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|f_annotation='''TROTTING TO LARNE | |f_annotation='''TROTTING TO LARNE''' (De Shodar go Latharna). Irish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. "Trotting to Larne" was composed by John T. Blair, Larne, County Antrim. According to the sleeve notes of the Boys of the Lough (1983), "Fiddler Pat Neilly whistled Trotting to Larne to Cathal over the telephone so he could learn it. A manuscript of the tune was later sent to us by Mrs J. McAuley of Newtownabbey, Co Antrim, showing that the tune was composed by John T. Blair of Larne, 23 July 1957." Blair originally composed it in the key of 'A', but it has since been transposed to 'D'. | ||
|f_recorded_sources=Ossian OSS 84, Boys of the Lough - “The Open Road. | |f_recorded_sources=Ossian OSS 84, Boys of the Lough - “The Open Road" (1983). Whistle Music (tape), Sarah Bauhan – “Chasing the Moon” (1991). Antóin Mac Gabhann - "Tunesmith" (2016). | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:57, 2 May 2022
X:1 T:Trotting to Larne C:John T. Blair (1957) M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Reel Z:John Skelton, Milwaukee Summer School N:Originally in A, transposed by John Skelton, who N:got the tune from Cathal McConnell K:D A2f A2f fed|A2f A2f fed|B2d G2B dcB|A3 Ade fdB| A2f A2f fed|B2g B2g ged|c2e A2a bag|1 f3 edc dcB:|2 f3 edc d2c|| B3 AGF A3|AGF AGF Adc|B3 AGF A2F|G2E EFD CB,A,| Adf d2A ded|Bdg d2B ded|cea g2e bcg|1 faf edc d2c|2 f3 dcB||
TROTTING TO LARNE (De Shodar go Latharna). Irish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. "Trotting to Larne" was composed by John T. Blair, Larne, County Antrim. According to the sleeve notes of the Boys of the Lough (1983), "Fiddler Pat Neilly whistled Trotting to Larne to Cathal over the telephone so he could learn it. A manuscript of the tune was later sent to us by Mrs J. McAuley of Newtownabbey, Co Antrim, showing that the tune was composed by John T. Blair of Larne, 23 July 1957." Blair originally composed it in the key of 'A', but it has since been transposed to 'D'.
