Tear The Calico

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on March 30th 2009 by swisspiper.

This tune has been added to 16 tunebooks.

Also known as Rip The Calico.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 20th Feakle Festival: Reeling Through The Years by Various Artists
• 60th Anniversary Celebration by The Tulla Ceili Band
• A Celebration Of 50 Years by The Tulla Ceili Band
• A Flying Start by Paul Moran And Fergal Scahill
• A Musical Trip To Coleman Country by Various Artists
• A Whistle On The Wind by Joanie Madden
• Celtic Graces: A Best Of Ireland by Various Artists
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 5 by Matt Cunningham
• House To House by Randal Bays And Roger Landes
• Hungry Grass by Hungry Grass
• IAANJ Session V by Mike And Mary Rafferty And Session Musicians
• In Praise Of Lissycasey by Various Artists
• In Safe Hands by Various Artists
• Irish Music by Various Artists
• Kiss Me Kate by Liz Carroll And Tommy Maguire
• Legacy by Old Blind Dogs
• Live In Concert by The Bothy Band
• Nice To Meet You by Kaitlin Hahn
• One And All: The Best Of Cherish The Ladies by Cherish The Ladies
• Out Of The Wind Into The Sun by The Bothy Band
• Reunion Concert: Fleadh Nua 2001 by All-Ireland Céilí Band Champions
• Rip The Calico by Paul Dooley
• The Back Door by Cherish The Ladies
• The Best Of by The Bothy Band
• The Best Of Traditional Irish Music From Ireland's Number One Céilí Band by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
• The Broken Chanter by Fred Morrison
• The Great Divide by Emerald
• The Home I Left Behind by CCE Tour 1974
• The Twentieth Anniversary Collection by Various Artists
• Traditional Dance Music From County Clare by Ennis Ceili Band
• Transatlantic Sessions 3 by Various Artists
• Va by Slainte Mhath
• Whirlwind by Brian Hughes

X: 1
T: Tear The Calico
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
F|:z~G3 FG2A|B~A3 B~A3|z~G3 FG2A|BAGE EDDF:|
|:BddB G3 A|BddB cAAG|BddB GGGA|BAGE EDDF :|
G~E3 c3 A|B2dB B ~A2 F|G~E3 c3 A|BAGE EDDF :|

As learned by Tiarnan O Duinnchinn at the workshop of the Uilleann Pipers Club Schaffhausen march 2009

# Posted on March 30th 2009 by swisspiper

Duplicated....

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/936
The setting here is in "A", but "swisspiper's" in "G" is definitely the more common.

# Posted on March 30th 2009 by Kenny

Triplicated...

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2057
"A Fair Wind" is the common title for the G major version.

# Posted on March 30th 2009 by slainte

Triplicated...

Wonder when we'll get our first quadruplication?

# Posted on March 30th 2009 by conscientious objector