Copperplate (2) (The)

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Theme code Index	15L3b1 1H53b7bL
Also known as	Copper Plate (The), Old Copperplate (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Dorian
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AA'BB'
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Tony DeMarco & Miles Krassen
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Trip to Sligo (A)
Tune and/or Page number	pp. 37, 51, 66
Year of publication/Date of MS	1978
Artist	Biography:Andy McGann Joe Burke & Felix Dolan
Title of recording	Funny Reel (The)
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Shanachie 29012
Year recorded	1979
Media
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COPPERPLATE [2], THE. AKA - "The Old Copperplate." Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Related to "Copperplate [1]", with which it is often paired in a medley.

Sources for notated versions: the late Sligo-style fiddler Paddy Reynolds (Staten Island, N.Y.) [DeMarco & Krassen]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].

DeMarco & Krassen (A Trip to Sligo), 1978; pp. 37, 51, 66. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 51, p. 16.

Recorded sources: Green Linnet SIF 1035, Tony DeMarco & Brian Conway - "The Apple in Winter" (1981). Green Linnet 1101, Tony DeMarco & Brian Conway - "Playing with Fire: the Celtic Fiddle Collection" (1989). See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1], Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2].

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T:The Copperplate [2]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:Ador
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