Does any one know of a site from which I could download the sheet music for “Kean O’Hara”, which I believe to be an O’Carolan tune? I came up empty at JC’s ABC Tune Finder, which is generally my first port of call when I go looking for the dots and lines.
Thanks,
Tom D.
It’s a midi file, not sheet music, but I know you can pick it up by ear. Check this site:
http://www.oharas.com/directory/irishmusic.html
There are at least 3 O’Carolan tunes called Kean O’Hara, though.
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[ This Message was edited by: jim_mc on 2003-02-09 21:51 ]
Thanks for the lead. Wurst it is @ +/- 5:45.
Be well,
Tom D.
The single melody track …
look up Planxty Irwin… it’s the same thing.
If yer can’t find it anywhere else try the
http://www.bbc.co.uk.radio2/folk/acoustic_club/
Don’t take the print option though, it’ll waste a full page of paper and ink.
Press the PrintScrn button on yer keyboard,
open up Word (or similar) or even a picture proggy like Paint (spit!) and Paste it.
Then arrange the size you want, and save a load of expensive ink.
HTH
Edited because this fool can’t tell the words KEAN and COLONEL are different!
And seeking redemption…
the score is at http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/nobodyatall/Public/K_ohara.jpg
Save it and use a piccy prog to resize/print etc (mgi photosuite worked on me check to see “if this works” trial) 
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[ This Message was edited by: Easily_Deluded_Fool on 2003-02-10 08:43 ]
I looked up Kean O’Hara in my copy of Donal O’Sullivan’s book “Carolan: The Life Times and Music of an Irish Harper” (2001, Ossian). There are three different airs titled Kean O’Hara, all in 3/4 time. I could transcribe it into abc if I knew which one you wanted. Can you abc the first phrase so I can try to match it?
“Planxty Irwin”, a.k.a “Colonel John Irwin” is a different tune.
Sarah
Edited because this fool can’t tell the words KEAN and COLONEL are different!
And seeking redemption…
the score is at > http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/nobodyatall/Public/K_ohara.jpg
Yep. Thats what I said too.
The score you want is mentioned above - honest
Thanks for the leads, offers and the JPEG!!
This is a great site with some fine folks as members.
Tom D.
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This the Kean O’Hara air that’s on the Narada Celtic Treasure II CD. To print it, copy the abc, go to the concertina.net abc convert-a-matic http://www.concertina.net/tunes_convert.html
paste the abc into the box, and click “submit.” It will bring an image up on the screen. To get a better quality image for printing, click on the “pdf” option.
X:1
T:Kean O’Hara, 3rd Air
M:3/4
L:1/8
C:Turlough O’Carolan
N: #132 in Donal O’Sullivan, Carolan: The Life Times and Music of an Irish Harper (Ossian, 2001)
K:G
G>E|D2 E2 (3GAB|AG E2 GE|D2 E2 (3GAB|A4 GA|
B2 d2 (3efg|ed cB AG |G2 B2 d2|e4 dc|
B2 d2 (3efg|ed cB AG |G2 Bd (3efg|g4 f2|
ed B2 AG|AG E2 GE|DE (3GAB A>G|G4||
Enjoy!
Sarah
My thanks to Sarah and the other folks who provided leads. The tune I was looking for is the one for which Sarah has provided the "ABC"s. Since the initial post, I have pieced some of this tune together–now to see if old ‘tin ear’ got it right!!
Be well,
Tom D.
