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Jackie Coleman's

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on May 25th 2001 by Jeremy.

This tune has been added to 185 tunebooks.

Also known as Farmer Moroney's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Across The Pond by Kevin Griffin, Roger Burridge And Others
ALive by Kúla
At The Feis by John Doonan
Bean Chairdin by Dympna O'Sullivan
Between The Sets by Barefield Ceili Band
But Why, Johnny? by John Halloran
Celtic Dream by Oisin
Claddagh Ring by The Tulla Ceili Band
Come To Dance: A Celtic Tradition by John Whelan
Duchas Ceoil “Dance Of The Honeybee” by The Lennon Family
Festival Of Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
Foinn Seisiun 1 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
Glass Of Beer by Greenhouse
Irish Fiddle Player by Jimmy Power
Irish Traditional Accordion Session With Four Champions by Joe Burke, Kevin Loughlin, Finbarr Dwyer And John Whelan
Irish Traditional Music Of County Clare by Bernard O'Sullivan And Tommy McMahon
Kids In A Candy Store by Rick May And Gil Yslas
Learning Irish Fiddle by Paul McNevin
Live At Trinity Hall by Trinity Hall Session Players
Looking For The Early Opener by Dana Lyn
Melodeon by John Gannon
Memories From The Holla by Peter Carberry, Angelina Carberry And John Blake
Mirth-Making Heroes by At The Racket
Music At Matt Molloy's by Matt Molloy
Music From Co.Leitrim by Packie Duignan And Seamus Horan
Oilean by Siamsa Tire
On The Fly by Patrick Street
Party Acadien by Eddy Arsenault Et Famille, Anastasia DesRoches, Louise Arsenault
Remember Des Donnelly by Des Donnelly
Reunion Concert: Fleadh Nua 2001 by All-Ireland Céilí Band Champions
Seamus Tansey With Eddie Corcoran by Seamus Tansey
Set On Stone by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
Songs, Jigs, Reels by Glenside And Kilfenora Ceili Bands
Sunday After Mass by Denis O Connor And Con Moynihan
The Boys From The Blue Hill by Vinnie Kilduff
The Coming Of Spring by Cliff Moses
The Gallowglass Ceili Band by The Gallowglass Ceili Band
The Killaville Sessions by Ceoltoiri Coleman
The McDonaghs Of Ballinafad And Friends by Larry And Michael Joe McDonagh
The Traditional Music Of Ireland by Seamus Egan
The Very Best Of Sean McGuire by Sean Maguire
Tony McManus by Tony McManus
Traditional Music From Cape Breton by Various Artists
Trasna Ceilidh Band by Trasna Ceilidh Band
True...Never Been Known To Lie by Knot Fibb'n
Twos And Threes by Murphy Roche Irish Music Club

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

The first part of this tune involves arpeggios of D and Eminor chords.

Playing the Eminor phrase might be a bit tricky at first but it's worth perfecting it because this little phrase crops up in a lot reels. If you're playing it on the fiddle, try holding down the E and the B with one finger or at least keep E and B held down for the duration of the phrase, even when you're playing the D note.

# Posted on June 2nd 2001 by Jeremy

re jackie colemans reel

i am a grandaughter of jackie coleman RIP he died in december of 2001 unfortunately there is no recent recording of the reel and the original is the one played by seamus tansey also from gurteen. grandad could never actually write down his music he always did it by air and thats why he gave it to seamus tansey to record there is only a few amateur tapes hanging around of grandad playing it but you would get more information in the coleman memorial center in gurteen co. sligo.

# Posted on March 25th 2003 by mary marren

Wow, cool, Mary, any chance of those tapes getting put onto cds? Is there a website for the memorial center?

# Posted on March 25th 2003 by Zina Lee

I am of Coleman blood myself, so I have always wondered who Jackie Coleman his. I only know of him in relation to this tune.

# Posted on March 13th 2004 by Paddy

Jackie Coleman’s banjo fingering

Hello.
I have been practicing this tune on my tenor banjo, but I find it difficult to finger the |g2gf gbag|faeg fdd2:| of the B part.
I know there are some phrases which can not be played easily by some instruments while it is not so by the other instruments, but I would like to ask you what you do when you encounter this kind of phrases., especially for tenor banjo as the position change doesn’t seem to be helpful on this instrument.
By the way, what I have been doing for the above phrase is to modify the phrase to |g2 (3ggg gbag|faeg fdd2| putting my index finger to play “g” of the first bar, and slide the finger down to “f” for the phrasing of the second bar.

# Posted on January 28th 2005 by lowdens

This is the Jackie Colemans on "Music at Matt Molloy's". This is nice in a set followed by the mountain road.

# Posted on July 4th 2006 by Celtic1234

Jackie Coleman Set

John Carty plays this reel on banjo on his "The Cat that Ate the Candle" CD with Brian McGrath on piano. The other reel in the set is the one Hammy Hamilton recorded with another fluter Paul McGrattan as "Over the Bog Road": http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2026 Not sure if that's also another tune penned by J. Coleman.

# Posted on July 5th 2006 by slainte

jackie Coleman's Reel Chords

Does any one have the chords for Jackie Colemans Reel?

Thanks!

Matt

# Posted on January 8th 2008 by tinwhistler10

Re: jackie Coleman's Reel Chords

I would probably play something like this:

A part:
D | D | Em | A | D | D | Em | A D

B part:
D | D | A | A | D | D | G | A D

There may be some interesting places to throw some G's and maybe some Bm or F#m chords, which I would do extemporaneously and intermittently, depending on how much I have been drinking.

# Posted on January 8th 2008 by crazy_fingerz

Re: jackie Coleman's Reel Chords

Here's a link to our humble little site with lots of tunes. I think they all have chords:
home.comcast.net/~saustin98/lark

Jackie Coleman's is on there. They're very much like Crazy_Fingers. And he's right. Those are just basic chords to get you through. Experiment and have fun!

# Posted on January 8th 2008 by Steve Austin

Re: jackie Coleman's Reel Chords

Steve, that's just spooky...

# Posted on January 8th 2008 by crazy_fingerz

Re: jackie Coleman's Reel Chords

Great stuff steve. I approve, from a cursory look the chords seem accurate and simple, a great resource.
I dont think its spooky at all, A tune has a chord pattern within the melody. Its that simple.

# Posted on January 8th 2008 by jig

Jackie Coleman's reel's strangeness

I don't know why this tune looks strange to me... I'm probably wrong but... wouldn't it make more sense like this?

F2 AF BFAF|E2 BE dEBE|ABde fedB|AFFF EFDE|
F2 AF BFAF|E2 BE dEBE|ABde fd d2|1AFFF EFDE:|2fddc dfag||
fddc dfaf|eA A2 eAfA|eA A2 efge|fddc dfag
fddc dfaf|g2 gf gbag|faeg fd d2|1fddc dfag:|2AFFF EFDE||

# Posted on February 8th 2008 by Pere