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Note: The tunes below are recorded in what
is called “abc notation.” They
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BAN-CHNOIC ÉIREANN OGH/Ó. AKA and see “The White Hills of Dear Ireland.”
BANAGHER LASSES. Irish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). G
Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Kennedy (Fiddler’s
Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 4, pg. 3.
BANAIRGEAC, AN. AKA and see "The Dairymaid."
BANAIS AN TAILLIUIR. AKA and see "The Tailor's
Wedding."
BANAIS BAILE NA POIRIN. AKA and see "The Wedding of Ballyporeen."
BANAIS CAITILIN. AKA and see "Kitty's
Wedding."
BANAIS MARCUS
HUNNDFHIUNN. AKA and see "Huntly's Wedding Medley."
BANAIS SINEIDIN. AKA and see "Jenny's
Wedding."
BANAIS SUIBAIN. AKA and see "Julia's Wedding."
BANALANNA. AKA and see “The Ale Woman.”
BANANE A NONE'
BANARACH DONNACH
RHUIDH. Scottish, Air (6/8 time). E Minor.
Standard. AB. Gatherer (Gatherer’s
Musical Museum), 1987; pg. 29.
BANARD JIG, THE (Port an Aird Bháin). Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard.
AABB’. Source for notated version: Kerry fiddler Denis Murphy [Breathnach].
Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 42, pg.
22.
BANBURY BILL. English, Morris Dance Tune (4/4 time). D Major. Standard.
ABBB,ABBB,ABBB,A. From the
X:1
T:Banbury Bill
D:Swarbrick, Lift the Lid and Listen
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:2/4
L:1/8
K:D
DE FD | GA B2 | EF GA/G/ | FG
A>A |
AD FA | de f>f | ge Bc |
d2 d2 :|
d>e fd | cd e2 | Bc de/d/ | cB
A2 |
dD D>D | F/G/A A>A | B/c/d c/d/e | d2 d2 :|]
BANCHNOIC EIREANN O. Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). A Mixolydian. Standard. One part. Ó Canainn
(Traditional Slow Airs of
BAND BOX. Old-Time, Breakdown. Known as a western
BAND OF FREEMAN. American, March (4/4 time).
BANDELENA MARCH. AKA and see “March Sarabande.” Canadian, March.
BANDITS’ (WALTZ), THE. English
(?), Waltz. D Major. Standard. AABCC. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 95, pg. 23.
***
A
bridge on the
***
O'Neill (Music
of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 580, pg. 102.
X:1
T:
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:O’Neill – Music of
N:”Moderate”
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Minor
E/G/|A>d c/A/G/E/|c>e
dc/d/|e/ag/ e/d/c/A/|(G2 G) (E/G/)|Ad c/A/G/E/|
c>e dc/d/|e>c d/c/A/^G/|(A2
A)||e/^f/|g>a g/e/d/B/|c>d eA/B/|c>d c/A/G/E/|
(G2 G) (E/G/)|Ad c/A/G/E/|c>e
dc/d/|e?c d/c/A/^G/|(A2 A)||
X:1
T:
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:O’Neill – Music of
N:”Moderate”
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
F/G/|A>c B/A/G/E/|c>e
dc/A/|G>
f>a g/f/e/d/|e>f {a}g/e/d/c/|d3
F/G/|Ad d/c/d/e/|f>a g/f/e/c/|
d>e d/c/A/F/|G3 F/G/|Ag fe|d>e
d/c/A/F/|G>F DD|D3||
X:1
T:
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Gow – 4th Repository (1817)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
F>GAF CFAF|G>ABc {Bc)d2 df|c
f2 a gefc|dfcA G>FDG|F>GAF CFAF|
GABc {Bc}d2 df|c f2 a gefc|dfcA F/F/F
F2||fcfa gefc|dcdf g/g/g g2|
Fcfa gefc|dfcA GABd|cAfa gefc|~dcdf
g/g/g g>a|f(aa)f e(gg)e|f(dc)A F/F/F F2||
BANG IT UP. AKA and see “Coco Bram.”
BANG THE RATTLE. English, Hornpipe. D Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. From the 1840 music manuscript book of John Rook (Multum in Parvo, or A Collection of Old
English, Scotch, Irish, Welsh Tunes), a musician from
X:1
T:Bang the Rattle
M:C
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:John Rook manuscript, 1840
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
AG|F2F2 FdAF|D2 EF GFED|FAdf
afdf|edcB AGFE|F2F2 FdAF|
E2 EF GFED|FAdB AGFE|D2D2D2::ed|cdef
gfge|defg a2 af|
geeg fddf|edcB AGFE|F2F2 FdAF|E2 EF
GFED|FAdB AGFE|D2D2D2:|
BANG UP [1]. Irish, English; Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. ABC (Joyce): AABBCC
(Callaghan). The melody under the “Bang Up” title appears in the c. 1820-1834
music copybook manuscripts of rural labourer and poet John Clare (1793-1864),
Helpston, Northamptonshire (No. 78), and the 1841 copybook of John Moore, Tyneside
Northumberland (No. 90). It was published by
X:1
T:Bang Up [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music
and Songs (1909), No. 829
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A | d2d f2f | a2a f2d | g2e f2d |
cde ABc | d2d f2f | a2a f2d |
g2e f2d | cBA d2 || A | F2A E2A |
F2A d2c | B2d A2d | G2e cBA |
F2A E2A | F2A d2c | Bcd ABc | d3 d2
|| A | f2e d2c | B2A G2F |
G2A B2e | dcB A2A | f2e d2c | B2A
G2F | G2B A2F | GFE D2 ||
BANG UP [2]. American (?), Schottische (?). A Major. Standard tuning. AABA. The term ‘bang-up’ generally means ‘very good’ or ‘excellent’, as in a ‘I’m having a bang-up day.” Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 63.
T:Bang Up [2]
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
f
| =g>ef>d e>dB>d | A>ce>a g>ezf | =g>ef>d e>c A2
| e>ec>A B>A z2 ||
BANG YOUR EYE. AKA and see "Bung Your Eye."
Scottish, Jig. A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; pg. 97 (#165). Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs),
1951; pg. 26 (apprears as "Bung Your Eye").
BANGING BREAKDOWN. AKA and see “John Greer’s
Tune.” Old‑Time, Breakdown. C banjo tuning. Learned, like many of his
tunes, from a neighbor, John Greer, by
X:1
T:
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 221
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
EAc e2f|ecA a2f|ecA EAc|1 dBB B2B:|2
BAA A3:|
|:efe a2g|bag fga|ecA EAc|1 dBB
B2B:|2 BAA A3||
BANISH MISFORTUNE [1] (“Dibir an Mio-ad” or “Ruaig an Mí-ádh). AKA and see "The Bag of Meal," “Connie the Soldier,” “George
Whelan’s Jig,” "Humors
of Mullina(a)fauna [1]," “Little Bag of Meal,” "Máire Ní Eidhinn," "Nancy
Hines," “Nancy Hynes,” “Parish Girl [2],” "Round the Carthouse," “The
Shady Groves,” “The Shady Groves of Piedmont,”
Irish, Double Jig. D Mixolydian/Major (most versions): D Major
(O'Neill/1850 & 1001). Standard tuning. ABC (Moylan, Mitchell): AABBCC
(Breathnach, Brody, Harker/Rafferty, Mallinson, O'Neill/Krassen): AABB'CC
(O'Neill/1850 & 1001): ABBCCDEEFF (Mitchell). O’Neill (1001 Gems) prints the tune under the titles “Banish Misfortune,”
“The Humours of Mullinafauna” and “Nancy Hines,” while Roche has it as “The
Humours of Mullinafauna” and “The
Little Bag of Meal.” O’Neill also published a variant under the title
“Connie the Soldier.” P.W. Joyce gives it as “The Bag of Meal” and was the
first to print it (in his Ancient Irish
Music, 1873), according to Brendan Breathnach. “Máire Ní Eidhinn” is the
title in Petrie’s 1905 Complete
Collection of Irish Music, though O’Neill thought the 3-part version he
collected from Cronin to be “much superior.” Petrie takes his title from the
poem “Máire Ni Éidhin” by Raftery, the blind poet of
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X:1
T:Banish Misfortune [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A/G/|F2D DED|DEF GFG|A3 cAG|ABc
d/c/AG|
F2D DED|DEF GFG|AdB cde|d3 d2:|
|:d/e/|fdd dcd|dfa agf|e2 c/c/
cBc|e/d/ef gfe|1 f2 d/d/ dcd|
dfa agf|g/f/ed cde|d3 d2:|2 fga
fga|afd ecA|fed cde|d3 d2||
|:d/e/|f/e/df e/d/ce|d/c/AB cAG|F2D
DED|DEF GFG|
A/G/AB cAG|AdB cde|fed cde|d3 d2:|
BANISH
MISFORTUNE (OR MARY OF INISTUICK) [2]. AKA and see “Aineen’s Double,” “The Bacagh of the Wattle,” “The Cherry Grove Jig,” “Coffee and Tea [2]," “(An) Ghaoth Aniar Andeas,” “Jimmy the Tailor,” “The Southwest Wind.” Irish, Double Jig. D
Dorian. Standard tuning. No apparent relation to “Banish Misfortune [1].” See
also Breathnach’s CRÉ I, No. 29, “The
South West Wind.” Petrie also published a version of the tune under the title
“Bacach na Cleithe” in his Ancient Music
of Ireland (
BANISHED DEFENDER, THE. Irish, Air (2/4 time). E Minor. Standard
tuning. AB. "To this air a Ninety‑eight song was sung" (Joyce).
Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song),
1909; No. 579, pg. 304.
BANISHED
TO
X:1
T:Banished to
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Rice-Walsh manuscript
Z:Paul Kinder
R:Air
K:D
"Moderato"(3ABc|d2 de
dcAF|G2 GF GBAG|F2 GFD2 D2|D4-D2 DE|
F2 FE FGAF|G2 GF G2 Ac|d2 dc
ABce|d4-d2||
DE|F2 FE FGAF|G2 GF G2 Ac|d2 dc
ABce|d4-d2 fe|
d2 de dcAF|G2 GF GBAG|F2 GF D2
D2|D4-D2||
BANJO BREAKDOWN. Scottish, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. AA'CC'CC'DD'. Despite the
title, the melody is a popular bagpipe tune, sometimes also played on the
fiddle. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol.
2, 1988; pg. 2. Martin (Traditional
Scottish Fiddling), 2002; pg. 80.
BANJO POLKA [1], THE. American, Polka. E Major ('A', 'C' and 'D'
parts) & B Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. ABCDD. Ford (Traditional Music in
BANJO POLKA [2]. Canadian (?), Polka. D Major. Standard. AA'BB'AA"CC'. Source Omer
Marcoux identified part of the tune as that of an old song, "Filez, Filez,
O Mon Navire." Source for notated version: transplanted French-Canadian
fiddler Omer Marcoux {1898-1982} (
BANJO REEL. American, Reel. G Major. Standard. AABB. The banjo was extremely
popular in the mid to latter 19th century, propelled by the
popularity of the ubiquitous minstrel show and the many virtuosic performers on
the instrument. When Ryan’s was first published in 1883 the banjo was at its
peak as a popular instrument. Mark Twain did not often write about music,
although did so occasionally. One of his best quotes on music comes from a
piece he wrote for the San Francisco Dramatic Chronicle (June 23, 1865)
called “Enthusiastic Eloquence,” wherein he states: "When you want
genuine music - music that will come right home to you like a bad quarter,
suffuse your system like strychnine whisky, go right through you like Brandreth's
pills, ramify your whole constitution like the measles, and break out on your
hide like the pin-feather pimples on a picked goose - when you want all this,
just smash your piano, and invoke the glory-beaming banjo!" Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 3. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 25.
X:1
T:Banjo Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
({F}G2)|G,2 z2z2 ({F}G2)|G,2 z2z2
AB|cABG AFGA|1 BGAF G2A:|2 BGAF G2||
|:AB|cABG AFGA|BGAF GFED|cABG
AFGA|BGAF G2:|
BANJO SAM. AKA and see “Hook and Line.”
BANJO TRAMP. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
X:1
T:Banjo Tramp
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Liz Slade
Z:Andrew Kuntz
K:D
(f/g/|a/)(f/a/)a/ b/e/a|[df]>[df]
[d/f/][d/e/][d/f/]f|e/A/d/A/ c/(A/B)|[AA]>[A(B] [AA)]|1
(3e/f/g/|a/f/a/a/ b/e/a|d/[df]d
[d/f/][d/e/][d/f]f/|e/(A/d/)(A/ c/)c/d|[ee]>[ef] [ee]:|2
(3A/B/c/|d/)B/d/A/ B/A/A/c/|d/B/d/A/
B/A/A/c/|d/B/d/d/ e/A/c|[d/e/][df]e/ [df]||
|:(D|A/)(D/F/)F/ Ad|[d/e/][df]e/
f/e/f/A/|e/A/d/A/ c/A/B|[AA]>[AB] (A/B/)A/(D/|1
A/)(D/F) A/(A/d)|[d/e/][df]g/
f/e/f/f/|e/A/c/A/ cd|[ee]>[e/f] [ee]:|2 (3A/B/c/|
D/B/d/A/ c/A/A/c/|d/B/d/A/
B/A/A/c/|d/B/d/d/ ec|[d/e/][df][d/f/] [df]||
BANK OF IRELAND [1],
THE (Bannc Na h-Eireann). Irish, Reel. A Dorian or Mixolydian ('A' part) & D Major ('B'
part). Standard. AB (Miller): AA'B (O'Neill/1850, 1001 & 1915): AABB
(Harker/Rafferty, Mallinson, O'Neill/Krassen, Taylor). The 'A' part begins on a
C Major chord at the beginning of each four bar phrase, but resolves to a D
Major chord at the end of each. See also note for “Reidy’s Reel.” The tune is still a popular reel at Irish
sessions today. Sources for notated versions: a recording of Miltown Malbay,
County Clare, fiddler Bobby Casey (1926-2000), winner of the All-Ireland fiddle
in 1952 and 1968 [Miller & Perron]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty,
born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; 73. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No.
56, pg. 18. Mallinson (Essential),
1995; No. 60, pg. 26. Miller & Perron (Irish
Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 1, No. 19. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd
Edition, 2006; pg. 48. O'Neill (O’Neill’s
Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 266, pg. 136. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 93.
O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems),
1907/1986; No. 465, pg. 90. O'Neill (Music
of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1186, pg. 224. Taylor (Through the Half‑Door), 1992; No.
27, pg. 20. Comhaltas Ceoltoiri CL13, Tommy Peoples. Rounder CD 1087, Michael Grogan – “From Galway to Dublin”
(1992. Reissue of 1942 original). Wild Asparagus WA 003, Wild Asparagus - "Tone
Roads" (1990).
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X:1
T:Bank of Ireland, The [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 465
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
ed|:=cAAB cABG|EGDG EGDB|=cAAB
cABG|1 Addc dfed:|2 Addc d2||
de|f2 fd e2 ec|dfed cAAg|f2 fd e2
ed|eaag eddz|fgaf efge|dfed cAAG|Addc defg|afge dfed||
BANK OF IRELAND [2]. AKA and see “Port Shean tSeáin.” Irish, Jig.
BANK OF TURF [1], THE. AKA and see "Padraig O'Keeffe's Slide [2],"
“Tom Billy’s (Reel) [4].” Irish, Slide. D Major. Standard tuning. ABB. Source
for notated version: Kerry fiddler Denis Murphy [Bulmer & Sharpley]. Bulmer
& Sharpley (Music from Ireland),
vol. 4, No. 48. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne),
2004; No. 5, pg. 4. Peoples (Fifty Irish
Fiddle Tunes), 1986; No. 13. Treoir.
Tommy Peoples – “The Iron Man” (appears as “Tom
Billy’s”).
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X:1
T:Bank of Turf, The [1]
R:jig
E:10
M:6/8
K:D
dB|ABA DFA|BAF DFA|dcd ede|~f3 def|\
~g3 gab|afd B3|efe e2d|cBA AdB|*
ABA DFA|BAF DFA|dcd ede|~f3 def|\
~g3 gab|afd B2A|ABA efe|d3 d||*
cd|eAA efg|fdd fga|gfe fed|edB ABd|\
eAA efg|fdd fga|gfe dcB|A3 z:|**
X: 2
T: Bank of Turf [1]
S: Treoir
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
Q: 350
R: slide
Z: Transcribed by Bill Black
K: D
A3 DFA BAF DFA | d3 ede f3 def | g2 f gab afd B2
c/d/ | e2 f e2 d cBA Bcd |
A3 DFA BAF D2 F/A/ | dcd ede fef def | g2 f gab
afd B3 |
|1 ABc dfe d3 d3 :|2 ABc dfe d3 d2 ||
c/d/ |: e2 A e2 g f2 d f2 a | gfe fed edB ABd |
e2 A e2 g f2 d f2 a |
|1
gfe dcB A3 A2 B/d/ :|2 gfe dcB A3 A3 ||
BANK OF TURF [2], THE (An Móinteán). AKA and
see “The Concertina Hornpipe,"
“The Blacksmith’s Charm.” Irish,
Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Breathnach (1985) says the tune is
related to O’Neill’s “The Groves.”
The alternate titles “Concertina Hornpipe” and “Blacksmithe’s Charm” come from
fiddler John Kelly Sr. (Dublin). Sean Keane relates the story of the naming of
the tune, when the late Kerry fiddler Denis Murphy was working in a bog one
day, when “who should cycle by but the famous Pádraig Ó Caoimh. The music
suddenly struck Pádraig but the only means to hand on which to notate the
resulting tune was the bank of turf.” O’Keeffe scratched the tune into the
peat, at the title was born. Source for notated version: fiddler Seán Keane
(Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ
III), 1985; No. 209, pg. 96. Claddagh CC17, Seán
Keane ‑ "Gusty's Frolics" (1975). Topic Records, John Kelly Sr.
(1975. appears as “The Blacksmith’s Charm”).
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BANKHEAD BLUES. Old-Time, Country Blues. USA, Mississippi. Recorded by Shelton and
Marshall Nation. Borrows the coarse
strain of the popular “Carroll
County Blues #1” by Narmour and Smith, recorded in 1929.
BANKS AND BRAES OF BONNY DOON. Scotch, Air (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion), c. 1805; pg. 17.
X:1
T:Banks and Braes of Bonny
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow”
S:O’Farrell – Pocket Comapion (c. 1805)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
cBA AFE | EFA A2 :: c/d/ | e2f ecA | e2f ecA | ecA ecA |
fec B3 | A2A BAB | cec BAB | cBA AFE | EFA A2 ||
BANKS HORNPIPE. AKA- “Banks of the River,” “Parazotti.” AKA and see "Kinloch's Grand Hornpipe," "Mrs. Taff," “Souvenir de Venice.” Scottish, Canadian, Irish; Hornpipe. Canada, Nova Scotia. E Flat Major (Scottish versions, primarily): G Major (Black). Standard tuning. AAB (Black, Honeyman, Martin): AA’B (Silberberg): AABB (Brody, Hardie, Hunter, O’Malley, Skinner). "Composed by Parazotti" is an ascription often found attached to this tune, sometimes called a ‘descriptive hornpipe’, or (by Skinner) a ‘Classical hornpipe’. It has become a tune by which good fiddlers are judged by, and as a virtuoso piece is played by fiddlers from several different styles and genres. The composer’s origins were somewhat obscure, although he appears to have been a Scotsman of Italian heritage, his grandfather having immigrated to Glasgow. Alburger (1983) stated she could find no composer by that name and suggested it could possibly be a set of a piece which was danced to by Mme Pariot, who retired from the London stage to marry in 1809. Alastair Hardie (1992), however, reports that Parazotti did exist and was actually the grandson of an Italian violinist who settled in Glasgow. The tune was inspired by the sights and sounds of a river in spate. The melody appears first in print in 1881 in Kohlers' Violin Repository (Bk. 1) under the title "Mrs. Taff" (whom Hardie explains was a person who resided on the West coast of Scotland and was Parazotti's patron for a time. It is said she was the owner of the house in which Parazotti composed his tune). The piece is similar to the tune "Souvinir De Venice Hornpipe" in the 1883 Ryan’s Mammoth Collection. “ “Souvinir” is credited to L. Ostinelli,