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The Road To Rio

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on March 4th 2002 by *weescottishfiddler*.

This tune has been added to 159 tunebooks.

Also known as Reel Of Rio, The Reel Of Rio, Road To Rio.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Few More Tunes by John Skelton
A Flying Start by Paul Moran And Fergal Scahill
A Place I Know by S�ucra
A Touch Of Clare by Kitty Hayes
Across The Black River by Kevin Burke And Cal Scott
Across The Waters - Irish Traditional Music From England by Various Artists
An Crann Carraige (Concertina Melodies From Tuamgraney, East Clare) by Martin O'Brien
Callan Bridge by Niall And Cillian Vallely
Capercaillie Live! by Capercaillie
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 2 by Matt Cunningham
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 3 CD Version by Matt Cunningham
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 4 by Matt Cunningham
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 5 by Matt Cunningham
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 7 by Matt Cunningham
Feel The Bow by Aidan Burke
Festival Of Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
From Leitrim To London by Brian Rooney
Green Fields Of America Live In Concert by Green Fields Of America
Irish Traditional Accordion Session With Four Champions by Joe Burke, Kevin Loughlin, Finbarr Dwyer And John Whelan
Live In Lisdoonvarna by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
Molly's Revenge Four by Molly's Revenge
Open Hearth by Mary And Andrew MacNamara
Part II: Fire In Our Hearts by Na Connerys
Remember Des Donnelly by Des Donnelly
Songs, Jigs, Reels by Glenside And Kilfenora Ceili Bands
Stormy Brew by Rig The Jig
The Best Of Seamus Tansey by Seamus Tansey
The First Month Of Spring by John Vesey And Paul Brady
The Humors Of Glin by Martin Mulvihill
The Master's Choice by Bobby Gardiner
The Mountain Road by Comhaltas Tour Group 1997
The Old Fireside Music by Mike And Mary Rafferty
The Pattern Dance by Men Of Worth
The Tap Session by Andrea Beaton
Traditional Irish Fiddle Music by The Kilfenora Fiddle Ceili Band
Traditional Irish Flute Music by Fintan Vallely
Traditional Irish Music From Boston by The Magic Square
Traditional Irish Music From London by John Blake, Lamond Gillespie And Mick Leahy

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What Rio?

This can't be my native city of Rio de Janeiro, can it?

# Posted on March 4th 2002 by glauber

Road to Rio

Road to Rio is a Sean Ryan composition, I believe. I'll check his book when I get home but I don't think there is any explanation for the title.

# Posted on March 4th 2002 by radriano

i learnt this (via a friend) from the superb playing of clare mcLaughlin and the sean ryan thing strikes a chord somewhere along the line!

# Posted on March 5th 2002 by *weescottishfiddler*

Capercaillie version

I know this tune from a friend who has lessons with Mike McGoldrick, who plays with capercaillie. When they do it in a brilliant set with five other tunes, they do it in the key of F, but I think G's a much more pleasant key for sessions! In their CD sleeve, Capercaillie records the tune merely as "traditional", there is no mention of a name.

# Posted on August 14th 2003 by Tize

The Reel of Rio

T:Reel of Rio, The
M:C|
L:1/8
C:Sean Ryan
S:Niall & Cillian Vallely - "callan bridge"
R:reel
D:
Z:g.m.p.
K:G
DEGA BABd|eg~g2 agef|gede gedB|cABA GE~E2|
DEGA BABd|eg~g2 agef|gede gedB|1 cABA G3E:|2 cABA G2 Bc||
dg~g2 ag~g2|bgag edBd|eBBA GABd|gedB ABGE|
DEGA BABd|eg~g2 agef|gede gedB|1 cABA G2Bc:|2 cABA G3E||

# Posted on November 29th 2003 by gian marco

The Open Hearth version

Here is Mary & Andrews version of the tune - some of you will no doubt describe it as a local variation of another tune?

# Posted on July 24th 2004 by geoffwright

The Open Hearth Version

Hi Geoff,
Thanks for sending all of your transcriptions from Open Hearth. They're great. But I noticed that the second tune in Cut 6, which the liner notes call "Reel of Bogie", is actually "Reel of Rio", transposed from G to F, with the fourths and sevenths removed to make it pentatonic. (It's definitely not a variant of the tune in O'Neill's called "Reel of Bogie".) I don't know a name for the tune you've posted here (the first tune from Cut 6 on Open Hearth), but it isn't "Reel of Rio". Can someone identify the tune Geoff posted?

Gary

# Posted on August 17th 2004 by GaryAMartin

Yes,The Reel of Rio is in fact associated with Rio De Janeiro. Sean Ryan used to send his newly composed tunes to Fr. John Quinn when he was training for the preisthood in Maynooth. Fr. Quinn thought that the off beat ryhthm of this tune reminded him of the Sambo beat and hence the name. it's true i tell ya!

# Posted on November 16th 2004 by crazycordie

Here's the Open Hearth version of Reel of Rio, transposed to G (they play it in F).

# Posted on August 29th 2006 by GaryAMartin

Rev. John Quinn...

...writing in his notes about The Naming of the Tunes in the second book of Seán Ryan's tunes, "Seán Ryan's Dream":

"From that period only one name was to stick; The Reel of Rio, and that was due in no small part to the banjo-mandolin player Noel Strange, a great friend of Seán's. Noel always loved what he used to call "psychological tunes"; those with a built in off-beat like the Killimor Jig. The off- beat effect of The Reel of Rio put me in mind of the Samba from Rio, Brazil. However it was to be pronounced 'Ryo' as in Ryan'. Noel played the tune on a broadcast on Raidió Éireann and both the name and the tune spread like wildfire through the country. However it had been pronounced 'Reeo' not 'Ryo' on Raidió Éireann."

# Posted on February 2nd 2007 by Zina Lee

Noel Strange

I used to play in the Strange-O'Reilly band. Noel Strange was my father. Can't believe I have randomly come across this posting.

Gerard Strange

# Posted on December 29th 2007 by steven strange