Blas Ceoil Theme - Tune ID

Trad Irish Music
1

Now it’s my turn to ask. :slight_smile:

Does anyone know the name of the tune clip used as the theme music of Blas Ceoil, that plays at the start of each program? For example, at 00:23 in this episode:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbOow-Ce-vs

It sounds like a modern tune. Here’s the ABC, as much as I could catch:

X:1
T:Blas Ceoil
M:C|
K:GDor
~G3d BGdB|DGBc defg|fdcd ~A3f|dAcA BGAF|
DGBG dGBG|DGBc defg|afcA fdcA|dfcA BGAF:|
abgf g2b2-|bggf gbd’c’|bg~g2 gfdz|

Link to fearfaoin’s Link-A-Matic: http://tinyurl.com/ydjd4om

Thanks in advance!

2

Nice tune! But, I got nothin’.

3

edited to say aha! I was headed in the right direction .. I don’t have the tune name but I’m 99% sure it’s in the “Neckbelly” set on Sharon Shannon’s “Renegade” CD.

4

Brilliant, Cathy, that’s it. Thank you so much!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_XkPtv4_BA

Written by Sharon, first tune in the set. Apparently without individual names (according to TheSession), so this is Neckbelly #1. :slight_smile:

Ugly name, nice tune.

5

Here’s the full ABC, in GDor as played, and in fingering-friendlier EDor.

X:1
T:Neckbelly Reel #1
C:Sharon Shannon
R:Reel
S: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_XkPtv4_BA
D:Sharon Shannon: Renegade - 02 - The Neckbelly Reels
N:Played in GDor
Z:MTGuru for C&F, 2009-10-02
M:C|
K:GDor
~G3d BGdG|DGBc defg|fdcd ~A3f|dfcA BGAF|
DGBG dGBG|DGBc defg|afcA fdcA|1 dfcA BGAF:|2 dfcA BG~G2|]
Jb2gf gzb2-|bggf ~g3a|bg~g2 gd~d2|dc~c2 cBAB|
Gdgf gfdB|Gdgf ~g3a|bgaf gfdc|~d2cA BG~G2||
Jb2gf gzb2-|bggf gbd’c’|bg~g2 gd~d2|dc~c2 cBAB|
Gdgf gfdB|Gdgf ~g3a|bgaf gfdc|dfcA BGAF|]

Linky: http://tinyurl.com/yjsxylq

X:2
T:Neckbelly Reel #1
C:Sharon Shannon
R:Reel
S: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_XkPtv4_BA
D:Sharon Shannon: Renegade - 02 - The Neckbelly Reels
N:Played in GDor
Z:MTGuru for C&F, 2009-10-02
M:C|
K:EDor
~E3B GEBE|B,EGA Bcde|dBAB ~F3d|BdAF GEFD|
B,EGE BEGE|B,EGA Bcde|fdAF dBAF|1 BdAF GEFD:|2 BdAF GE~E2|]
Jg2ed ezg2-|geed ~e3f|ge~e2 eB~B2|BA~A2 AGFG|
EBed edBG|EBed ~e3f|gefd edBA|~B2AF GE~E2||
Jg2ed ezg2-|geed egba|ge~e2 eB~B2|BA~A2 AGFG|
EBed edBG|EBed ~e3f|gefd edBA|BdAF GEFD|]

Linky: http://tinyurl.com/yzkpeku

6

A-part workaround (EDor), after noodling it for a day:

~E3B GEBG|EFGA Bcde|dBAB ~F3d|BdAF GEFD|
E2GE BEGF|EFGA Bcde|fdAF dBAF|1 BdAF GEFD:|2 BdAF GE~E2|]

7

Ah, good, glad it worked out. I pegged it for Sharon and her crew right off but had to hunt down “Renegade” to listen. I knew it wasn’t on “Tunes.”

Thanks for the workaround. If I ever go to Shannonland, I’ll be all over it but at present I’m pretty entrenched in the 1800s. :wink: