Annotation:Monaghan Twig (1)

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MONAGHAN TWIG, THE. AKA and see "Alasdair MacAlister," "Mountain Twig (The)," "Tinker's Apron (The)." Irish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Black): AAB (Sullivan). Bill Black (1996) notes that the source for O'Brien and Kelly's version is fiddler Seán Maguire's father Johnny, a County Cavan whistle player. See also the similar Donegal reel "Monaghan Switch (The)." The first strain of "Monaghan Twig" is also cognate with the first strains of "Tom Keane's" and "I'm Ready Now." The Scottish melody "Alasdair MacAlister" appears to be a cognate, if not ancestral, version.

Source for notated version: Paddy O'Brien & James Kelly [Black]; John Doherty (1895-1980, County Donegal) [Feldman & O'Doherty]; the 1979 recording by James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien & Dáithí Sproule [Taylor/Tweed].

Printed sources: Black (Music's the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 171, p. 90. Sullivan (Session Tunes), vol. 2; No. 14, p. 6. Taylor (Traditional Irish Music: Karen Tweed's Irish Choice), 1994; p. 19.

Recorded sources: DMP Records, Karen Tweed - "Drops of Springwater" (1994). Shanachie 29015, Paddy O'Brien & James Kelly - "Is It Yourself?" (1979). Shanachie 34014, James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien & Daithi Sproule - "Traditional Music of Ireland" (1981).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]



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