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The Wedding

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on January 28th 2002 by Kerri Brown.

This tune has been added to 410 tunebooks.

Also known as MacLeod's Farewell, Madonna's, McClouds Farewell, McLeod's Farewell, The Wedding .

Recordings of a tune by this name:

40th Anniversary Album by Armagh Pipers Club
A Cape Breton Piper by Barry Shears
A Day Like Today by Emily Smith
Altan's Finest by Altan
Capercaillie Live! by Capercaillie
Celtic Reign by Celtic Reign
Debateable Lands by Kathryn Tickell Band
Fiddle Sticks, Irish Traditional Music From Donegal by Various Artists
In The Time Of by Edel Sullivan
Lá Lugh by Lá Lugh
Lose The Head by Garry Shannon
Luí Na Gréine by Seosamh Mac Grianna (Joe Mhicí Jimí)
Music In The Glen by Kennedy's Kitchen
Musical Delights From Ireland by Comhaltas Tour Group 1998
Out Of The Blue by Alan Kelly
Pass It Down by Matt Pepin
Relative Minors by Qristina And Quinn Bachand
Reprise by Paddy Glackin And Micheal O Domhnaill
Sidewaulk by Capercaillie
Southerly Breeze by Various Artists
The Fiddle Music Of Donegal - Volume Three by Various Artists
The First Ten Years: 1986 - 1995 by Altan
The Luck Penny by Seamus Bugler
The Merry Sisters Of Fate by Lunasa
The Palomino Waltz by Phil Cunningham
The Red Crow by Altan
The Story So Far... by Lunasa
Traditional Fiddle Music From Donegal by Frank Cassidy
Year Of The Dog by Culann's Hounds
Yeh, That's All It Is by James Carty

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

X: 1
T: Wedding, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
DE|F2BF AFEF| D2 DE FABd|e2 fd efdB| ABde dBAG|
F2BF AFEF| D2 DE FABd|e2fd efdB|1 ABde d2:|2 ABde d3 ||
B|A3 f edfd| A3 f edfd| ABdA BdAB| dBAF E2 DE|
F2BF AFEF| D2DE FABd| e2fd efdB|1 ABde d3:|2 ABde d2||

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Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

The miracle of the internet.

This is my new favorite tune. I heard it at a session in toronto, picked it out on the mandolin when I got home, then completely forgot it. All I had retained was the first two notes and the third bar of the B part, so I emailed a friend with just that, he figured out what tune it was, and I found one extremely poorly notated version at JC's ABC site. I've tidied it up so it resembles the version we play at our session (might be a few liberties taken with the last couple notes of each part...). This should lilt like crazy and be an absolute joy to play when I actually learn it...

# Posted on January 28th 2002 by Kerri Brown

Hey, thats a lovely tune but as far as i know its not an altan one although there is a few album’s that i dont have. in the red crow theres a wedding jig, but not a wedding reel.
and for the record, it was played here in west donegal years ago at weddings.
nevertheless, its a good one !
Martin.

# Posted on January 28th 2002 by martin t

I had nothing to do with the album link thingy... that seems to be automatic. I've never heard this tune outside the session. thanks for the history.

# Posted on January 29th 2002 by Kerri Brown

Kerri, this setting is essentially what's played on Lunasa's latest CD, The Merry Sisters of Fate. Of course, they gussy it up a bit with well-placed triplets and fine guitar work behind it, but your setting is so close that I'm guessing whoever brought it to your session learned it from the CD.

# Posted on April 15th 2002 by will harmon

The wedding reel

I couldn't find this tune on my Altan's Finest CD. Is it there as a different name? There is a wedding jig on that album which is quite nice. Once I figure out how to use ABC, I'll submit it.

# Posted on August 20th 2002 by buyseps

Recordings

I've updated the "recordings" list to make it clear that it is automatically generated.

It now reads: "Recordings of a tune by this name".

The recordings list simply matches the names of tunes in the tunes section to the names of tunes in the recordings section.

Because many tunes share the same name (and many names share the same tune), it won't always be correct but it's the best I can offer.

# Posted on August 20th 2002 by Jeremy

Kerri, thanks heaps, I've been looking for this tune for ages and untill now haven't had any luck finding it. It's is a great tune.
Alyssia

# Posted on November 17th 2002 by fiddlefeet

Wedding Reel/MacLeod's Farewell

Recently at a session I got the understanding that The Wedding Reel (as recorded by Lunasa) was incorrectly labelled on their CD and it should have been MacLeod's Farewell (written by Donald Shaw). A friend is recording this tune, i.e. "The Wedding Reel", and wants to get the credits right. Can anyone clear this up for me? Cheers.
Ian

# Posted on September 7th 2004 by ian clark

Wedding reel/macleods farewell

yup, you're totally right Ian. He was well miffed that they got it wrong .Rapped them on the knuckles for it apparently! I've heard they've got a bit of reputation for getting names wrong. Theres another tune that they've put on an album and they said iain macdonald, piper from glenuig wrote it, and he didnt.

# Posted on November 14th 2004 by RacH

They are guilty for least two or three more serious mistakes in tune identificaion, mostly misnaming recent compositions of someone else.

# Posted on November 14th 2004 by slainte

Lunasa setting

Here's a transcription of what Sean Smyth plays the first time through on Merry Sisters of Fate.

X: 1
T: MacLeod's Farewell
T: Wedding Reel, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
D: Merry Sisters of Fate, Lunasa
C: Donald Shaw
K: D
DE|E-FBF AFEF|D/D/D DE FABd|eefd efed|ABeB dBAG|
E-F2 B AFEF|D/D/D DE FABd|eefd efdB|ABde dDDE|
FDBF AFEF|E/E/D DE FABd|eefd efed|B4 dBAG|
E-F2 B AFEF|D/D/D DE FABd|eefd efdB|ABde dABd||
A3f edfd|B/B/A Af edfd|ABdA BdAB|dBAF EDB,D|
EFBF AFEF|E/E/D DE FABd|eefd efdB|ABde d~B3|
A3f edfd|B/B/A Af edfd|ABdA BdAB|dBAF EDB,D|
E-FBF AFEF|E/E/D DE FABd|eefd efdB|ABde dDDE||

For the B4 in the A part, Sean sometimes substitutes: |~B3e dBAG|

# Posted on May 11th 2006 by will harmon

Fab tune! Heard it this weekend at the Fleadh in Letterkenny, that little riff in the second part is immense

# Posted on August 29th 2006 by RoisinB

MacLeod's Farewell

On 'Sidewaulk' it sounds like Capercaillie play the tune in E instead of D? Has anybody heard it or played it in E?

# Posted on October 7th 2006 by malcombpiper

Not Pipe or Flute Friendly

According to the Lunasa book, it was written in E and they took it down a whole step to be easier for Pipes and Flute. They also called it bey the wrong title.

# Posted on October 7th 2006 by Unseen122

Original Key

So it was in E. I figured Sean Smyth would have played it in D for the sake of pipes and flute.

Here's how my ear tells me the tune goes in E as played by Capercaillie on 'Sidewaulk' (thanks to Amazing Slow Downer).

# Posted on October 7th 2006 by malcombpiper

"The Wedding Reel" ~ another rescued duplication, small differences

The Wedding Reel
Key signature: D Major
Submitted on July 7th 2008 by twentiethcenturyfox.
~ /tunes/display/8688

The wedding reel

I submitted this tune and wanted to call it "the wedding reel", NOT "the wedding"! Nonetheless this is a fantastic tune and its the first one i've ever submitted! It sounds mean on a fiddle! This is the first reel i ever learned on the fiddle! :-)

# Posted on July 7th 2008 by twentiethcenturyfox

# Posted on July 7th 2008 by ceolachan

Macleod's farewell

Ive been trying for a while now to put some ornaments to this tune and i cant figure any out...any help anyone?

# Posted on August 9th 2008 by Justin B