Key signature: Adorian
Submitted on January 8th 2006 by slainte.
This tune has been added to 18 tunebooks.
Also known as Cloonagroe, Sandy Carty's.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Cloonagroe, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ador
e2dB GABd|e2ed eaag|e2dB DEGA|1 BcBA GEEg:|2 BcBA GED2||
e3f g2eg|a2ba gedg|edef g2eg|aged BGBd|
edef g2eg|a2ba gede|gabg agea|gedB Aaag||
The Cloonagroe Reel
I learned this simple yet mighty tune from Martin Hayes's second solo album. I actually don't like his interpretation of it, especially the overuse of long notes as in other reels, and so varied the melody a little to suit my fancy.
# Posted on January 8th 2006 by slainte
The Cloonagroe Reel
Nice tune this - thanks - it seems to hang together quite nicely.
# Posted on January 9th 2006 by Llanman
The Cloonagroe Reel
Mary MacNamara recorded a bit different version of this reel as Sandy Carty's. The sleeve notes inform that its source can be traced back to Martin Rochford. I suspect M. Hayes learned this from him.
# Posted on September 20th 2006 by slainte
Cloonagroe
Rochford played a three part version that was different from Hayes'. A notation (by Sean Reid) that comes close is in Ceol Rinnce vol 4, nr 199 I recorded him playing it different again
# Posted on September 20th 2006 by kilfarboy
Is his version in this key? Mary MacNamara acutally recorded it with a note down.
# Posted on September 20th 2006 by slainte
The version in CRE4 is the same key but I have heard Martin play this (and other tunes) in different keys, sometimes he preferred wha the called 'the dark keys' i.e. starting this tune on d.
I think I have recordings of it in two keys. Also the way he played tunes on the pipes was sometimes in different keys from his fiddleplaying.
Mary Mac walks up and down through keys as well so how a tune ends up on a record doesn't really mean it is set in stone.
# Posted on September 20th 2006 by kilfarboy