Im wondering if anyone can name these tunes in this clip.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nw2Zdbwld-w&feature=related
The band is a Roman Catholic Band from Donegal called Mullaghdudbh(spelling)
I quite like this arrangement of tunes and would be interested in obtaining them for my band but i dont know the names of a couple of them.
I know Drowsy Maggie and the Bucks of Oranmore are in the clip but would like to know the rest.
David
They start with:
THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER!
But after the drummers start I can’t tell what they are playing…
the one they’re start a bit after 2:00 is the Harvest Home. A part is wierd.
Agreed .. it is a bit of a racket. Are they marching band Bflat flutes they’re playing? Are these a Melody flute band? Gary Hastings in his book Fife&Drum distinguishes three types of Ulster flute band - (a) The Blood&Thunder or Kick the Pope bands (self explanatory!), (b) Melody Bands and (c) Part Bands - these latter play flutes of different pitches and seek to harmonise. James Galway started off in a Part band, apparently.
Anyway, don’t think I heard the Bucks in there - bit of a mixum gatherum of tunes - Apart from the Last Rose of Summer which is repeated near the end, I think they play the Eavesdropper Jig around 1.45 mark, followed by a version of Harvest Home hornpipe?, followed by a polka I think which I can’t recall name of (surprise!), after Drowsey Maggie is perhaps a version of the Sligo Maid?
What I’ve got so far:
0:00 Down By The Salley Gardens (air/march)
0:50 The Boyne Hunt? (reel)
1:34 The Eavesdropper (jig)
2:05 The Cliff Hornpipe (hp)
2:54 The Gneevgullia Polka (polka)
3:23 Danny Ab’s Slide #1 (slide)
3:52 Drowsy Maggie (reel)
4:22 The Sally Gardens (reel)
4:52 Down By The Salley Gardens (air/march)
They are not an Ulster Band they are from the Republic Donegall i believe and they are Roman Catholic so definately not a kick the pope band,they could be a Hibernian band the Catholic equivalent of the Orange Order. The Championships for bands takes Part in Ulster this is why this is mentioned in the title.
Yes the dynamics is a bit out drums are overpowering at times but still fair play to them, a lot of talented young players.
They seem to be all playing b flat and no parts which i would term as melody.
I thought the tune they play at 51 seconds is an arrangement of The Bucks of Oranmore maybe just a similar tune.
Thanks so much, really appreciated.
David
Added: Danny Ab’s Slide #1
Added: The Boyne Hunt (with a question mark).
Well… Donegal would definitely be in Ulster!! along with Cavan & Monaghan - the province of Ulster is not quite the same as the state of Northern Ireland, which is why NI is often referred to as the Six Counties.
But leaving that aside, I think Gary Hastings rough definition of Ulster flute bands would have them as a ‘Melody Band’. That is to say, their music is not quite as ‘in yer face’ as the Kick the Pope bands but not as complex as the ‘Part Bands’.
If one widens one’s definition of ITM, there is/ was a fantastically rich tradition of trad music in the Orange bands, probably even more so than down South. All through the Six Counties, you’d have classes and lessons going on for kids in wee Orange Halls - drumming, fifing and flute bands in the main. A lot of this activity is geared towards the ‘Marching Season’ but there would also be a lot of competitions and that type of thing.
BTW, not saying the above are an ‘Orange band’ but they’re in that style.