Annotation:Tommy Whelan's Reel

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X:1 T:Tommy Whelan's T:Humors of Loughrea T:Shores of Loughrea R:reel M:C| L:1/8 K:G DE|~G3A BA~A2|bgag egdB|GFGA BAGE|ABAG EGDE|! ~G3A BA~A2|bgag egdB|GFGABAGE|ABAG E2||! ef|gfeg fdBd|~g2 ef gaba|ge~e2 edBd|ea~a2 ag e2|! gfeg fdBd|~g2 ef gaba|gfge agaf|dgbg egdB||!

'TOMMY WHELAN'S REEL '(Ríl Thomáis Uí Fhaoláin). AKA and see "[[Humors of Loughrea]],""Shores of Lough Reagh," "Whelan's Reel." Irish, Reel. G Major/E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Source Paddy Carty also called the tune “Shores of Lough Reagh. Tommy Whelan was a member of the famed Ballinakill Ceili Band (Ballinakill is in East Galway).

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Source for notated version : - <meta charset="UTF-8">Flute player Paddy Carty (Ireland) [Breathnach/CRÉ III]; fiddler Tommy Coen and flute player Eddie Moloney (Co. Galway) [Breathnach/CRÉ II].

Printed sources : - <meta charset="UTF-8">Breathanch (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 197, p. 102 (appears as “Gan anim/Untitled”). Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 87, p. 43.

Recorded sources : - <meta charset="UTF-8">Green Linnet SIF 3067, Charlie and Jack Coen – “The Branch Line.” Shanachie Records 29001, "Paddy Carty" (1976).

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