Blackbird (1) (The)

Blackbird (1) (The): Annotations

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X:1
T:The Blackbird [1]
R:set piece
N:Dance by Keily, a Limerick dancing master 
S:Mike Rafferty
Z:Lesl
M:C|
L:1/8
Q:1/2=60
K:Dmix
d3A|:[M:C|] BGBd cABG|AGFG ABcA|d2de fdAF|GAGF D2
DE|[1 FEFG ABcA|d2de fdAF|[M:3/2] GAGF D2DA d3A:|
[2 [M:C|] FEFG ABfe|d2de fdAF|[M:3/2] GAGF D2DA d3 e||
|:[M:C|] fede ffg2|abag fgaf|g2gf gbag|fagf d2 de|
fede ffg2|abag fgaf|[M:3/2]g~g2f d2d>^c defg|
[M:C|]abag fgaf|g2 ge fdeB|dcAG ABcd|ed (3EFG A4|
ABAG FGAB|c2 ~e2 dcAF|[1[M:3/2]G~G2F D2 D>A d3e:|[2[M:3/2]G~G2F D2 D>A D4|]

X:1
T:Blackbird [1], The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Set Dance
S:”By Daniel Kellaher, Clonough, Castleisland, Co. Kerry.” 
N:”Slightly imperfect. P.D. Reidy.”
S:P.D. Reidy music manuscript collection, London, 1890’s (No. 3)
N:”Professor” Patrick Reidy of Castleisland was a dancing 
N:master engaged by the Gaelic League in London to teach 
N:dance classes. He introduced “Siege of Ennis” and “Walls 
N:of Limerick” ceili dances and wrote a treatise on dancing.  
N:Reidy's source, Daniel Kelleher, was variously said to have been 
N:from Castleisland, Sliabh Luachra region, County Kerry, or from 
N:the native-Irish speaking region of Achadh Bolg, Múscraigh, in 
N:County Cork. Reg Hall (2017) also found a reference to Kelleher 
N:as one of the soloists who accompanied step dancing exhibitions 
N:at Gaelic League events in London between 1897 and 1901.  According 
N:to Hall, Kelleher was a young fiddle player active within the 
N:Gaelic League. His name is attached to thirteen tunes in Reidy’s collection. 
F: http://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/digital/bookreader/MSE_1434-1/#page/1/mode/1up
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(d/c/)|B2 (Bd) c2 (Bc)|A2 (AG) ABcA|d2 (de) dcAF|G2 (GF) D2 (DE)|
F2G2A2 (fe)|dcde dcAF|GAGF DD D:|(de)
f2d2f2g2|a2 (ag) f2 a2|g2 (gf) g2a2|gagf dAde|f2d2f2g2|
a2 (ag) fgaf|gagf ddd (f/g/)|abag fgaf|gagf gf(ef)|dcAB c2 (de)|
fefg a2 (FG)|ABAG FGAB|cBcA dcAF|GAGF DDD:|

X:2
T:Blackbird [1], The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Set Dance
S:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 985
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
d=c|B2d2|=c2B2|ABAG|AB=cA|dcde|dcAF|GAGF|
D2 DE|F2FG|A2 fe|dcde|dcAF|GAGF|D2D2|D2:|
|:de|f2d2|f2g2|abag fgaf|g2 gf|gbaf|gagf|d2 de|fede|f2g2|
abag|fgaf|gagf|d2d2|defg|abag|fgaf|gage|f2 ed|c2AB|
c2 de|defg|a2 z2|A3G|FGAB|=c3e|d^cAF|GAGF|D2D2|D2:||

X:1
T:Blackbird [1], The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:"Fancy Dance"
Q:=180
S:Teresa Halpin, “a dancer and fiddler from Limerick.”
B:Carol G. Hardebeck – A Collection of Jigs and Reels vol. 2 (Dublin, 1921, p. 23)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d>c|:(B3d)|c2B2|~A>G A>G|A>B c>A|~d>^c d>e|
d>=c A>F|G>A G>F|.D2 D>E|F2G2|A2 f>e|~d>^c d>e|
d>=c A>F|G>A G>F|D2D2|1 D2 d>c:|2 D z d>e||
|:(f>e) (d>e)|f2 g2|a>b a>g|f>g a>f| g3-g/ f/|g2 a2|g2f2|
d2 d>e|f>e d>e|f2 g2|a3- a/ g/|f>g a.f|g3- g/ f/|
d2d2|d3- d/ e/|d>e f>g|a>b a>g|f>g a>f|g>f g>e|
f2 e>d|c2 A>B|=c2d2|e>d e>g|a2 a>g|f>f e>B|
=c3- c/e/|d>=c A>F|G>A G>F|D2D2 |1 Dz d>e:|2 D2||

X:3
T:Blackbird [1], The
T:An Londubh
R:slow air
M:
Z:Transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
L:1/8
Q:1/4=160
K:Dmix
d2{ed}c2|:B6{cB}AB c6{dc}BG A8{B}A/G/A/B/c/A/
d4e>dc A4{BA}F2 G6AB A4{BA}F2 D8E2
F6GA f6{gf}e2 d4e2fd A6{BA}F2 G6AB A4{BA}F2 |1 D12 GA :|2 D12||
|:de f6{gf}e d2ef4g a6{ba}g f/g/a/f/ g3ab2 a6{ba}f2 d8eg|
f6{gf}ede f2g a6{ba}g fgaf g4f2 d8efg|
a6{ba}g fgaf g6{ag}e2 f6e{a} dcAB c4B/A/B/c/d/e/f/g/b/ a8|
A6{BA}GE F6{A}GE c4{d}cBc dcA6{BA}F2 G6AB A4{BA}F2 D12:||

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Blackbird (1) (The): Annotations