Crib of Perches

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Theme code Index	5553 257b7b
Also known as	Chruid Péirsí (An), Creel of Perches
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Mixolydian
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Sean McGuire & Josephine Keegan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Irish Tunes by the 100 vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	No. 69, p. 19
Year of publication/Date of MS	1975
Artist	Biography:Sean McGuire
Title of recording	Irish Jigs and Reels
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Viva W103
Year recorded	c. 1960's
Media
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CRIB OF PERCHES, THE (An Chruid Péirsí). AKA and see "Creel of Perches." Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian {Breathnach}: D Mixolydian ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part) {Cranitch}. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Cranitch): AA'BB' (Breathnach).

Sources for notated versions: accordion player Paddy O'Brien, 1970 (County Offaly/Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach]; sourced from both accordion player Joe Burke and flute, tin whistle and piccolo player Jack McGuire (County Cavan), father of fiddler Seán McGuire [McGuire & Keegan].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 180, pg. 9. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 69, p. 152. Cranitch (Irish Session Tunes: Red Book), 2000; 69. McGuire & Keegan (Irish Tunes by the 100, vol. 1), 1975; No. 69, p. 19.

Recorded sources: Cló Iar Chonnachta CICD 165, John Wynne & John McEvoy - "Pride of the West" (2007). Graine Hambly - "Between the Showers" (2002). Matt Molloy - "Shadows on Stone" (1996). Viva W103, Sean McGuire - "Irish Jigs and Reels" (c. 1960's, a reissue of "Sean Maguire Plays," the first recording of McGuire that Josephine Keegan accompanied on piano). See also listing at: Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1].

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