Annotation:Scartaglen Slide (The)

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SCARTAGLEN SLIDE, THE. AKA and see “Brosna Slide (3)," "Donal O'Connor's.” Irish, Slide (12/8 time). Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is the second of the set called “The Brosna Slides” in County Kerry, a set associated with Donal O’Connor.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Mick Duggan via accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region) [Moylan].

Printed sources : - Ceol, vol. 5, No. 1 (untitiled). Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; p. 64. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary of Sliabh Luachra), 1994; No. 85, p. 48. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 4, p. 115 (appears as “The Brosna Slide”). Treoir, vol. IV, No. 5 (appears as “Donal O’Connor’s”).

Recorded sources: -Topic 12T357, Johnny O’Leary - “Music for the Set” (1977).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]

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