The Mystery

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on March 24th 2007 by MTGuru.

This tune has been added to 26 tunebooks.

Also known as Mystery, The Mystery .

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Fierce Traditional by Frankie Gavin
• Land's End by Michael Rooney And June McCormack
• Shane Cook by Shane Cook
• The Home Ruler by Catherine McEvoy

X: 1
T: Mystery, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
egdB ~A3B|~G3B A2 (3Bcd|e2dB ~A3B|GEDE GA (3Bcd|
egdB ~A3B|~G3B A2 (3Bcd|e2dB AcBA|GEDE GBdc|]
BG~G2 GEDG|BGAB GEDG|EAAG AEGA|(3Bcd ed gedc|
BG~G2 GEDG|BGAB GEDG|EAAG AEGA|(3Bcd ed gedB|]
~G3E DEGB|dBGB AE~E2|GAGE DEGF|GBdB (3ABA G2|
~G3E DEGB|dBGB AE~E2|GFGE DEGF|GBdB (3ABA G2|]
gede g2ag|egde ge~e2|gede g2ag|egde ~g3a|
gede g2ag|egde ge~e2|~g3e a2ba|geeg b2ag|]

The Mystery Reel

Transcribed from the playing of Michael McGoldrick and friends in this YouTube clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_nc4-xxdMA

See this discussion thread for more information:
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/13106

Jamie wrote:
The Mystery Reel - From the sleeve notes (of Frankie Gavin, "Fierce Traditional"):
"This tune I would like to think I wrote myself! Sadly, not the case. It has baffled the 'experts' as to its origin, but it is the type of tune Eddie Maloney would have played as my good friend Joe Burke pointed out to me."

# Posted on March 24th 2007 by MTGuru

The Mystery Reel

Here's the Frankie Gavin setting (first time through), which is slightly different:

X:1
T:Mystery Reel, The
R:Reel
S:Frankie Gavin: Fierce Traditional, Track 7
Z:MTGuru for thesession.org
M:C|
K:G
gf|e2dB ~A3B|~G3B A2 (3Bcd|e2dB A2BA|GE~E2 G2 (3Bcd|
eBdB ~A3B|~G3B A2 (3Bcd|e2dB A2BA|GE~E2 GBDE|]
BG~G2 BGdG|BGGA GEDB|EAAG BABd|gbag gedc|
BG~G2 BGdG|BGGA GEDB|EAAG BABd|gbag gedB|]
(3GAB GE DEGB|dGBG AE~E2|~G3E DEGD|GBdB ~A3B|
~G3E DEGB|d2BG AE~E2|~G3E DEGD|GBdB A2G2|]
gede g2ag|(3ege de ge~e2|gede gbag|egde g2gg|
g2de g2ag|(3ege de ge~e2|~g3a ~a2ba|geee (3gab ag|]

# Posted on March 24th 2007 by MTGuru

Fiddle in vid clip slightly different in the B-part, maybe along the lines of:

BGGF GEDE|GABd dBGB|(3ABA GB AGED|1 (3Bcd ef gedc:|2 (3Bcd ef gedB||

# Posted on March 26th 2007 by Dow

Fiddle / Flute B Part

You're right, Dow. There are several different lines going there, and I guess I was following mostly the flute. Slowed down to one-quarter speed, here's what I hear:

Fiddle:
BG{A}GF GEDE|GABd {e}dBGG|BA (3GGG AEED|1 (3B^cd ed {ga}gedc:|2 (3B^cd ed {ga}ggdB|

Flute:
B~G3 AGDG|BGAB GEDG|EA{c}AG AzGA|1 (3B^cd ed gedz|2 (3B^cd ed gedB|

Of course, that could be wrong, too.

# Posted on March 26th 2007 by MTGuru