Annotation:Doon Reel (3) (The): Difference between revisions

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DOON REEL [3], THE. AKA and see "The Celebrated Opera (Reel)," "The Chorus Reel," "Gleann Eoghain." Irish, Reel. Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Mulvihill): AA'B (Moylan): AABB (Mallinson). One of the "Doon Reels" in Padraig O'Keeffe's set, obtained from his uncle, Cal Callaghan of Doon, Kerry. Paddy Cronin, also from County Kerry, recorded the tune in Boston on a Copley Records 78 RPM under the title "The Doon Reel No. 2" (paired with and followed by "Quinn's" AKA "The Mountain Top") [1]. Cronin lived in the Boston area for much of his adult life, but returned to County Kerry in the early 1990's.

Source for notated version: Brendan Mulvihill (Baltimore, Md.) [Mulvihill].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 154, p. 82. Mallinson (100 Essential), 1995; No. 28, p. 13. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 56, p. 15.

Recorded sources: Topic 12T176, Con Curtin, Denis McMahon & Julia Clifford - "Paddy in the Smoke" (1968. Appears as "Chorus Reel"). Topic 12T312, "Billy Clifford." Topic 12T357, Johnny O'Leary - "Music for the Set" (1977). See also listing at: Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2].

Tune properties and standard notation

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-'''DOON REEL [3], THE'''. AKA and see "The Celebrated Opera (Reel)," "The Chorus Reel," "(A) Galway Reel," "Gleann Eoghain." Irish, Reel. Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Mulvihill): AA'B (Moylan): AABB (Mallinson). One of the "Doon Reels" in Padraig O'Keeffe's set, obtained from his uncle, Cal Callaghan of Doon, Kerry. Paddy Cronin, also from County Kerry, recorded the tune in Boston on a Copley Records 78 RPM under the title "The Doon Reel No. 2" (paired with and followed by "Quinn's" AKA "The Mountain Top") [http://www.archive.org/details/PaddyCroninTheDoonReelNo.2OcallaghansReels]. Cronin lived in the Boston area for much of his adult life, but returned to County Kerry in the early 1990's.
+'''DOON REEL [3], THE'''. AKA and see "The Celebrated Opera (Reel)," "The Chorus Reel," "Gleann Eoghain." Irish, Reel. Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Mulvihill): AA'B (Moylan): AABB (Mallinson). One of the "Doon Reels" in Padraig O'Keeffe's set, obtained from his uncle, Cal Callaghan of Doon, Kerry. Paddy Cronin, also from County Kerry, recorded the tune in Boston on a Copley Records 78 RPM under the title "The Doon Reel No. 2" (paired with and followed by "Quinn's" AKA "The Mountain Top") [http://www.archive.org/details/PaddyCroninTheDoonReelNo.2OcallaghansReels]. Cronin lived in the Boston area for much of his adult life, but returned to County Kerry in the early 1990's.
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