Crossing the Field

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Theme code Index	5L35L3 5L25L2
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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	AB
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody
Tune and/or Page number	No. 276
Year of publication/Date of MS	1922
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CROSSING THE FIELD. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Breathnach (1976) finds this tune related to "The Heather Breeze" family of tunes (see note for "Heather Breeze [1]").

Source for notated version: the Rice-Walsh manuscript, a collection of music from the repertoire of Jeremiah Breen, a blind fiddler from North Kerry, notated by his student [O'Neill].

Printed source: O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 276.

X:1
T:Crossing the Field 
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Rice-Walsh manuscript
Z:Paul Kinder
R:Reel
K:G
DGBG DGBG|DFAF DFAF|DGGA Bcde|fdcA BGAF|
DGBG DGBG|DFAF DFAF|DGGA Bcde|fdcA BG G2||
g2 gf gfde|f2 fe fdcA|fdde fgag|(3efg fa gfga|
bgag fddg|fdcA BGAF|DGGA Bcde|fdcA BG G2||