Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on September 27th 2007 by DonaldK.
This tune has been added to 4 tunebooks.
Also known as Bean A' Ti Ar Lar.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Da Birlie
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
AG|:FD D/D/D A,D D/D/D|FGAF GEFD|E2EF GEFD|EDEF GFEG|
FD D/D/D A,D D/D/D|FGAF GEFd|cdef geag|[1fdec dBAG:|[2fdec d3e||
|:fB B/B/B fa^ge|fB B/B/B afed|c/B/A eA fAeA|c/B/A cd efge|
fB B/B/B fa^ge|fB B/B/B afed|cdeg faec|[1d2dc d3e:|[2d2dc d3A||
d/d/d fd d/d/d fd|c/c/c ec c/c/c ec|d/d/d fd d/d/d ef|gfge dcBA|
d/d/d fd d/d/d fd|c/c/c ec c/c/c ef|gfge dcBA|cdec dBAG||
This tune appears on Shetland fiddler Debbie Scott’s eponymous CD under the name ‘Bean a’ Ti ar Lar’ with the description “a traditional Irish tune which we call ‘Da Birlie Reel’”. I haven’t been able to find any tune on the web matching this, and the two tunes I have found with the same Irish title are significantly different. So I have posted this under its Shetland title.
Guitarist John Hutchison (who also plays fiddle) used this tune to demonstrate Shetland style accompaniment at this year’s Shetland Fiddle Frenzy. I’m afraid we just called it ‘Da Bean Tune’.
On the recording Debbie Scott plays the three parts in the order AABBCAABBCAA.
# Posted on September 27th 2007 by DonaldK
Duplicated
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/212
Debbie Scott should really know better, considering that Aly Bain recorded it with Boys Of The Lough over 30 years ago. Let's be generous, and say it was before her time.
# Posted on September 27th 2007 by Kenny
How odd that a (presumably) professional Shetland fiddler has never heard The Oak Tree. O tempora,o mores?
# Posted on September 27th 2007 by dafydd
Oh dear, I obviously didn't search hard enough. I should maybe have gone for the fage bit in the B part. Can't think why she thought it was called 'Bean an Tighe ar Lar', though. I'll repost it under 'The Oak Tree'.
# Posted on September 27th 2007 by DonaldK
I don't think they have oak trees (or indeed any trees) in Shetland, unless there is one hiding in Lerwick.
# Posted on September 27th 2007 by DonaldK
The Oak Tree is already here - has been since 2001, so there's no need to post it again. The reason is probably that Tommy Peoples recorded the "Oak Tree" and followed it with "Bean An Ti Ar Lar" on his "High Part Of The Road" recording. It's very likely that the names of the 2 tunes have become confused.
# Posted on September 27th 2007 by Kenny
What I meant was that I would post it under the comments section, which I have done so.
It is interesting to note that the only half note grouping from the A part that would have yeilded a match with an ABC search is the very last grouping, dBAG, leading back into the A part. I guess that's why I didn't find it here (or anywhere else on the web).
# Posted on September 28th 2007 by DonaldK
"I don't think they have oak trees (or indeed any trees) in Shetland, unless there is one hiding in Lerwick."
I remember seeing a couple of small, wind-battered rowan trees on the streets of Lerwick - they've got to be worth a tune. No doubt, Shetlanders know the whereabouts of every tree in the archipelago.
# Posted on September 28th 2007 by granama
They're in the bogs...
# Posted on September 28th 2007 by ceolachan