Annotation:Trim the Velvet (1)

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X:1 T:Trim the Velvet (1) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 247, no. 1320 Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige K:G G2(BG) AGFD|G2(BG) cAFA|G2(BG) AGFD|de=fd cA^FA:| Tdcde dBGB|dedB cAFA|Tdcde dBGB|de=fd cA^FA| d3e dBGB|dedB cAFA|d2df e2ef|ge=fd cA^FA|| |:g2gb a2af|g2(ab) c'baf|gfgb abaf|de=fd cA^FA:| (3BAG (dG) BGGA|(3BAG (dB) cAFA|(3BAG (dG) BGGB|de=fd cA^FA| (3BAG (dG) BGGA|(3BAG (dB) cAFA|BG (3GFG cA (3A^GA|de=fd cA^FA|]

TRIM THE VELVET ("Deasaid/Daesuig an Srol" or “Bearr an Veilbhit"). AKA and see "Geehan's Reel," "Grazier (The)," "Green Garters (2)," "Humors of Flip (The)," "Potlick (The),” “Railroad (4) (The)," "Sally Kelly (2).” Irish, Reel (cut time). G Major (Breathnach, Flaherty, Harker, Mallinson, Mulvihill): G Major/Mixolydian (O'Neill): D Major (Carlin). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD (Breathnach, Flaherty, Harker/Rafferty, Mallinson): AABCD (O'Neill/Krassen): AABBCCD (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AABBCDD (Carlin, Mulvihill). "Trim the Velvet" was a reel recorded and popularized by County Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman (1891-1945) in his 1927 recording, although Coleman’s recording starts on what is generally played today as the fourth part.

The tune is called “Humors of Flip (The)” in County Cork uilleann piper and Church of Ireland cleric James Goodman’s mid-19th century manuscript collection, although Goodman also entered a jig with the title "Trim the Velvet (2)." This proves the title "Trim the Velvet" was extent in Ireland since the mid-19th century, however, the first appearance of the reel in print with that title is in Francis O'Neill's 1903 Music of Ireland. Breathnach finds a tune by the title “Kiss the Maid behind the Barrel” in a manuscript from Castleisland, County Kerry, although he says that name usually refers to a different, although related, tune. Whistle player Micho Russell, from Doolin, County Clare, knew it as “Potlick (The).” “Sally Kelly” is a Leitrim name Breathnach finds for “Trim the Velvet.”

East Clare fiddler Paddy Caney, a member of the famous Tulla Céilí Band, recorded a version of the reel that was used as the prestigious signature tune for Ciarán Mac Mathúna’s Job of Journeywork program on Radio Éireann for several years.

Additional notes

Source for notated version : -

Chicago police patrolman, piper and flute player John Ennis, originally from County Kildare [O'Neill]; piper Paddy Moloney (Ireland) [Breathnach]; fiddler Peter Horan (b. 1926, Kilavil, County Sligo) [Flaherty]; Ann Sheehy (Castleisland, County Kerry) [Mulvihill]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].

Printed sources : - Breathnach (Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. III), 1985; No. 85, pp. 42 43. Carlin (Master Collection of Dance Music for the Violin), 1984; No. 193, p. 115. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 68. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 60, p. 19. Lyth (Bowing Styles in Irish Fiddle Playing, vol. 1), 1981; 20. Mallinson (100 Enduring), 1995; No. 12, p. 5. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 118. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1320, p. 247. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 581, p. 107. Vallely (Play Tin Whistle with the Armagh Pipers Club, vol. 3); 16.

Recorded sources : - Claddagh Records CC2, "Paddy Moloney, The Chieftains" (1969). Cló Iar-Chonnachta CICD 173, Brian Conway – “Consider the Source” (2008. Learned from Martin Wynne). Green Linnet SIF 1110, Seamus Connolly & Brendan Mulvihill - "My Love is in America: The Boston College Irish Fiddle Festival" (1991). Outlet SOLP 1007, "Best of Seamus Tansey" (1970). Shanachie 78030, Danú – "Think Before You Think" (2000). Shanachie 33002, "The Legacy of Michael Coleman" (1976). Victor 20916 (78 RPM), Michael Coleman (1927).

See also listing at :
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [2]

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