Annotation:Second Wedding (The)

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X:1 T:Second Wedding, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:O’Neill – 1001 Gems (1907), No. 677 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G dc|BGAG BGAF|G2 Bd gedc|BGAG BGAG|EAAG ABcA| BGAG BGAF|G2 Bd gedc|BGAG BGAG|FDEF G2|| Bd|gfge fgaf|g2 bg afdf|gfge fgaf|bgef g2 Bd| gfge fgaf|g2 bg afdf|{a}gfge {g}fefd|egfa gedc||

SECOND WEDDING, THE (An Dara Banais). Irish, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Connolly & Martin, O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AA'BB' (O'Neill/Krassen). Similar to, and perhaps cognate with, R.M. Levey's "New Wedding (The)" and William Bradbury Ryan's "New Wedding."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Dinny O’Brien, father of Paddy O’Brien (Neenagh) [Connolly & Martin].

Printed sources : - Connolly & Martin (Forget Me Not), 2002; pp. 102-103. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 139. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1440, p. 267. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 677, p. 120.

Recorded sources: -

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