Annotation:Anderson's Reel (1)

D Major (Armagh Pipers, Black, Bulmer & Sharpley, Taylor): D Mixolydian (Breathnach). Standard (fiddle) tuning. AB (Breathnach): AAB (Black, Bulmer & Sharpley, Taylor): AA'B (Armagh Pipers). Michael Anderson was a piper from County Sligo. He was an early 20th century contemporary of the renowned fiddler Michael Coleman (1891-1945 (himself originally from County Sligo), who highly regarded Anderson's playing, according to Harry Bradshaw in his biography of Coleman). Editor David Taylor (1992) notes this tune is frequently played starting on the 'B' part, "especially when coming from a tune in 'G,'" and is sometimes noted that way (as in Irish Tin Whistle Legends, pg. 44).

Sources for notated versions: accordion player Sonny Brogan (County Sligo/Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, mid-1980's [Taylor].

Printed Sources: Armagh Piper's Club (Play 50 Reels), 1982 No. 7, pg. 5. Black (Music's the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 170, pg. 89. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 163, pg. 64. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), vol. 4, 1976; No. 10. Taylor (Where's the Crack?), 1992; pg. 4. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; pg. 33. Vallely (Play 50 Reels with the Armagh Pipers Club), 1982; 7.

Recorded Sources: Shaskeen - "The Joys of Life." Shanachie 29015, Paddy O'Brien & James Kelly - "Is It Yourself?" (1979). Shanachie 34014, James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien & Daithi Sproule - "Traditional Music of Ireland" (1995). Conal O'Grada: The Top of Coom