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|f_annotation='''REEL OF RIO [1], THE.''' AKA and see “[[McCollam's Fancy]],” “[[Rocky Road (3) (The)]],” “[[Road to Rio (The)]].” Irish, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O’Malley): AABB (Mallinson, Miller & Perron): AABB' (Flaherty): AA’BB’ (Harker/Rafferty, Songer). Composed by Nenagh, County Tipperary, fiddler and whistle player [[biography:Seán Ryan]] (1919-1985). According to Seán’s son Brian the tune suggested a Latin beat, hence the title’s reference to the Brazilian city, although the title is also a pun on the name of the grain (rye). Seán Ryan’s nickname was ‘Rio’ (pronounced ‘rye-o’), and thus another layer of word-play in the title. Fr. John Quinn, in notes to the volume '''Sean Ryan's Dream,''' writes that the tune was popularized by banjo-mandolin player Noel Strange, a friend of Ryan's fond of tunes with a bit of rhythmic difference. He played the tune on a Raidió Éireann broadcast, "and both the name and the tune spread like wildfire through the country" (notwithstanding the name was pronounce "Reeo" instead of "Ryo" on the radio). | |||
---- | |f_source_for_notated_version=flutist Seamus Tansey (Miller & Perron); flute player James Murray (b. 1947, Ougham, outside Tubbercurry, County Sligo) [Flaherty]; a recording by George Wilson [O’Malley]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. | ||
|f_printed_sources=Bulmer & Sharpley ('''Music from Ireland, vol. 1'''), 1974, No. 42 (appears as “Road to Rio”). Flaherty ('''Trip to Sligo'''), 1990; p. 169. Harker ('''300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty'''), 2005; No. 57, p. 18. Mallinson ('''100 Enduring'''), 1996; No. 17, p. 7. Miller & Perron ('''Irish Traditional Fiddle Music vol. 1'''), 1977; No. 38. Miller & Perron ('''Irish Traditional Fiddle Music'''), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 100. O’Malley ('''Luke O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1'''), 1976; No. 21, p. 11. Ryan ('''The Hidden Ireland'''), 1988; 25. Susan Songer with Clyde Curley ('''Portland Collection vol. 3'''), 2015; p. 175. | |||
---- | |f_recorded_sources=Rex LPR 1006, Liverpool Céilí Band - "Off to Dublin" (1966)., Shanachie 29006, John Vesey. | ||
|f_see_also_listing=Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t2281.html]<br> | |||
'''REEL OF RIO, THE.''' AKA and see “[[McCollam's Fancy]],” “[[Rocky Road (3) (The)]],” “[[Road to Rio (The)]].” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O’Malley): AABB (Mallinson, Miller & Perron): AABB' (Flaherty): AA’BB’ (Harker/Rafferty). Composed by Nenagh, County Tipperary, fiddler and whistle player [[biography:Seán Ryan]] (1919-1985). According to Seán’s son Brian the tune suggested a Latin beat, hence the title’s reference to the Brazilian city, although the title is also a pun on the name of the grain (rye). Seán Ryan’s nickname was ‘Rio’ (pronounced ‘rye-o’), and thus another layer of word-play in the title. Fr. John Quinn, in notes to the volume '''Sean Ryan's Dream,''' writes that the tune was popularized by banjo-mandolin player Noel Strange, a friend of Ryan's fond of tunes with a bit of rhythmic difference. He played the tune on a Raidió Éireann broadcast, "and both the name and the tune spread like wildfire through the country" (notwithstanding the name was pronounce "Reeo" instead of "Ryo" on the radio). | |||
Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t2281.html]<br> | |||
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/r04.htm#Reeofri]<br> | Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/r04.htm#Reeofri]<br> | ||
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [https://www.irishtune.info/tune/1664/]<br> | Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [https://www.irishtune.info/tune/1664/]<br> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:50, 21 June 2023
X:1 T:Reel of Rio [1], The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:O’Malley Collection K:G DEGA BABd | eg~g2 agea | gedg edBd | c2 Bc AGEG | DEGA BABd | efge agea | gd~d2 edBG | AcBA G2 Bc || dg~g2 ag~g2 | bg~g2 edBe | dB~B2 GA (3Bcd | gedB AGEG | DEGA BA (3Bcd | efgb ae~e2 | gedg edBG | AcBA G2 z2 ||
REEL OF RIO [1], THE. AKA and see “McCollam's Fancy,” “Rocky Road (3) (The),” “Road to Rio (The).” Irish, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O’Malley): AABB (Mallinson, Miller & Perron): AABB' (Flaherty): AA’BB’ (Harker/Rafferty, Songer). Composed by Nenagh, County Tipperary, fiddler and whistle player biography:Seán Ryan (1919-1985). According to Seán’s son Brian the tune suggested a Latin beat, hence the title’s reference to the Brazilian city, although the title is also a pun on the name of the grain (rye). Seán Ryan’s nickname was ‘Rio’ (pronounced ‘rye-o’), and thus another layer of word-play in the title. Fr. John Quinn, in notes to the volume Sean Ryan's Dream, writes that the tune was popularized by banjo-mandolin player Noel Strange, a friend of Ryan's fond of tunes with a bit of rhythmic difference. He played the tune on a Raidió Éireann broadcast, "and both the name and the tune spread like wildfire through the country" (notwithstanding the name was pronounce "Reeo" instead of "Ryo" on the radio).
