Annotation:Eclipse (3) (The)
X:1 T:Eclipse [3], The M:C L:1/8 R:Hornpipe B:Luke O'Malley's Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1, No. 131 (1976) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A E2|:(3AcA EA ceae|fdBF DFBd|gfdB fecA|(3AcA (3AGF E2 (3FFG| (3AcA EA ceae|{g}fdBF DFBd|1 gfdB AB^df|e^def (3efe (3=dcB:| |2 gfdB GEFG|Aaec A2 ^de||fedB GEFG|Aeca ec'ae'| fd'ec' dbca|B^dfb e2 de|fedB GEFG|Ae ~e2 aece|fd'bg ec'af| (3efe (3dcB A2c2||caga fc ~c2|f^efg ac ~c2|aece g^ece|f^efg f=edc| Bgfg eB ~B2|e^def gB ~B2|(3gfe Bg (3f^dB AF|(3EGB (3egb e'2 E2||
ECLIPSE [3], THE. AKA and see "Novelty (2) (The)." Irish, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BBDCC'. The original name of the tune is "The Novelty," found in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) credited to one F.A. Morrison. The "Eclipse" title seems to have been a mistake by Irish fiddler Sean McGuire, who was a major influence Irish musicians and much imitated. So much so, for example, that New York accordion player Luke O'Malley (for whom McGuire was a mentor), who had learned the tune as "Novelty (2) (The)" from Long Island fiddler Larry Redican, changed the title to "The Eclipse" in his 1976 publication. The name "Eclipse" has thus taken root among Irish musicians.
