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Theme code Index
1H61H4 51H1H5
Also known as
Black-Haired Woman (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region
Ireland
Genre/Style
Irish
Meter/Rhythm
Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of
G
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
6/8
History
IRELAND(Munster)
Structure
ABC
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Hugh Shields
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Tunes of the Munster Pipers
Tune and/or Page number
No. 6, p. 6
Year of publication/Date of MS
1998
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
BHEAN DUBH, AN (The black-haired woman). Irish, Air (6/8 time, "Lively"). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC.
Source for notated version:
the manuscript of James Goodman (1828-1896) an Anglican cleric and collector, Cork, 1861 [Shields].
Printed source: Shields (Tunes of the Munster Pipers ), 1998; No. 6, p. 6.