Brid Harper's (1)

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Theme code Index	51H65 3H5H3H1H
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	C
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB'
Editor/Compiler	Biography:David Taylor & Karen Tweed
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Traditional Irish Music: Karen Tweed's Irish Choice
Tune and/or Page number	p. 24
Year of publication/Date of MS	1994
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
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BRID HARPER'S [1]. Irish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Fiddler Brid Harper Rafferty, originally from Castlefin, Donegal, now lives in Tyrone. In an interesting journey, the tune was learned by Harper in the 1980's in a session in Ottawa from the playing of Denis Lanctot, originally from Quebec. As a result it has been ascribed French-Canadian origins. It is a Canadian tune, however, albeit one composed by western Canadian fiddler Grant Lamb, who plays in a Canadian "old-tyme" style. There is a hornpipe version of the tune ("Dermot Byrne's") also travelling in Irish trad. circles.

Source for notated version: fiddler Brid Harper (Donegal) [Taylor/Tweed].

Printed source: Taylor (Traditional Irish Music: Karen Tweed's Irish Choice), 1994; p. 24.

X: 1
T: Brid Harper's [1]
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: C
EF|:Gc c/c/c AcGc|ecgc egce|fedc BGAB|cdea g2 EF|
|GcBc AcGc|ecgc (3efg ce|fedc BGAB|1 dcBd cAEF:|2 dcBd cAGE :|
|:CDEC A,CG,A,|CEGc AGEG|cAGE AFDC|B,CDE ~F3D|
|CDEC A,CG,A,|CEGc AGEG|cAGE AFDC|1 B,CDB, C2 G,A,B, :|2 B,CDB, CDEF ||