The Fiddler’s Companion
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Notation
Note: The tunes below are recorded in what
is called “abc notation.” They
can easily be converted to standard musical notation via highlighting with your
cursor starting at “X:1” through to the end of the abc’s, then
“cutting-and-pasting” the highlighted notation into one of the many abc
conversion programs available, or at concertina.net’s incredibly handy “ABC
Convert-A-Matic” at http://www.concertina.net/tunes_convert.html **Please note that the abc’s in the Fiddler’s
Companion work fine in most abc conversion programs. For example, I use abc2win
and abcNavigator 2 with no problems whatsoever with direct cut-and-pasting.
However, due to an anomaly of the html, pasting the abc’s into the
concertina.net converter results in double-spacing. For concertina.net’s
conversion program to work you must remove the spaces between all the lines
of abc notation after pasting, so that they are single-spaced, with no
intervening blank lines. This being done, the F/C abc’s will convert to
standard notation nicely. Or, get a copy of abcNavigator 2 – its well worth
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PORT... See also (the Gaelic)
"Puirt..." An Irish port, or
Gaelic puirt, was originally a common-time lesson or an air written for
the harp and akin to a planxty (Flood) or sometimes a vocal air, but it is also
the Gaelic word for 'jig.' Sanger & Kinnaird (Tree of Strings, 1992) say that there was actually no Irish
tradition of ports, and that only one, “Purth Clarseach” (a version of “Port
Gordon”) is recorded by Edward Bunting. The genuine ports that are contained in
Irish collections appear to all have Scottish connections. The first recorded
use of the word port, in a musical context, is in the poem by Donnachadh Mor of
PORT
A’ BHODAICH. AKA and see “The Carle's Rant.” Scottish, Strathspey. A
Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB'CBB' (Kerr): ABCD (Athole, Gow, McGlashan).
John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in Alexander 'King' McGlashan's 1780
collection. Gow (Complete Repository),
Part 1, 1799; pg. 6. Kerr (Merry Melodies),
vol. 1; Set 26, No. 5, pg. 16. McGlashan (Collection of Strathspey Reels), c. 1780/81; pg. 28. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 7.
X:1
T:Port a’ Bhodaich
M:C|
L:1/8
S:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
e| A<Ae>B c>B A<a | A<Ae>c d>c B<e | A<Ae>B c<Ae>d | c<Ae<A d>cB>e |
A<Ae>B c>B A<a | A<Ae>c d>cBE | A<Ae>B c<Ae>d | c<Ae>c d>cB>e ||
c<Aa>g a<AA>e | c<Aa>f =g<BB>e | c<Aag a>AA>e | f<ae<=g d>c B<e |
c<Aa>g a<AA>e | cAfa =g<BB>e | c<Aa>g a>Aa>e | f/g/a e/f/=g d>cB<e ||
d/c/B/A/ A,>A c<AA<e | d/c/B/A/ A,>e d<BB>e | d/c/B/A/ A,>e d/c/B/A/ A,>e |
d/c/B/A/ A,>e d<BB<e | d/c/B/A/ A,>e c<AA>e | d/c/B/A/ A,>e d<BB>e |
d/c/B/A/ A,>A AA/B/ c>A d>cB<e || c<Aa>g a<AA>e | c<Aa>f =g<BB>e |
c<Aa>g a>Aa>e| f<ae<=g d>cB<e | c<Aa>g a<AA>e | c<Aa>f =g<BB>e | c<Aa>g a>Aa>e|f/g/a e/f/=g d>cB |]
PORT AN ACHRÉIDH. Irish, Single Jig. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for
notated version: whistle player Pat White/Padraic de Faoite (
PORT AN AIRD BHÁIN. AKA and see “The Banard Jig.”
PORT AN BARUNTACT. AKA and see "The Barony Jig
[2]."
PORT AN BHAILE CHAOIL. AKA and see "The Ballykeal Jig."
PORT AN BHRÁTHAR (The Monk’s Jig). AKA and see “The
Monk's Jig,” “The Reverend
Brother’s Jig.”
PORT AN DEORAI. AKA and see “Exile’s Jig.” Irish,
Slip Jig. E Minor. Standard. AAB. Cranitch (Irish
Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 32, pg. 137. Cranitch (Irish Session Tunes: Red Book), 2000; 32. Rounder
3067, Alan Stivell ‑ "Renaissance of the Celtic Harp" (1982).
PORT AN DREÓLIN. Irish, Slide. D Major. Standard. AABB. Source for notated version: set
dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, mid-1980’s [
PORT AN FHATHAIGH. AKA and see "Fahy's Jig [1]."
PORT AN FHIONNÁNAIGH. AKA and see “Fanning’s Jig.”
PORT AN GHALLÁIN. AKA and see "The Gullane Jig."
PORT AN POSTA. AKA and see "The Bridal
Jig [1]."
PORT AN PUCA. AKA and see "The Fairy Jig."
PORT AN REATA. AKA and see "The Runaway Jig."
PORT AN RIAGÁNAIGH. AKA and see “Regan’s Jig.”
PORT AN TEAMPALL. AKA and see "The Templehouse
Jig."
PORT AN tSAGAIRT (The Priest’s Jig). Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard. AABB. The
tune, from an unknown manuscript, is
related to O’Neill’s “Happy
to Meet {and Sorry to Part}.” Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; pg. 10.
PORT AN TÚIR MHÓIR. AKA and see “The Toormore Jig.”
PORT ANTOINE UI
FHREAGHAILE. AKA and see "Anthony Frawley's Jig."
PORT ARD, AN. AKA and see "The High Jig."
PORT ATA-CUILINN. AKA and see "The Hollyford
Jig."
PORT ATHOL. AKA – “Port Atholl.” AKA and see "The Hawk of
Ballyshannon," "O'Moore's
Fair Daughter," "Katherine
O'More." Scottish/Irish, Air. Originally composed for a patron by early
17th century Ulster-born (Francis O’Neill says he was born c. 1646, though he
is also recorded as having died around 1650) harper Rory Dall O'Cahan, who
travelled into
PORT BAGARAC, AN. AKA and see "The Swaggering
Jig [1]."
PORT BALLANGOWNE. Scottish, Air. A harp tune appearing in the Skene Manuscript of c. 1615, collected for or by John Skene of
Hallyards in
PORT BHEAN DE ROS. AKA and see “Mrs. Ross’s Jig.”
PORT BHRIAIN MHÓIR (Big Barney’s Jig). AKA and see “Big Barney('s Jig).” Irish, Jig. G
Major. Standard. AABB. Breathnach (CRE IV),
1996; No. 7, pg. 5.
PORT CAIT NI MATGAMNA. AKA and see "Kit
O'Mahony's Jig."
PORT CHILL CHAINNIGH. AKA and see "The Kilkenny Jig."
PORT
CIARRAÍOCH/CIARRAIG, AN. AKA and see "The Kerry Jig [1]."
PORT CILL-FINAIN. AKA and see "The Kilfinane
Jig."
PORT CORNAD MIC SEOIN. AKA and see "Jackson's
Rolling Jig."
PORT CROTUIR UI
CATASAIG. AKA and see "Con Casey's Jig."
PORT CUILLINN UI CHAOIMH. AKA – “Port Chuilinn.” Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard. AA’B. Treoir. Compass
Records 7 4407 2, Ciaran Tourish – “Down the Line” (2005. Learned from the
playing of Dermot and Tara Diamond).
X:
1
T:
Port Cuillinn ui Chaoimh
S:
"Treoir"
M:
6/8
L:
1/8
R:
jig
Z:
Transcribed by Bill Black
K:
D
F/A/
| BdB BAF | Add dFA | BdB BAF | AFE E2 F/A/ |
B3
BAF | Add dAF | G3 FAF |1 EDE D2 :|2 EDE D3 ||
DFA
d3 | dfd ecA | g3 fdB | AFA B3 |
Adf
a2 a | baf a2 f | gfe fdB | AFA B2 g ||
fdd
d3 | dfd ecA | g3 fdB | AFA B3 |
Adf
a3 | baf a2 f | gfe fdB | AFA B3 ||
PORT DALAIG [1]. Irish, Polka.
PORT DALAIG [2]. Irish, Polka.
PORT DALAIG [3]. Irish, Polka.
PORT DALAIG [4]. Irish, Polka.
PORT DALAIG [5]. AKA and see “Ballyoran Polka
[1]."
PORT DALAIG [6]. AKA and see “Ballyoran Polka,"
“(An) Gallope,” “Galop Hey,” “The
Kerry Polka,” “Paddy Spillane’s
[2]." Irish, Polka.
PORT DALAIG [7]. AKA and see “Off She Goes [1].”
PORT DALAIG [8]. Irish, Slide (12/8 time).
PORT DHOMHNAILL MHIC
GUTHAGAIN. AKA and see “Donald MacGugan’s Rant.”
PORT FIAGUIDE AN
SIONAIG. AKA and see "The Foxhunter's Jig [1]."
PORT GAEDEALAC, AN. AKA and see "The Hibernian
Jig."
PORT GAEL-LINN. AKA and see “Dash to
Portobello.” The title honors the Irish recording company.
PORT GORDON{AC} [1] (Gordon’s Tune). AKA and see "Mary of
Ballyhaunis." Scottish/Irish, Air (4/4 time, "with spirit"). G
Dorian (O’Neill): A Dorian (Ó Canainn). Standard. One part (Ó Canainn): AB
(O’Neill). A harp air composed for a Scottish patron by early 17th century
Ulster-born (Francis O’Neill says he was born c. 1646) harper Rory Dall
O'Cahan, who travelled into
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There are
actually several airs entitled “Port Gordon.” One of them is in John Bowie’s Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country
Dances (1789), a partial version of which (under the title “Port 2nd”)
also appears in the MacLean-Clephane Manuscript of 1816, written by the
seventeen-year-old Lady Margaret Wemyss, a member of a prominent Lowland Scots
family. The subject of one of them is likely to have been George Gordon, the
first Marquess of Huntly (1562-1636), maintain Sanger & Kinnaird (Tree of Strings, 1992), who defeated
Argyll at the battle of Balrinnes. It had been fortold that Argyll’s harp would
be played in the Gordon
X:1
T:Port
Gordon [1]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:O’Neill –
Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Minor
dc|B2 Bc B2
AG|G>A Bc d2 cA|G2 GF D2 D^F|G4 G2 dc|B2 Bc B2 AG|
G>A Bc d2 cA|G2 GF D2 D^F|G4 G2||GA|B2 c2 d3B|c2 d=e f2 d>g|
g>f dc
B2d2|c3B G2 dc|B2 Bc B2 AG|G>ABc d2 cA|G2 GF D2 D^F|G4 G2||