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A3 B defg | a2 fd edBd | A3 B defe | dBAF EF D2 :|
a2 af defg | a2 fd edBd | a2 af defe | dBAF EF D2 |
a2 af defg | a2 fd edBd | A3 B defe | dBAF EF D2 |]
GORMAN'S REEL [1] (Ríl Uí Ghormáin). AKA and see "Contentment is Wealth (2)," "Dessie O'Connor's Reel." Irish, Reel. D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Taylor, Tubridy): AAB (Breathnach). Breathnach states that his source Ryan described "Gormans" as "a very old tune."
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - flute player M.J. Ryan, 1966 (Ballymote, Co. Sligo, Ireland) [Breathnach]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, late 1980's [Taylor].
Printed sources : - Alewine (Maid that Cut Off the Chicken's Lips), 1987; p. 19. Breathnach (Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. II), 1976; No. 276, p. 142. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; p. 26. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Book Two), 1999; p. 17.
Recorded sources : - Green Linnet SIF 1058, Matt Molloy & Seane Keane - "Contentment is Wealth" (1985). Spin CD1001, Eoghan O'Sullivan, Gerry Harrington, and Paul DeGrae - "The Smoky Chimney" (1996). Four Men and a Dog - "Shifting Gravel." Kevin Crawford - "The 'D' Flute Album."
See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
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