X:1
T:Pipe on the Hob [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:OâNeill â Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 9
Z:AK/Fiddlerâs Companion
K:Amin
B|c3 edc|edc BAG|ABA gze|eaa ged|
c3 edc|edc deg|age dBe|ABA A2:|
|:^f|g3 gea|age edB|ABA gze|aba ge^f|
g3 gea|age e^fg|age dBe|ABA A2:|
|:B|c2c d2d|ecA AGE|c2c d2d|ecA A2B|
c2c d2d|e2e ^gab|a=ge dBe|ABA A2:|]
PIPE ON THE HOB [1], THE ("An PĂopa Air/Ar,â âAn Cluid/Iarta" or "An PĂopa ar an mBaic"). AKA - "PĂobaire na GrĂosaĂ," "Piper of the Embers." Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). A Dorian (Brody, Mallinson, Mitchell, O'Neill). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC (Brody, Mallinson, Mulvihill, O'Neill, Taylor): AAâBBCC (Mitchell). A favorite of Irish pipers. A hob is originally a raised surface in a fireplace directly aside where the cooking fire is built, and was a place to rest a kettle or pot while it heated. In modern times a hob can also refer to a hotplate for boiling water for tea. Uilleann piper SĂ©amus Ennis maintained one of the tuneâs Irish names was properly translated as âPiper on the Hobâ or âPiper of the Embers,â a poetic nickname for the 'musical' insect the cricket. Ennis recorded it under the latter title on his "Forty Years of Irish Piping" album. See also O'Neill's related âHollyford Jig (The).â
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - biography:John Carey, a native of Limerick [OâNeill. There is a hornpipe called "John Carey's Daughter" in O'Niell's Dance Music of Ireland (1907)]; The Bothy Band (Ireland) [Brody]; piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, West Clare) [Mitchell]; set dance music recorded live at Na PĂobairĂ Uilleann, mid-1980âs [Taylor].
Printed sources : - Brody (Fiddlerâs Fakebook), 1983; p. 218. Mallinson (100 Enduring), 1995; No. 47, p. 20. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 5, p. 31. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 50, pg. 75 (learned from a recording of uilleann piper Leo Rowsome). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 18. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 705, p. 131. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 9, p. 18. Prior (Fionn SeisiĂșn 2), 2003; p. 11. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; p. 27. Vallely (Learn to Play the Tin Whistle with the Armagh Pipers Club, vol. 3); 1.
Recorded sources : - Columbia CAL503-1, Paddy OâBrien (195?). Front Hall 018, How To Change a Flat Tire - "Traditional Music of Ireland and Shetland." Mulligan 030, The Bothy Band - "Afterhours." Mulligan 013, The Bothy Band - "Out of the Wind into the Sunâ (1977). Outlet 3002, Paddy Cronin - "Kerry's Own Paddy Cronin" (1977). Shaskeen Records OS-360, Andy McGann, Felix Dolan & Joe Burke - "A Tribute ot Michael Coleman" (c. 1965). Seamus Ennis â âReturn to Fingal.â
See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Hear SĂ©amus Ennis's recording at the Comhaltas Archive [3]
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