Irish Cork Reel

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Please define the term “Irish Cork Reel”

Also, any info you can provide on the Tunes Molly on the Shore, and Temple Hill

Thanks,
Dave (bahdopbop)

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Does it not mean a reel from Cork?

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–Sorta sounds like it might be an ad hoc title for a tune otherwise nameless…where did you hear it, and do you have any abc notation for it?

N, hmmm…

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An Pluiméir Ceolmhar

[ This Message was edited by: Roger O’Keeffe on 2003-02-20 04:02 ]

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Edited for gross stupidity on my part. I forgot that “Top of the Cork Road” is a jig, not a reel.

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Is it used for fishing off the southern coast?

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There’s a tune called the West Cork Reel here:

http://home.swipnet.se/~w-11382/abc/index/titlew.htm

(Norbeck)

But apart from that, the term Cork reel has no particular significance that I’m aware of.

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Percy Grainger did an arrangement of ‘Molly on the Shore’ for violin and piano (classical style, naturally). He was kind enough to provide the version he took it form with the music - lovely tune.
Jo.
edit: there was another tune in it aswell - can’t remember what it was called, but it could have been Temple Hill - I’ll try and find the music later.
edited again cos I’m dull and can’t spell!
[ This Message was edited by: Jo C on 2003-02-20 13:53 ]

[ This Message was edited by: Jo C on 2003-02-20 13:54 ]

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Yep found the music the two reels are Molly on the Shore and Temple Hill. They are both cork reels according to the blurb -
‘The two Cork Reel tunes from “The Complete Petrie Collection of Ancient Irish Music” used in Grainger’s folk-music setting entitled “Molly on the Shore” are as follows…’
Hope this is of some help.. unless that’s where you got the tunes from in the first place, in which case it’s completely useless!
Jo

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Dave,

Do you have a specific tune in mind, or just fishing for a definition?

Here’s a nice reel from Cork:

T:Unknown Cork Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
Z:welcome.r
K:G
|: dBB2 DBGB | DBB2 ABcA | dBB2 DBGB | cABG AABc :|!
|: G2BG DGBG | G2FG AcBA | G2BG DGBG |1 cABG AABA :|2 cABG AABc :|!
|: dBB2 dBGB | dBB2 ABcA | dBB2 dBGB | cABG AABc :|
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On 2003-02-19 14:29, Walden wrote:
Does it not mean a reel from Cork?

Yup, Fiddler’s Companion identifies both of those reels as from County Cork.

(Now listening to Grainger’s piano reel recording of Maguire’s Kick.)

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There ya go! The answer i was looking for… a reel from the county of Cork in ireland

(I’m a college Band director, looking for background info on Grainger’s “Molly on the Shore”, that my college Wind Ensemble will perform soon.

Oh, and how does one reply to a reply here? I think I’m replying to my original question rather than the person who replied to me…coulden’t find that button to push here)

Thanks for all your replies.

Dave

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On 2003-02-22 11:15, bahdopbop wrote:
Oh, and how does one reply to a reply here? I think I’m replying to my original question rather than the person who replied to me…coulden’t find that button to push here)

Hit the “quote” button at the bottom of the message you want to reply to.