Drumshambo

jig

Key signature: Eminor

Submitted on August 23rd 2009 by buailteoir.

This tune has been added to 22 tunebooks.

Also known as The Drumshanbo, Eddie Kelly's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Friend Indeed by Liz Carroll
• Boxed by Anders Trabjerg
• Brian Kelly by Brian Kelly
• Bridgetown by Johnny B. Connolly
• Buzzin' by Bumblebees
• Celtic Dances by Various Artists
• Different State by Paudie O'Connor
• Do You Know Eddy Kelly? by Elandir
• Hidden Ground by Paddy Glackin, Jolyon Jackson
• In The Tradition by Boys Of The Lough
• Irish Traditional Music In America: Chicago by Various Artists
• Killultagh by Killultagh
• Lamh Ar Lamh (Many Hands) CD 1 by Various Artists
• Lunasa by Lunasa
• Mac Bones And The B Band by Mac Bones And The B Band
• Makin' The Rounds by Billy McComiskey
• Mountain Air by Brendyn Montgomery And Mike Considine
• Northern Lights by Kevin And Seamus Glackin
• P.J. Hernon by P.J. And Marcus Hernon
• Rattlin' Banjos (part 1) by Gerry O'Connor
• Rip The Calico by Paul Dooley
• Rock And More Roses by Pat Kilbride
• Snug In The Blanket by Paddy O'Brien
• The Bridge Céilí Band by The Bridge Céilí Band
• The Flying Pig by Slide
• The House I Was Reared In by Christy McNamara
• The Humors Of Glin by Martin Mulvihill
• The Kitchen Recordings by Sean O'Driscoll And Larry Egan
• The Plain Of Jars by Brian Kelly
• The Rare Stuff by The Rare Stuff
• The Slopes Of Benbulben by John Regan
• The Wounded Hussar by Pete Cooper
• Tone Roads by Wild Asparagus
• Traditional Music Of Ireland by Kathleen Collins
• Traditional Music Of Ireland On Button Accordion by Seamus Walshe
• Wayward Son by John Doyle
• Whistle Stop by Brian Hughes

X: 1
T: Drumshambo
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Emin
BEF G2A|Bee dBA|BEF G2B|AFD AFD|
BEF G2A|Bee dBA|BEF G2B|AFD E3:|
gfe fed|Bee Bee|gfe fed|Bed e2f|
[1 gfe fed|e3 dBA|BEF G2B| AFD E3:|
[2 g3 a3|bge dBA|BEF G2B|AFD E3||

Drumshambo Jig

I'm not sure if I've submitted the 1st and 2nd endings right on the ABC. This is a great tune learned from a tutor book who got it from Devilish Mary. I haven't put any ornementation in; you can do that yourself.

# Posted on August 23rd 2009 by buailteoir

Drumshambo Jig

Already posted. See http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/725

# Posted on August 24th 2009 by lazyhound

Drumshambo Jig

Well, I suppose it is. Any advice on how to tell if it's already posted if the name is completely different?

# Posted on August 26th 2009 by buailteoir

Drumshambo Jig

Buailteoir, this is a problem that's not going to go away anytime soon, especially with the number of tunes already posted now being within shouting distance of 10,000. As it happened, I recognised the tune immediately as a common tune that was sure to be here (if I hadn't then someone else would have), but I knew that in this particular case there are two spellings - Drumshambo and Drumshanbo (I believe the second spelling is that of the village) - so I checked out both in the search engine to identify the correct one.

Incidentally, if you key "Drumshambo" into the search engine it won't pick up "Drumshanbo", and vice versa; but the tip is, if you are uncertain, just to key in part of the name -"Drumsh" - it will then return all the tunes in both spellings.

This is not all there is to tune searching. If you don't know the name of a tune then you'll have to feed part of its ABC into the search engine, and you'll be hoping that you've got the right key or mode and that ornaments on either side of the search aren't going to screw things up - the ABC search here is literal (apart from letter cases where it doesn't care).

However, all is not lost. One of our resident geniuses -"Reverend" - has come up with a "fuzzy logic" search engine
at http://abctunesearch.com which automatically takes care of the key signature and other things. I haven't used it yet myself, but it is well spoken of here.

# Posted on August 26th 2009 by lazyhound

Drumsham(n)bo

Great. Thanks. I'll try that if I ever submit a tune again, although I'd have to find one that wouldn't be on this site, which with 10,000 tunes, might be hard, but then again, there sure are a lot of tunes.

# Posted on August 27th 2009 by buailteoir