Annotation:Gerry Commane's Reel
Tune properties and standard notation
GERRY COMMANE'S REEL (Ríl Ghearóid Uí Chomáin). AKA - "Gerry Cromane's Reel." Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The late Gerard "Gerdy" Commane (d. 2005) was a concertina player from west Clare.
Source for notated version: whistle player Mary Bergin (Ireland) [Breathnach].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 203, p. 90. Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 108, p. 42. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 116, p. 35. Vallely (Armagh Pipers Club Play 50 Reels), 1982; p. 18 (appears as "Gerry Cromane's Reel").
Recorded sources: Gael-Linn CEF 071, Mary Bergin - "Feadoga Stain" (1979). Rounder Easy Disc EDIS 9016, Mike Rafferty - "Light Through the Leaves: Irish Piping, Flutes & Whistles." Jerry Holland - "Master Cape Breton Fiddler" (1982).
See also listings at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [3]