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'''FRIENDLY VISIT, THE''' (An Tiomcuairt). AKA and see "[[Callanan's Retreat]]," "[[Cooney's Hornpipe]]," "[[Smith's Hornpipe (1) (The)]]," "[[Tamony's Hornpipe]]." Irish, English; Hornpipe. G Major (Harker/Rafferty, Mitchell, O'Neill, Raven): A Major (Mulvihill). Standard tuning. AABB. The tune is played in A Major in County Donegal where it is very popular, although the key of 'G' is more common in sessions to accommodate instruments other than the fiddle. Reg Hall (1998) says the tune has had enough currency in Northumberland to be considered local. | '''FRIENDLY VISIT [1], THE''' (An Tiomcuairt). AKA and see "[[Callanan's Retreat]]," "[[Cooney's Hornpipe]]," "[[Smith's Hornpipe (1) (The)]]," "[[Tamony's Hornpipe]]." Irish, English; Hornpipe. G Major (Harker/Rafferty, Mitchell, O'Neill, Raven): A Major (Mulvihill). Standard tuning. AABB. The tune is played in A Major in County Donegal where it is very popular, although the key of 'G' is more common in sessions to accommodate instruments other than the fiddle. Reg Hall (1998) says the tune has had enough currency in Northumberland to be considered local. | ||
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FRIENDLY VISIT [1], THE (An Tiomcuairt). AKA and see "Callanan's Retreat," "Cooney's Hornpipe," "Smith's Hornpipe (1) (The)," "Tamony's Hornpipe." Irish, English; Hornpipe. G Major (Harker/Rafferty, Mitchell, O'Neill, Raven): A Major (Mulvihill). Standard tuning. AABB. The tune is played in A Major in County Donegal where it is very popular, although the key of 'G' is more common in sessions to accommodate instruments other than the fiddle. Reg Hall (1998) says the tune has had enough currency in Northumberland to be considered local.
Source for notated version: piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].
Printed sources: Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 258, p. 79. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 114, p. 96. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 16, p. 92. O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915; No. 352, p. 172. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 196. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1696, p. 315. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 894, p. 154. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 171.
Recorded sources: Piping Pig Productions PPPCD001, Jimmy O'Brien-Moran - "Seán Reid's Favourite" (1996. Learned from a casual recording of pipe and fiddle duet Bill Kelly and Bill {Willie} Clancy). Topic TSCD 669, Will Atkinson (et al) - "Ranting and Reeling: Dance Music of the north of England" (1998. Atkinson {b. 1908} of Crookham, Northumberland, was an accordion player).
See also listings at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]