Johnny's Wedding

reel

Key signature: Dminor

Submitted on April 28th 2006 by OsvaldoLaviosa.

This tune has been added to 31 tunebooks.

Also known as Col. McBain, Col. McBain's, Colonel McBain, Colonel McBain's, Johnnie's Wedding, Johnnies Wedding, McMullin's, Sean Frank's, The Smoky House.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• ALive by Kúla
• Altan: Live by Altan
• An Phíb by Dicky Deegan
• Angelina Carberry And Martin Quinn by Angelina Carberry And Martin Quinn
• Battle Songs Of The Toucan Pirates by Toucan Pirates
• Came The Dawn by Seamus Creagh
• Celtic Dream by Oisin
• Ceol Tire by Various Artists
• Champions Of Ireland: Harp by Various Artists
• Colin Grant by Colin Grant
• Cuig by Blackbeers
• First Flight by Gerald Trimble
• Frankie Gavin And Alec Finn by Frankie Gavin And Alec Finn
• Handprints by Donna Long
• House Party by Máire O'Keefe
• In Colour by Cara
• Land's End by Michael Rooney And June McCormack
• Mac Bones And The B Band by Mac Bones And The B Band
• Martin Hayes by Martin Hayes
• Moving Cloud by Moving Cloud
• Music On The Wind by Sean Moloney
• Suantrai by John Canny, Kevin Carey And Terence O'Reilly
• The Schoolmaster's House by Mike McHale
• The Tidy Cottage by Turlach Boylan
• The Wynd You Know by Ronan Browne
• Traditionally Yours by Winston 'Scotty' Fitzgerald
• Wooden Flute Obsession Disk 1 by Various Artists
• Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 3, Disc 2 by Various Artists
• Yours Truly by Natalie MacMaster

X: 1
T: Johnny's Wedding
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmin
DE|FDAD FDDF|ECGC ECCE|FDAD FDDF|E^CG,C D2 DE|
FDAD FDDF|ECGC ECCE|DFEG FAGB|Ad^ce d2:|
|:de|f2 e2 dcAB|cAGF ED C2|fdec d2 A^G|Ad^ce d2 de|
f2 e2 dcAB|cAGF ED C2|DFEG FAGB|Ad^ce d2:|
|:c2|d2 dc defd|cdcB AGFE|d2 dc d2 A^G|Ad^ce d2 =c2|
d2 dc defd|cdcB AGFE|DFEG FAGB|Ad^ce d2:|

Reel by Trio Vladah

I'd like to find the right title for this reel. I found it in a track list by Trio Vladah who played mainly Rom and East Europe folk music. They titled just "Reel".

# Posted on April 28th 2006 by OsvaldoLaviosa

Could be............. ?

Looks a bit like "Johnny's Wedding" to me.

# Posted on April 28th 2006 by Kenny

"Johnny's wedding" by O'Neill N.493

Thanks to Kenny I found the right title for this reel. The Dm submission just comes from my own recording by Trio Vladah, but the original version you can find in the book "O'Neill: The dance music of Ireland" at N.493 in Gm key. For traditionalist players I suggest this one.

X: 1
T: Johnny's wedding
M: C|
L: !/8
R: reel
K: Gm
GA|BGdG BGGB|AFcF AFFA|BGdG BGGB|AF (3D=E^F G2 GA|
!BGdG BGGB|AFcF AFFA|GBAc Bdce|dg^fa g2:|
!|:ga|bgag fdd=e|fdcB AFFA|bgag fddc|dg^fa g2 ga|
!bgag fdd=e|fdcB AFFA|GBAc Bdce|dg^fa g2:|

# Posted on April 29th 2006 by OsvaldoLaviosa

I often come across this tune as Colonel McBain, and it is always played in Em in Irish sessions. Jeremey posted it as Sean Frank's: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/102 I'm sure O'Neill has it in the same key. A bit of research shows the older Scottish version is in the key of Gm in the Athole collection. You can find it on this page: http://softflute.co.uk/music/abc/index.htm It's massive!

# Posted on April 30th 2006 by slainte

About Johnn's wedding, Sean Frank's, Colonel McBain

Comparing all these tunes I find great similarity mainly in A part, but in my opinion the most recognizable parts of "Johnny's wedding" stand in the latest 2 measures both of A and B.
In my own database I will consider similar (very similar indeed!) all them, but I prefer to distinguish separately "Johnny's wedding" by "Sean Frank's" and "Colonel McBain".
About O'Neill editions I confirm that in "O'Neill: The dance music of Ireland" N.493 you will find in Gm. Meanwhile I have the "O'Neill: Music fo Ireland" (revised by Miles Krassen) editon on page 99 where you can find just 1 b near violin key, but the tune sounds in Gm too.

# Posted on May 2nd 2006 by OsvaldoLaviosa

It seems to me the two tunes derived from one and the same Scots tune in Gm. But O'Neill has them as separate tunes in different keys. Mind you, keyless flute players can't play most tunes in Gm and Dm.

# Posted on May 3rd 2006 by slainte

Johnny's Wedding

I've generally played this tune in G minor but I also have a setting of the same/similar tune known as Sean frank's or Colonel McBain from Lucy Farr, in A minor.
I recently came across another version of this tune in O'Neills '1001' as 'The Smoky House'

# Posted on February 6th 2007 by Sharon the Flute

Colonel McBain, Johnny's Wedding

I also play these as separate tunes in different keys, but I play them in Edor and Gdor respectively. I don't think I realised until today that they were related, but it seems obvious to me now. Here are my settings:

X: 1
T: Colonel McBain's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Edor
F|GEBE GEEG|FDAD FDDF|GEBE GEEB|AGFG E3F|
GEBE GEEB|ABAG FDDF|~G3F GBdB|AGFG E3:|
|:F|~G3F GBdB|ABAG FDDF|Eeed efge|fedf e3d|
efed BcdB|ABAG FDDF|~G3F GBdB|AGFG E3:|

X: 1
T: Johnny's wedding
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gdor
A|BGdG BGGB|AFcF AFFA|BGdG BGGB|AGFA ~G3A|
BGdG BGGB|AFcF AFFA|GBAc Bdc_e|dg^fa ~g3:|
|:a|bgag fdde|fdcB AFFa|bgag fdd^c|dg^fa ~g3a|
bgag fdde|fdcB AFFA|GBAc Bdc_e|dg^fa ~g3:|

# Posted on February 6th 2007 by Dow

Nice settings...

# Posted on February 6th 2007 by ceolachan

"McMullin's Reel" / "Johnny's Wedding" ~ rescued duplication

Key signature: E Dorian
Submitted on April 3rd 2007 by JACKB.

X: 1
T: McMullin's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: E Dorian
|: zF |
GEBE GEEG | FDAD FDDF | GEBE GEEG | FEDF E3F |
GEBE GEEG | FDAD FDDF | EGFA GBAc | Be^df e2 :|
|: ef |
(3gfe fd edBA | BGAF GEEf | (3gfe fd edBA | Be^df e2 ef |
(3gfe fd edBA | BGAF GE E2 | EGFA GBAc | Be^df e2 :|

"I don't know much about this tune, I learnt it years ago."

# Posted on April 3rd 2007 by JACKB

# Posted on April 4th 2007 by ceolachan

Well done for saving that, 'c'.

# Posted on April 27th 2007 by Dow