Annotation:Ace and Deuce of Pipering (1)
X:1 T:Aon is dó na piobaireachta T:Ace and Deuce of Pipering [1], The M:C L:1/8 R:Set Dance Q:"Horn-pipe time." B:P.W. Joyce - Ancient Irish Music (1873, No. 14, p. 15) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G d>c|B2 cA B2 cA|BGcA B2 AG|d2 ec d2 ec|d2 ec dcBA| e2 fd edcA|d2 ec dcBA|BGcA B2 AG|FGAB cBcA| G2g2 fdcA|FGAB cBcA|AGGG G2 FG|[EA]GGG [D2G2]|| G>F|G2=f2 e2f2|G2 =fe fdcA|G2g2^f2g2|d2 gg gfdc| A2=f2e2f2|[Ad]cde [A3=f3]g|aggg g>^fdc|BGcA B2 AG| G2g2 fdcA|FGAB cBcA|AGGG G2 FG|[EA]GGG [D2G2]||
ACE AND DEUCE OF PIPERING (1), THE (“Aon's Do Na Piobaireacda” or “A hAon sa dó na píobaireachta”). Irish, Set or Long Dance (cut time). G Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Joyce): AABB (Mulvihill, O’Neill). The title refers to the highest quality of performance on the Uillean pipes ('one and two' or first and second), and is taken from playing cards, where "ace high" is the pinnacle card of the game. The tune was considered by antiquarian P.W. Joyce (1873) to be "the perfection of music when well played on the bag-pipes, and its correct performance was believed to be a sufficient test of the instrumental skill of a piper" {Joyce). Joyce, who transcribed the melody in 1853 from the whistling of John Dolan (Glenosheen, County Limerick) specifies hornpipe time for the melody.
