I’m looking for the music to a jig called “Sean McGlynn.” I heard it on a CD from the Culkin School of Irish Dance, and I don’t know whether it’s by Sean McGlynn or named for him. I’ve searched every tune data base I could find in the first ten pages of postings here, and I haven’t been able to find it. I suspect it’s not public domain and hence is not posted on-line anywhere, but I’d buy the music if it were published anywhere. (I’ve tried learning it by ear, but I’m pretty new at this and I’m having trouble getting it to fit on a whistle, so I suspect I’m doing something wrong.)
Can anybody help?
[ This Message was edited by: gonzo914 on 2002-07-29 12:09 ]
Maybe it’s in a different key than your whistle. What I do is listen for the lowest whistle note played, that is often the key of the whistle being used.
Sorry I can’t help on the name, I don’t know many names of tunes.
On 2002-07-28 23:14, gonzo914 wrote:
I’m looking for the music to a jig called “Sean McGlynn.” I heard it on a CD from the Culkin School of Irish Dance, and I don’t know whether it’s by Sean McGlynn or named for him. I’ve searched every tune data base I could find in the first ten pages of postings here, and I haven’t been able to find it. I suspect it’s not public domain and hence is not posted on-line anywhere, but I’d buy the music if it were published anywhere. (I’ve tried learning it by ear, but I’m pretty new at this and I’m having trouble getting it to fit on a whistle, so I suspect I’m doing something wrong.)
Can anybody help?
I’m not familiar with the jig, and don’t have it in my collections. Sean McGlynn, accordian player is no longer with us - murdered in NYC.
You might want to get in touch with Bill Ochs at: http://www.pennywhistle.com/
I believe he played with Sean McGlynn.
OK – I’m getting there very slowly. I finally got past the first 4 measures and have a good start on the next four. The problem – in addition to a pronounced inexperience with this sort of thing on my part – has been that this tune uses the entire whistle except the bottom note, so I had to find the right starting place (second octave F#).
avanutria – I think you’re right about the recording it not being in D, but I can’t say for certain because I haven’t been playing with the CD. I started by playing it over and over until I could whistle it, then plinking it out on the piano in C. Right now, I’m out of town and have neither the CD nor the piano, so I’m working from memory on a whistle. I’ll see what key it’s actually in when I get back home, and I’ll also find out if my memory is any good.
And there’s a sample here – http://www.angelfire.com/ky/lotd/info/dances.html – about a third of the way down the page. (The one I’m looking for starts about two seconds before the end of the sample.)
That’s all for now. I’ll keep you posted if I ever actually make it to the turn. I might even be able to play along with this one once I figure out the key because it’s recorded on the Culkin CD at a slow treble jig speed for dance practice. That will be a first.
[ This Message was edited by: gonzo914 on 2002-07-29 19:48 ]
You can try the amazing slowdowner from Roni music. It slows down a CD track or mp3 file up to 400% without changing the pitch. I use the free demo version, it will let you work on the first two tracks on a CD and a good part of a mp3 file. As you can convert any track to mp3 and just cut out and save the part you want, I never bothered to get the full version.
Also works the other way if you want to transpose a tune to fit the key of your whistle.