY,
the great Co. Armagh fiddler. He recorded it himself on a record he made on the Belfast "Outlet" recording label sometime in the 70s.

# Posted on December 26th 2001 by Kenny

Floating Crowbar

This has also been recorded by the Battlefield Band who say that it was a popular session tune in Scotland in the 80s

# Posted on June 29th 2002 by noelbats

The Floating Crowbar

Arty McGlynn on the album "McGlynn’s Fancy" recorded the version of the tune I am trying to learn.
Before I start, I was wondering does anybody know the following, what guitar tuning he is using? Are there tabs available for this tune? Is it a hard one to master?
All help on this is appreciated, as I don't have much time to learn it.

# Posted on May 19th 2004 by tedtrad

Small error ?

I had a look at this for tedtrad. I think there's a small, but significant typo(?) here - the "b" note in the 5th bar of the 2nd part should be a "B". Otherwise, I think this is an accurate transcription. Difficult on guitar, I would think ( unless you're Arty McGlynn, of course). Incidentally, "McGlynn's Fancy" isn't in the "Recordings" section yet. Maybe someone could remedy that?

# Posted on May 19th 2004 by Kenny

Closer To The Lunasa Version

X: 1
T: Floating Crowbar, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmix
|: dB|AD D2 AD D2 | AD D2 A2GF | EG G2 AGcG |EF F2 GABd |
AD D2 AD D2 | AD D2 G2FG |A3B cded |1 cAGE D2 dB :|2 cAGE D2 (3EFG ||
|: Add^c d2 (3B^cd | eaag efga |eA A2 AG (3EFG |A3G EFGE |
Add^c d2 (3B^cd | eaag efge |afge fded |1 cAGE D2 (3EFG :|2 cAGE D2dB ||
|:AD D2 AD D2 | AD D2 A2GF | EG G2 AGcG |EF F2 cBBA |
AD D2 AD D2 | AD D2 G2FG |A3B c4 |c2 cB cBAG ||
|: Add^c d2 (3B^cd | eaag efga |eA A2 AG (3EFG |A3G EFGE |
Add^c d2 (3B^cd | eaag efge |afge fded |1 cAGE D2 (3EFG :|2 cAGE D2dB ||

# Posted on May 4th 2007 by JACKB