Copperplate (1) (The)

 COPPERPLATE [1], THE. AKA and see "Copper Plate," "Lord Wellington [3]," "The New Copperplate," "Wellington's [3]." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (Mitchell, Mulvihill): AABB (Allan's): AA'BB' (Flaherty, Tubridy). The title "Copperplate" is a corruption of the Scots Gaelic title "Caber Feidh/Feigh," sometimes rendered "Caper Fey", meaning 'deer's antlers'. There is a tune called "The Old Copperplate" which appears to be no direct musical relation, although the two are sometimes paired as a medley. "The Copperplate" was one of the first tunes recorded by the Ballinakill Céilí Band (East Galway) for Parlophone of London in July 1930 (the band's founding members were Anna Rafferty, Stephen Maloney, Tommy Whelan, Tommy Whyte, Jerry Maloney). Sources for notated versions: fiddler Fred Finn {1919-1986} (Kiltycreen Kilavil, County Sligo) [Flaherty]; piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell]; Liam Greenall (Liverpool, England) [Mulvihill]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Printed sources: Allan's Irish Fiddler, No. 55, p. 14. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 74. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), No. 50, p. 16. Lyth (Bowing Styles in Irish Fiddle Music), 1981; 22. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 65, p. 68. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 196, p. 53. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Book Two), 1999; p. 20. Recorded sources: MKM7590, Mike McHale - "The Schoolmaster's House" (2000). See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources, Alan Ng's Irishtune.info. X:1 T:The Copperplate [1] M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel K:G G2 dG BGdG|G2 dG BGGB|A2 eA cAeA|A2 ed cAFA|G2 dG BGdG| G2 dG BGGB|ABcd efge|1 aged cAFA:|2 aged Bdef|| gedc BGGB|ABcd efge|1 aged Bdef:|2 aged cAFA||
 * g3a g3 ef|gedc BGBd|eaag agea|aged Bdef|g2 ga g2 de|

X:2 T:The Copperplate [1] T:New Copperplate, The R:reel H:Related to Rakish Paddy, #53, #54, #647 H:The tune comes from the Scottish tune "Cabar Feidh" (The Deer's Antlers). N:Often played with "The Old Copperplate", #309, as "The Copperplates" D:Tommy Keane & Jacqueline McCarthy: The Wind among the Reeds D:Shaskeen: Music for Set Dances Z:id:hn-reel-308 Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se M:C| L:1/8 K:G G2dG BGdG | ~G2dc BAGB | A2eA cAeA | ~A2ed cAFA | G2dG BGdG | ~G2dc BAGB | ABcd efge |1 aged cAFA :|2 aged ^cdef || ABcd efge |1 aged ^cdef :|2 aged cAFA || "variations:" |: G2BG dGBA | G2dG BAGB | A2cA eAcA | ~A2ed cAFA | G2BG dGBA | G2dc BAGB | ABcd efge |1 aged cAFA :|2 aged ^cdef || |: g2af g2ef | gedc BAGB | Aaag ageg | aged ^cdef | gbaf g2ef | gedc BAGB | ABcd efge |1 aged ^cdef :|2 aged cAFA ||
 * ~g3f g2ef | gedc BAG2 | eaag agea | aged ^cdef | ~g3f g2ef | gedc BAGB |

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