The Humours Of Whiskey

slip jig

Key signature: Bminor

Submitted on May 25th 2001 by Jeremy.

This tune has been added to 224 tunebooks.

Also known as Humors Of Whiskey, The Humors Of Whiskey, Humors Of Whisky, The Humors Of Whisky, Humours Of Whiskey, Humours Of Whisky, The Humours Of Whisky, Phuktiphanno.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Dance Visit To Ireland by McCusker Brothers Ceilidhe Band
• Altan by Altan
• Angels Are Free by Doolin'
• Another Sky by Altan
• Aontas by Aontas
• At The Source by Celtic Spring
• Beltaine: Celtic Harp by Jennifer Van Der Harten
• Celtic Dream by Oisin
• Cuckanandy by Moving Cloud
• Dear Old Erin's Isle: Irish Traditional Music From America by Various Artists
• Driven by Donall Donnelly And Brian Hanlon
• Fainne An Lae : Daybreak by Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh
• Folk Dance Music Of Ireland by Johnny Powell And His Band
• Folk Music And Dances Of Ireland by Various Artists
• Heat Of The Moment by Pierre Schryer And Ian Clark
• Irish Women Musicians Of America by Cherish The Ladies
• Isn't Anyone Going To Stop Them? by The Magic Square
• Navvy On The Shore by Danny Meehan
• Near And Far by Calasaig
• Oisin by Oisin
• Passage by The Tannahill Weavers
• Pride Of New York by Joanie Madden, Brian Conway, Billy McComiskey And Brendan Dolan
• Shaskeen Irish Pub Session by Shaskeen
• Solas by Solas
• Standing Stones by The Crossing
• Storm The Kettle by Eamonn Dillon
• Take The Bull By The Horns by Tom Doherty
• The Bunch Of Keys by Jason O'Rourke
• The Chieftains 2 by The Chieftains
• The Far Set by Michael Clarkson And Gerry Jones
• The First Harvest by Iain MacDonald And Iain MacFarlane
• The Great Bear Trio by The Great Bear Trio
• The Morning After by Beneche
• The Mouse Behind The Dresser by Shaskeen
• The Road To Riley by Riley School Of Irish Music
• The Rolling Wave by Cian
• The Tain by Horslips
• The Twentieth Anniversary Collection by Various Artists
• The World Pipe Band Championships 2006 by Various Artists
• Toss The Feathers by Mountain Dew
• Traditional Irish Music On Flute And Guitar by Jack And Jimmy Coen

X: 1
T: Humours Of Whiskey, The
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Bmin
|:"G"gfe "Bm"fBB fBB|"G"gfe "Bm"fBB "A"fga|"G"gfe "Bm"fBB "G"efg| "A"agf efd cBA:|
K:Dmaj
|:"D"d2e fdf "A"ecA|"D"d2e fed "G"gfe|"D"d2e fdf "G"efg| "A"agf efd cBA:|

There's some tricky fingering involved in playing this tune. Again, I recommend starting off playing the tune very slowly and gradually increasing the speed once the fingering is memorised.

I don't think this tune requires any fancy ornamentation to sound good. In fact, it can be a nice touch to leave out some notes e.g. playing GE instead of GFE at the very start or FB instead of FBB.

I've included guitar chords here just to offer a few ideas. Slip jigs can be difficult to accompany because of their unusual rhythm.

# Posted on June 2nd 2001 by Jeremy

Tom Cussen plays this slip jig together with another slip jig called
The Cock and the Hen. He starts with the Cock, then switches into the Humours and then back into the Cock. Very nice change of key !
Jef

# Posted on June 7th 2001 by Jef Perroy

The Cock and the Hen

That's a nice little set.

I know the "Cock And The Hen" as "Ryan's" which I play in Bminor. However, I've heard Lunasa do it in F#minor.

I'd be interested in knowing which key Tom Cussen plays it in.

# Posted on June 7th 2001 by Jeremy

We play this as well, starting with Foxhunters, into Humors, and then ending with Dennis Ryan's (F#minor). We keep humors simple, it sounds great on dulcimer, and sets up Ryan's as haunting and slightly creepy.

# Posted on October 17th 2002 by Trinil

I also play the "Cock and the Hen" (in F#m) after this one, not realising that many other people also naturally choose to put them together. An A dorian slip jig like "The Peacock Followed The Hen" sounds good before Humours so that you get a change of key and it "lifts" up a step.

# Posted on December 5th 2002 by Dow

Key change

Interesting suggestion. I'll have to try that - we're not perfectly happy with Foxhunter's where it is.

# Posted on December 6th 2002 by Trinil

Found on one of Altan's earlier recordings

James Kelly also recorded it in his "Traditional Irish Music" CD.

# Posted on April 29th 2003 by pchaffee

I play it in the scale of G (or whichever other scale that has one sharp in the key signature), and a little differently. Quite frankly, this variation sounds better.

# Posted on May 3rd 2005 by firelad

"The Humours Of Whiskey" ~ all in the family ~

"The Humours Of Whiskey"
Key signature: E Dorian
Submitted on July 20th 2001 by martin t.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/204

"The Humours Of Whiskey"
Key signature: e minor
Submitted on October 10th 2002 by gian marco.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1023

"The Humours Of Whiskey"
Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on December 20th 2004 by hetty.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3999

# Posted on May 10th 2007 by ceolachan

The Tannahill Weavers album, "Passage" has this listed as "Phuktiphanno". I always thought it was a strange name, until I took the time to sound it out one day.

# Posted on September 19th 2007 by MartySmith

Sounds much like the 'minor slip'

# Posted on February 27th 2008 by DonallDubh

Another version

here's a slightly different version from Conor Keane's playing:

K: Bmin
|:gfe fBB fBB|gfe fBB fga|gfe fBB fga|agf efd cde:|
K:Dmaj
|:d2e faf ecA|d2e faf gec|d2e faf efg|1 agf efd cde:|2 agf efd cBA|

# Posted on June 27th 2008 by dogbox