sheet music - mulhaire

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Can anyone help me find sheet music for the traditional irish reel “Mulhaire”? Thanks for your help!

Deb

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Mulhaire’s is in Ceol Rinnce na hEirreann vol 5


this should go a long way towards it too:
T:Mulhaire’s
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
AG|F2AF DFAF|G2BG DGBd|c2Ac eAce|dcde fdAG|!
F2AF DFAF|GBB2 dBB2|Acef gecd|e2dc d2:|!
fg|a2fd adfd|adfd edBd|e3f gfga|bee2 begb|!
a2fd adfd|adfd edBA|FAA2 GBdB|AFEF D2:|!



[ This Message was edited by: Peter Laban on 2002-03-06 15:23 ]

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WWB,

I know what you’re looking for and it’s actually called Paddy Clancy’s jig.

Here’s the chart:

Send me an email if this isn’t what you want.

Thanks,
John


[ This Message was edited by: John-N on 2002-03-06 22:44 ]

[ This Message was edited by: John-N on 2002-03-06 22:45 ]

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Hi Deb,

Go To J C’c ABC Tune Finder at:

http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/findtune.html

and type in Mulhaire in the box. Peter’s ABC is the first choice in the key of D. The PDF option will give you a nice sheetmusic printout if you’ve got Adobe acrobat, or use Gif for a slightly less legible option.

JC’s is a brilliant online resource for those evasive tunes.

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[ This Message was edited by: Martin Milner on 2002-03-07 06:34 ]

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I don’t really think she is looking for Paddy C’s because she specificly asked for a REEL. Anyway, there are several reels called Mulhaire’s, all associated with East Galway accordeon player Martin Mulhaire who stayed on in the US after a 1958 Tulla-band tour. The one I posted is currently the most popular one, in fact this is generally known as Mulhaire no 9. I am listening to it actually at the moment in a version by Tommy Peoples played with the Clare based string quintet The Bowhouse Quintet which includes lovely fiddlers Liam Lewis and Tola Custy complemented by viola , cello and Paul O Driscoll on bass. Different but a lovely job. Recommended. (I am trailing off a bit here, sorry)


[ This Message was edited by: Peter Laban on 2002-03-07 07:40 ]

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Thanks everyone for the help and the website…I just couldn’t seem to find one that was easy to use!

Peter, I think the one you posted is the one I am looking for, I’ll have to sit and play it to make sure. Just a couple of questions as I have never had a song written out like this before:

When there is a note followed by a 2, is it played twice or for twice as long? And does the difference in upper case and lower case have any significance?

Thanks again, Deb

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basic not in this is 1/8, a not with 2 added doubles that i.e. becomes a 1/4

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lower case = lower octave
upper case = upper octave

So, you range on the D whistle, in D major, would be written like this:

DEFG ABcd | efga bcd2 ||

look for the key signature to find out if f’s and c’s are sharp. In D major (E dorian, B minor, A mixolydian) you have 2 sharps: F# an C# (but they’ll be written F and c in abc notation). In G major (A dorian, E minor, D myxolydian) you have on sharp (F#).

There are losts of webpages on abc notation and there was thread about it recently, iirc.

Best get a program that will convert abc notation to staff notation. I use Barfly on my Mac.

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Hi Debs,

I had a quick try of this on my mandolin just now; nice tune, tricky in the second half with the fd adfd jumps, requires 3rd finger flexibility on the mandolin.

Thanks for bringing it to my attention, I’ll be working on it too.