The Coast Of Austria

reel

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on May 20th 2002 by Brendan.

This tune has been added to 55 tunebooks.

Also known as Coast Of Austria.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Ceol Agus Foinn : Music And Songs From The Willie Clancy Summer School by Various Artists
• Revenge Is Sweet by Molly's Revenge
• Take The Air by Sean Ryan And P. J. Moloney
• The Kathryn Tickell Band by Kathryn Tickell Band
• The Other Side by Terry Coyne
• Traditional Music From Doolin, Co. Clare by Kevin Griffin
• Unleashed by Wolfstone

X: 1
T: Coast Of Austria, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
B |:ce ~e2 fece | ~f3a eAcA | ce ~e2 fece | faag a2 ab |
"See Var #1" c'bac' bafa| ~f3e f2 af|"See Var #2" eAce ~f3 a|ecBc A2 AB:|
|:c2 Bc AF ~F2 | EcEF A2 AB| ce ~e2 fece | faag a2 ab |
c'bac' bafa| ~f3e f2 af|eAce ~f3 a|ecBc A2 AB:|
||"Var #1" c'2 c'2 bafa ||"Var #2" eAcef2 f2||

Rock Out Whistle Players

This tune was was apparently written by Sean Ryan (the whistle player) and is a particularly cool tune for the whistle. Although a simple tune overall, it goes up to the high C#, which for the whistle is pushing the enveloped but works well here i think. I've attempted to highlight two nifty variations which spice things up; the idea with the variations is that you sort of dip into the quarter notes, giving the phrase a little lift. Enjoy!

# Posted on May 20th 2002 by Brendan

Funny name, since Austria hasn't a coast at all. It's said Sean Ryan composed that tune on a boattrip after having had a few drinks. He wanted to name that tune the Coast of Australia but couldn't manage the right pronounciation anymore. So it ended up as the Coast of Austria. Nice tune, anyway!

# Posted on February 23rd 2004 by craics90

On his solo album, Kevin Griffin plays this tune in D, so he doesn't have to bother with the monster reach for C# on his 19-fret tenor banjo.

# Posted on March 21st 2005 by rh