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'''FARRELL O'GARA'S FAVORITE REEL'''. AKA and see "[[Last Night in Leadville]]," "[[Last Night's Fun (1)]]," "[[Macroom Lasses (The)]]," "[[Old Joe Sife's Reel]]," "[[Stick it in the Ashes]]." AKA - "Farrell O'Gara Schottische." Irish, Reel or Schottische. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See also "[[More Power to Your Elbow]]" in O'Neill for a version in the key of 'G' major, and Coleman's "[[Killarney Wonder Schottische (1)]]." This is not the "[[Farrell O'Gara]]" reel famously recorded by Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman (1891-1945) in 1927 in New York, but rather the first tune in his "Killarney Wonder" set, where it is called "Farrell O'Gara Schottische." | '''FARRELL O'GARA'S FAVORITE REEL'''. AKA and see "[[Last Night in Leadville]]," "[[Last Night's Fun (1)]]," "[[Macroom Lasses (The)]]," "[[Old Joe Sife's Reel]]," "[[Stick it in the Ashes]]." AKA - "Farrell O'Gara Schottische." Irish, Reel or Schottische. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See also "[[More Power to Your Elbow]]" in O'Neill for a version in the key of 'G' major, and Coleman's "[[Killarney Wonder Schottische (1)]]." This is not the "[[Farrell O'Gara]]" reel famously recorded by Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman (1891-1945) in 1927 in New York, but rather the first tune in his "Killarney Wonder" set (recorded 1924), where it is called "Farrell O'Gara Schottische." | ||
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Revision as of 18:49, 26 April 2011
Tune properties and standard notation
FARRELL O'GARA'S FAVORITE REEL. AKA and see "Last Night in Leadville," "Last Night's Fun (1)," "Macroom Lasses (The)," "Old Joe Sife's Reel," "Stick it in the Ashes." AKA - "Farrell O'Gara Schottische." Irish, Reel or Schottische. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See also "More Power to Your Elbow" in O'Neill for a version in the key of 'G' major, and Coleman's "Killarney Wonder Schottische (1)." This is not the "Farrell O'Gara" reel famously recorded by Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman (1891-1945) in 1927 in New York, but rather the first tune in his "Killarney Wonder" set (recorded 1924), where it is called "Farrell O'Gara Schottische."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 47. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 150. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 76.
Recorded sources: Folkways F 8876, Kevin Burke - "Sweeney's Dream" (1977)
See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]