Hi Peter,
I thought I’d better start a new thread because I’m getting away from the original question. This is one of my favourite tunes, so I’d like to get it straight in my own mind, I’m sure your information better, you being in Clare (one of my favourite counties)and all.
I have copies of tunes named “The Skylark” (from Padraig Carroll’s excellent “The Irish Mandolin”, written and played on the CD) and “St Anne’s Reel” , #31 in the John Walsh’s Session Tunes I got off the net, and in O’Neill’s 1001 Dance Tunes. St Anne’s is also played on “Bringing it all back Home” and it’s a reel belter (grin). These are all virtually identical, certainly following the same pattern; the differences I had put down to the individual’s variations.
I had all this down to the “Different names for the same tune/different tunes by the same name” (or more catchily DNST/DTSN) problem we are familiar with in traditional Irish Music.
The tune I’m thinking of goes:
(Key D - first 2 bars plus 2 quaver intro)
d’e’ f#'e’d’f#'e’d’c#b Af#adaf#a
sorry about the notation, I’m not used to this - the ’ indicates the upper ocatave, all notes quavers except “A” which is a crotchet.
So, I know this tune by two different names, but I’m prepared to be corrected and told I’ve got muddled somewhere. Is there another Skylark out there? Or did Padraig Carroll lead me astray with his names (BTW, he calls The Home Ruler by the name Pat Galvin’s Favourite)
cheers, Martin
p.s. I had some books from Amazon delivered today; The hefty Fintan Vallely “Irish Traditional Music”, Barry Foy “Field Guide to Irish Session Music”, and Ciaran Carson “Last Night’s Fun”. I’m pretty sure I learnt about these through C&F so thanks to whoever it was who suggested them!
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