Key signature: Dmixolydian
Submitted on May 17th 2007 by slainte.
This tune has been added to 10 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Ragged Hank Of Yarn, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmix
D2ED EGAB|c2Bd cAGE|D2D/D/D EGAB|1 cAGE CEGE:|2 cAGE EDDc||
~d3d dcAB|cded cAGA|d2ed dcAB|cAGE EDDc|
~d3d dcA2|(3Bcd ed cAGA|d^cde fded|cAGE EDCE||
The Ragged Hank Of Yarn (reel)
There are many similar-sounding reels, but this is yet another unique variant of "Eel in the Sink": http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1446 Bobbey Casey plays it on "Paddy in the Smoke" CD, and East Galway fiddler Breda Keville recently recorded it as a tribute to the West Clare fiddler.
This transcription is basically a composite of the versions played by the two fiddlers, with some notes changed to suit my fancy. Hope nobody will complain. You can also play it a double reel.
# Posted on May 17th 2007 by slainte
Compare "The Old Man's Blackthorn Stick," another variant of "Eel in the Sink": http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5774
# Posted on May 17th 2007 by slainte
How can you have "another unique" variant ?
# Posted on May 17th 2007 by Kenny
"another mutant eel in the sink"...
# Posted on May 17th 2007 by slainte
"How can you have "another unique" variant ?"
How can a variant be anything but *unique*? If it were the same as another one, it wouldn't be a *variant*.
So, you're both wrong.
And I'm right.
# Posted on May 17th 2007 by granama
According to Alan Ng's irishtune.info site, this tune appears on McGoldrick's recent solo album "Wired," where it's misnamed as Sporting Nell.
# Posted on May 20th 2007 by slainte
"The Ragged Hank Of Yarn" ~ rescued duplication
Key signature: D Mixolydian
Submitted on July 8th 2007 by spindizzy.
~ /tunes/display/7466
X: 2
T: The Ragged Hank Of Yarn
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: D Mixolydian
|: D2 AD (3EFG AB | c2 dB cAGE | D2 AD (3EFG AB | cAGE EDCE |
D2 AD (3EFG AB | c2 dB cAGE | D2 AD (3EFG AB | cAGE EDDA :|
|: d2 Ad dcAB | cded cAGc| d2 Ad dcAB | cAGE EDDA |
d2 Ad dcAB | cded cAGc | Adde ^fded | cAGE EDDA :|
# Posted on July 8th 2007 by ceolachan
"This is my husband's current fiddle homework - DH's teacher learnt it from Pete Carberry..." ~ Chris
# Posted on July 8th 2007 by spindizzy
# Posted on July 8th 2007 by ceolachan
"The Ragged Hank Of Yarn" ~ rescued duplication
Thanks for shifting this, C.
ps the F's in the A part really ARE Fnats. not sharps, so I thought D Dor was a better stab at the key, though maybe not for the B part.
# Posted on July 8th 2007 by spindizzy