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Carolan's Concerto

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on June 20th 2002 by The Whistler.

This tune has been added to 366 tunebooks.

Also known as Bean Poer, Carolans Concerto, Mrs. Poer, Mrs. Power, O'Carolan's Concerto, O`Carolan`s Concerto.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Avenging And Bright by Charles Guard
Beauty In Tears by The O'Carolan Quartet
Carolan's Receipt by Derek Bell
Celtic Fiddle by Sean Maguire
Celtic Harp III: Secret Isles by Patrick Ball
Celtic Treasure-the Legacy Of Turlough O'Carolan by Lynn Saoirse
Champion Of Champions by Sean Maguire
Chappell Recorded Music Library - National Ireland by The Chieftains
Circle Of The Sun by Áine Minogue
Citternalia by Joseph Sobol
Cláirseach Na HÉireann, The Harp Of Ireland by Siobhán Armstrong
Dusty Windowsill by Coquitlam Celtic Ensemble
En El Bosque Sin Retorno by Tocando El Aire
Fairwater (Fionnuisce) by Declan Masterson
Full House by Fairport Convention
Harping Daly by Patricia Daly
I Will If I Can by John Carty
In Ireland by James Galway And The Chieftains
Irish Piano Classics by J.J. Sheridan
Lost Music Of The Gaels by Luke Daniels
Morning Dew by King's Galliard
On Lough Erne's Shore by Cathal McConnell
Paddy And Bridget And Their Great Friends 2 by Lynn Saoirse
Play On by Celtic Fiddle Festival
Pure Piping by Leo Rickard
Rendezvous by Celtic Fiddle Festival
Seoltai Seidte (Setting Sail) by Lynn Saoirse
Songs Of The Muse by Brobdingnagian Bards
The Art Of Turlough O'Carolan - Piano Arrangements Of The Famous Airs And Laments by J.J. Sheridan
The Belfast Harp Festival by Grainne Yeats
The Carolan's Album by Maire Ni Chathasaigh And Chris Newman
The Celtic Harp by The Chieftains
The Chieftains 3 by The Chieftains
The Chieftains Live by The Chieftains
The Coming Of Spring by Cliff Moses
The Floating Bowhand by Jim McKillop
The Jig's Up by Anne-Marie O'Farrell
The Johnstons Sampler by Johnstons
The King Of The Pipers by Leo Rowsome
The Lakes Of Sligo by Carmel Gunning
The Lark In The Clear Air by Geraldine O'Grady
The Morning Mist by Joe Burke
The Nightingale (And Other Lesser Spotted Tunes ...) by Josephine Keegan
The Totally Traditional Tin Whistle Tape by Lynn Saoirse
The Very Best Of The Claddagh Years: Vol. 2 by The Chieftains
The Wide World Over by The Chieftains
To Hell With The Begrudgers by Seamus Tansey And Jim McKillop
Tread by Tread
Whistle Wizardry by Vinnie Kilduff

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

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I hope I got the chord symbols in ABC notation correct for this. It looked a little weird after I submitted it.

# Posted on June 20th 2002 by The Whistler

Good, it works.
I impressed my friends at music school by telling them I could play a concerto on the tin whistle. This tune works well on whistle, and I've also heard it on fiddle.
You can find some sound clips and info on this tune at http://www.contemplator.com/carolan/carolmid.html#concert .

# Posted on June 21st 2002 by The Whistler

Oh yes, and this tune is quite fast.

# Posted on June 21st 2002 by The Whistler

Oh yes, and this tune is quite fast.

# Posted on June 21st 2002 by The Whistler

Cathal McConnell does a beautiful unaccompanied version of this on whistle, on his album, On Lough Erne's Shore.

# Posted on June 21st 2002 by OrganicPeatCreature

I often play this tune (on the flute, by the way; my instrument of choice) with the final seven measures raised an octave, starting with the measure reading |cABG AFGE| in the B part. Also, with that same measure, I generally use triplets instead of eigth notes, so that it would read thus: |(3cBA (3BAG (3AGF (3GFE| Mind you, the way I play it, that measure is raised into the second octave, but it works either way. Oh, and in the measure directly preceeding the afore-mentioned one (or the eighth measure into the second part), I play the first B also raised up an octave, though I leave the rest of the bar as usual. Oh, try using a retard in the last two measures as you finish off the tune, and trill that last D note; it adds a sort of classical flair, and I almost always do so.

# Posted on June 26th 2003 by Tommy McCarty

According to a recent discussion, this tune was played near the end of the Survivor finale last night

# Posted on May 10th 2004 by Smiley20002

Liam O' Connor plays a very good version of this on button accordion on his album reel spirit.

# Posted on December 10th 2004 by Ana

"Oh yes and this tune is quite fast." ~ BALDERDASH!

If you want to steam it up and blow the hell out of it, well, do as you will, but there's nothing to stop you from being relaxed about it and having a bit of fun with what else this number has to offer besides just a sequence of notes. So, any way from 110 to 120 bpm is a fine way to roll it along without decimating it...

Oh yeah, the neighbours have had a word with me and asked that I as you if you would please stop parking your steam roller on thier flower beds...
;-)

# Posted on February 17th 2006 by ceolachan

Same version...without the chords

sorry but i was having a bit of trouble learning it and having to pick bits out with all the chords there.

# Posted on August 10th 2007 by Kevo32A

I find that these tunes are usually played singly in sessions if they are played at all. If you wanted to try a set of 2, try following this with Carolan's Draught http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1421. I like the key change, and there are some similar themes in the tunes, for example, the bit in this one in the A-part that goes |FGAF EFGE|FGAF GABG|A2d2 fedc|d6... is echoed in the B-part of Carolan's Draught as |EFGE FGAF|GABG ABcA|d2g2 bagf|g6...

# Posted on March 15th 2008 by Dow

The .mid file

The midi file on my laptop plays at about half the tempo I expected with Celeron M410 1.46Ghz

# Posted on September 27th 2009 by jimod