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Kiley's

reel

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on March 8th 2007 by dafydd.

This tune has been added to 3 tunebooks.

Also known as Hang Fire, Hangfire.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Kiley's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
|:Aceg agfe|dcBA GB (3BBB|(3BBB GB EBGB|cBAc BAGB|
Aceg agfe|dcBA GB (3BBB|(3BBB GB EBGB|1cBAG AdcB:|2cBAG ABcd||
|:(3eee ef ecAc|df (3fff f2 af|e2 ef ecAc|BABc (3BBB cd|
(3eee ef ecAc|df (3fff f2 af|eagf edcB|1AECB, A,Bcd:|2AECB, A,2 cB||

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Kiley's sheetmusic
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From one of my old manuscript books.Sorry ceolachan,I have no idea where it came from.

# Posted on March 8th 2007 by dafydd

;-) ~ It came from one of your old manuscript books ~ like magic, there it was...in elvish script...

# Posted on March 10th 2007 by ceolachan

Neighbours was so much better back in the day. I didn't know she wrote tunes as well as bubble gum pop.

# Posted on March 10th 2007 by Dow

What I'd really like to know is Kiley's what?

# Posted on March 10th 2007 by ceolachan

"Kiley's Reel" / "Hang Fire"

This one is in "Ryan's Mammoth Collection" and "Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes" as well as in the repertoire of Don Messer, Canadian fiddler extrordinair, and consequently in the fiddling traditions of the Canadian Maritimes... It is also in volume 2 of "Kerr's Merry Melodies"... It seems to get the 2/4 treatment in the older transcriptions, which is far too dense and dark for my tastes... 8-)

# Posted on March 10th 2007 by ceolachan

"Hang Fire" / "Kiley's Reel" ~ a 'sand jig'

R: sand jig
K: A Major
|: EG |
A2 ce agfe | dcBA GB E2 | B2 GB zG B2 | zcBA GB E2 |
A/A/A c/d/e a2 g/f/e | dcBA GBzE | B2 GB zG B2 | A2 c2 A2 :|
|: A/B/c/d/ |
e2 ce zc e2 | f2 df zd f2 | e2 ce zc e2 | B2 GB zG B2 |
e/f/e ce zA ce | f/g/f df zA df | agae fdBG | A2 c2 A2 :|

# Posted on March 10th 2007 by ceolachan

"Kiley's Reel" ~ Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883

The following has been 'altered' from 2/4 to 4/4 ~

R:Reel
K: A Major
|: E2 |
Aceg agfe | dcBA GB E2 | B2 GB EG B2 | cBAc BAGB |
Aceg agfe | dcBA GB E2 | B2 GB EG B2 | BAGB A2 :|
|: E2 |
e2 ce e2 ce | f2 df f2 df | e2 ce e2 ce | B2 GB B2 GB |
e2 ce e2 ce | f2 df f2 df | Aceg agaf | edcB A2 :|

# Posted on March 10th 2007 by ceolachan

"Hang Fire" ~ courtesy of "The Fiddler's Companion"

"The Fiddler's Companion" ~ Andrew Kuntz
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/index.html
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/HAA_HAP.htm

"‘Hang fire’ means ‘hold your fire,’ or ‘wait a minute’. Labelled a "jig" in Ryan's / Cole's, meaning a type of old time banjo tune rather than the traditional Irish 6/8 jig; Kerr calls it a clog dance."

"Ryan’s Mammoth Collection", 1883; page 118
"Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes", 1940 ~ page 85
"Kerr's Merry Melodies, Volume 2" ~ page 40, # 364

# Posted on March 10th 2007 by ceolachan

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