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The Morning Star

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on July 6th 2002 by Musicalbison.

This tune has been added to 307 tunebooks.

Also known as Morning Star, Réalt Na Maidne, Realt Na Maidine.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Aislinn (A Vision) by The Celtic Jazz Collective
An Sliabh Glas by Tony O'Rourke
Archives #2 by Jean Carignan
As Long As You're Enjoying Yourself by John Brennan And John McGillian
Black Mountain Harmonica by Tony Eyers
Brock McGuire Band by Brock McGuire Band
Ceol An Clair by Various Artists
Ceol Mor by Ceol Mor
Concertina Music From West Clare by Elizabeth Crotty
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 2 by Matt Cunningham
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 7 by Matt Cunningham
Dancing Days by Chris Leslie
Dawn In The Hills Of Ireland by Marty O'Keefe
Dead String Rhythm by Flynn Cohen
Down The Ivory Stairs by Padraic O'Reilly
Dratsville by Greanstalk
Dublin Banjos by Sully And John Keenan
Encore by Celtic Fiddle Festival
Evening Comes Early by John Doyle
Farewell To Ireland CD 1 (of A Box Set Of 4) by Various Artists
Foinn Seisiun 3 by Ennis/Dublin Session Group
Fonn Le Fonn by Tomas O'Ceannabhain
In Good Hands by Paddy Murphy
Ireland's Best Session Tunes CD 1 by Waltons Recording
Irish Dances by Various Artists
Live In Concert by The Bothy Band
Live In Lisdoonvarna by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
Martin Hayes by Martin Hayes
Noonday Feast by Joe Shannon And Johnny McGreevy
Open Hearth by Mary And Andrew MacNamara
Out Of The Wind Into The Sun by The Bothy Band
Patrick Kelly From Cree : Fiddle Music by Patrick Kelly
Riding Towards Life by Evergreen
Sailing Into Walpole's Marsh by Eddie Clarke, Sean Corcoran, Maeve Donnelly, Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill
Set Dances Of Ireland, Volume III by Various Artists
Sin E by Sin E
Slán Le Loch Eirne by Seamus Quinn And Gary Hastings
Songs, Jigs, Reels by Glenside And Kilfenora Ceili Bands
The Devils Of Dublin by Celtic Music Society (East Rochester HS)
The Flute Players Of Roscommon Vol 2 by Various Artists
The Green House by Grey Larsen And Paddy League
The Iron Man by Tommy Peoples And Daithi Sproule
The Maid At The Well by Tony O'Rourke
The Piping Of Patsy Touhey by Patsy Touhey
The Star Above The Garter by Denis Murphy And Julia Clifford
The Wheels Of The World, Early Irish American Music, Vol. 1 by Various Artists
The Wheels Of The World: Classics Of Irish Traditional Music by Various Artists
Touch Me If You Dare by Ronan Browne And Peter O'Loughlin
Traditional Irish Fiddle Music by The Kilfenora Fiddle Ceili Band
Traditional Music On Fiddle, Banjo, And Harp by Oisin MacDiarmada, Brian Fitzgerald, And Michael O Ruanaigh
Undertones by Adrian Barker And Ben Stephenson
Wind And Reeds by Paudie O'Connor And John O'Brien

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I learned this one off of L.E. McCullough's 4 CD set. I'm suprised it wasn't in the tune archives because I thought it was a fairly popular one. Oh well...Its there now!

Brent

# Posted on July 6th 2002 by Musicalbison

G

This tune is actually G/Em.

# Posted on April 24th 2003 by pchaffee

chords to the Morning Star?

Hey Everyone,

I have been listening alot to The Orange Tree, by Grey Larsen and Paddy League. I am trying to pick up some of Paddy's DADGAD playing, which is hard at best.

Right i have been trying to figure out The Morning Star. I play it on flute, so i figured since i know the melody backing it up would be cake. Not so, i have a few chords figured out, but am far from done.

Can anyone just the basic chord structure perhaps? Paddy does some nifty bass line counter point stuff, but i would happy with the basic chords right now.

anton

# Posted on March 7th 2004 by tones

I have this from Francis McPeake as the following:
X:10
T:The Morning Star
T:Réalt na Maidne
S:Francis McPeake
M:4/4
R:Reel
K:D
GA|B2 BA BGEF|G2Bd efgd|B2BA BGEF|GBAF G2GA|
B2BA BGEF|GABd efgd|B2 BA BGEF|GBAGG4:|
|:GA|Bdef g2 ef|f2df edBA|Bdef gfga|afdfe2ed|
Bdefg2eg|f2ef edBA|Bdd{e}c deef|g{e}fafe4:|

# Posted on September 1st 2005 by Innocent Bystander

Martin Hayes' Version

Martin Hayes plays a lovely FMaj version on his first, eponymous album. I often put it together with The Star of Munster. Here's my condensation of it:

X:1
T:The Morning Star
S:based on Martin Hayes' version from 'Martin Hayes'
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Fmaj
A3B AFDE|F2Acde fd|cAGc AFDE |FAGEF3 G|
A~G3 AFDE|F2Acde fd|cAGc AFDE |FAGEF3 G|
Acde f3g|e~c3acgc |Acde f3g|{a}geced3c|
Acde f3g|e~c3acgc|A~c3 ~c2de|f3f{a}fedc|

# Posted on August 16th 2006 by Ger the Rigger

It's a fairly common practice to play a tune down a note in the East Clare tradition.

# Posted on August 16th 2006 by slainte

Just been discussing a minor version of this tune which was posted on YouTube @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uazcKOtquIk.

X: 1
T: Morning Star, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Emin
~B3A BEEA|Bdef gfed|~B3A BEEF|GBAF GEEA:|
Bdef g2eg|fedf edBA|Bdef gbge|fafd ~e3d|
Bdef gfeg|fedf efgd|~B3A BEEF|GBAF GEEA||

# Posted on February 11th 2007 by Dow

The Morning Star: John Doyle's arrangement

Cheers

# Posted on May 13th 2007 by TimBuk2

Version learnt in Willie Clancy week, 2003

And probably distorted by my frail memory. It starts in Gmaj but ends in Bmin, to my best judgment. The c near the end is definitely sharp.

T: The Morning Star
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Bmin
B2BA BGEF | G2Bd efgd | B2Ba BGEF | GBAF G3A :|
Bdef gfeg | fedf edBA | Bdef gfeg | fedf e3d |
Bdef gfeg | fedf edBA | Bddc defg | afbf gfed ||

# Posted on October 11th 2007 by sixholes

or maybe the ending was ~a3f gfed. Make your pick.

# Posted on October 11th 2007 by sixholes

Morningstar River

Always thought this was a nice name on a tune. Then I was doing a bit of work recently down around Tipperary & Limerick and there is a river there called the Morningstar. Drains the north side of the Ballyhoura Hills and flows out past Kilmallock, thence to the Shannon estuary. It's as likely a connection as any..?

# Posted on June 12th 2009 by the wounded hussar

Morning Star

Here it is played by Paddy Keenan and Gerry O'Connor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfV0PuqOjZ4

# Posted on November 6th 2009 by conscientious objector

Jean Carignan plays a version on his Archives CDs which is entirely in E minor....

# Posted on November 12th 2009 by Sharon the Flute