Annotation:Rise the Wind
X:1 T:Rise the Wind M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:Philip Carolan music manuscript collection N:Philip Carolan (c. 1839-1910, Crossmolina, County Mayo), a musically literate N:farmer and fiddler who compiled his ms. probably during 1863-1873. S:Angela Buckley, thesis, “A Critical Edition of the Irish Music Manuscripts of S:Philip Carolan c. 1839-1910, vol. 2”, Waterford Institute of Technology, S:2007, p. 126. Carolan ms. 2, No. 60. K:G DGGA BGAG|FD (3DED FD D2|DGGA Bcdg|fdcA BG G2:| |:dBcA BGAG|FD (3DED FD D2|dBcA Bcdg|fdcA BG G2:|
RISE THE WIND. Irish, Reel (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The reel "Rise the Wind" was entered in vol. 2 of County Mayo farmer and fiddler Philip Carolan's c. 1863-73 music manuscript collection. Compare the first strain of "Rise the Wind" with the first strains of "Greenwood Lasses" and "Hand Me Down the Tacklings (2)."
