The Sport Of The Chase

slip jig

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on July 23rd 2002 by Mark Cordova.

This tune has been added to 25 tunebooks.

Also known as New Claret, The New Claret, Sport Of Chase, Sport Of The Chase.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Small Island (Traditional Music From Cork) by Brid Cranitch, Vince Milne And Pat Sullivan
• Flute For The Feis by John Doonan
• Full House by Fairport Convention
• Glad Company by Anna Massie
• House To House by Randal Bays And Roger Landes
• Minstrel's Fancy by Sean Ryan
• My Lagan Love by Anne-Marie O'Farrell
• Scottish Fiddle by John Martin And Jack Evans
• Silver Apples Of The Moon by Ceoltoiri
• Sugrú by Eilish O'Connor
• The Living Wood by Maire Ni Chathasaigh And Chris Newman
• The Square Triangle by The Four Star Trio
• Tony O'Connell And Andy Morrow by Tony O'Connell And Andy Morrow

X: 1
T: Sport Of The Chase, The
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Amaj
A2A c2A cec|A2A c2A cec|D2D F2D FAF|E2E G2E GBG:|
A2a a2e cec|A2a a2e cec|d2d f2d faf|e2e g2e gbg|
aec aec aec|aec aec aec|fdB fdB fdB|geB geB geB||

Love and Hate

I first heard this piece many years ago from a little tape I bought at a Tourist trap in Hot Springs Arkansas. The tape was, no doubt, made by some local musicians. The tempo was very slow and deliberate. The playing was nice and clean allthough not particularly inspired. I felt that this was a perfect tape for step dancing classes.

I grabbed a copy of it off the net years later because I thought it looked cool. Imagine that. Although it is a decent little piece to listen to I found that it has helped me. The second half of the B part has both excellent bowing practice for the violin and good flat picking practice for the mandolin.

This tune is also played a step down in G major. I prefer to make this a three part Jig by chopping the long B part in half.

# Posted on July 23rd 2002 by Mark Cordova

This tune in a slightly more complex form, as a three part slip jig, has been played in Scotland for hundreds of years and is found in a number of old collections under the title of The New Claret, or New Claret

# Posted on March 12th 2008 by niall_kenny

"The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music, Volume III", 1927, page 36, tune #118

"The Sport of the Chase"

Hop Jigs ~ page 36

X: 2
T: Sport of the Chase, The
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: hop/slip jig
K: GMaj
|: G2 G B2 G BdB | G2 G B2 G BdB | C2 C E2 C EGE | D2 D F2 D FAF :|
G2 G g2 d BdB | G2 G g2 d BdB | c2 c e2 c ege | d2 d f2 d faf |
gdB gdB gdB | gdB gdB gdB | ece ece ece | fdf fdf gdB |]

# Posted on August 7th 2008 by ceolachan

"The Sport of the Chase" ~ other possibilities

X: 3
T: Sport of the Chase, The
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: hop/slip jig
K: GMaj
|: G2 G B2 G BdB | G2 G B2 G BdB | D2 D F2 D FAF | D2 D F2 D F/G/AF :|
G2 G g2 d BdB | G2 G g2 d B/c/dB | c2 c e2 c ege | d2 d f2 d f/g/af |
gdg gdg gdB | gdg gdg gdG | ece ece ecA | fdf fd/e/f fga |]

# Posted on August 7th 2008 by ceolachan