Annotation:Tam Lin

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TAM LIN REEL. AKA - “Tamlyn.” AKA and see “Glasgow Reel (The),” “Howling Wind (The).” Irish, Reel (whole time). D Minor (Black): A Minor (Taylor). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune has been set in D Minor, E Minor and A Minor (for flute). Paddy O’Brien played it in D Minor. It is often heard in sessions played first in D Minor, then in A Minor for a variation. The composition is credited to Dublin musician Davey Arthur (originally from Edinburgh, Scotland), according to notes on Steeleye Span’s CD “Time” (Shanachie 79099), formerly of the group The Furey Brothers and Davey Arthur, though he now performs on his own. Rumor has it that it was later renamed as "The Howling Wind" by Paddy O'Brien because he liked the tune, but not the name (which derives from the famous Child ballad about fair Janet and her lover, enchanted by elves). In fact, O’Brien’s version is a somewhat altered development of Arthur’s original. The melody has had some currency with several musicians who play for Irish step-dancing competitions, and (or because) it has influentially been recorded for step dance practice by piano accordion player Pat King. Feis musicians tend to refer to the the tune as “The Glasgow Reel,” and dancers are were quite taken with the tune for a time. The tune was recorded as “Tam Lin, Prince of Pipers” on the album “Emigrant,” the first album in which the group was named The Furey Brothers and Davy Arthur.

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|1}} Source for notated version : - s {{safesubst:#invoke:string|rep|
|2}} Printed sources : - Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 149, p. 78. Taylor (Where’s the Crack), 1989; p. 6 (appears as “Tamlyn”). {{safesubst:#invoke:string|rep|
|2}} Recorded sources : - Green Linnet SIF 1102, Phil Cunningham - “Palomino Waltz.” Donnell Leahy - “Leahy.” Catriona McDonald and Ian Lowthian – “Opus Blue.” {{safesubst:#invoke:string|rep|
|2}} See also listing at : {{safesubst:#invoke:string|rep|
|1}} Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
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