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Theme code Index
326L5L 1562
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
Ireland
Genre/Style
Irish
Meter/Rhythm
March/Marche
Key/Tonic of
G
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
4/4
History
England/West Midlands"England/West Midlands" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
BLACK ROCK [1], THE. Irish, March (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Kennedy): AABB (O'Farrell, O'Neill). There are numerous 'black rock' placenames in Ireland, in, for example, County Sligo and County Mayo. Peter Kennedy adds 'black rocks' in Cork, Dublin, Louth and Wexford.
Printed sources: Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Rants & Reels), 1997; No. 7, p. 4. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. IV), 1810; p. 83. O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915; No. 115, p. 64.