Bearna na Gaoithe

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 Theme code Index    2231 331H7
 Also known as    Ah Surely, Killabeg's House, Windy Gap (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Brendan Breathnach
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Ceol Rinnce na h-Éirreann vol. 1
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 81, p. 36.
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1963
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
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BEARNA NA GAOITHE (The Windy Gap). AKA and see "Ah Surely," "Killabeg's House." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Breathnach (1963) says there is a setting of this tune under the name "Killabeg's House" in Irish Folk Dance Music (185). The tune is not "Bearna Gaoite" in the Roche Collection.

Source for notated version: accordion player Sonny Brogan (County Sligo/Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach].

Printed source: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 81, pg. 36.

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