Annotation:Porthole of the Kelp (The)
X:1 T:The Porthole of the Kelp C:© Bobby Casey D:Bobby Casey "Taking Flight" D:Bakerswell R:reel Z:transcription Johannes Schiefner (jschiefner@web.de) Z:id:js_806 M:C L:1/8 K:Ddor DE|:F2 DE FGAG|F2 DG ECCE|F2 DE FGAG|F/E/D EC A,DDE| F2 DE FGAB|{d}cAGF ECCE|D2 E/F/G AddB|1cAGE EDDE:|2cAGE EDDA|| d2 Ad dcAG|(3FGF DG ECCA|d2 Ad dcAG|AB (3cBA d3e| fded dcAB|{d}cAGF ECCE|D2 (3EFG AddB|1cAGE EDDA:|2cAGE EDD|]
PORTHOLE OF THE KELP. Irish, Reel (cut time). D Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. Clare fiddler Bobby Casey is often credited with composing the tune. The tune appears under the “Porthole” title on his album “Taking Flight.” The tune is a member of the family of Dorian mode tunes that includes “Custom Gap (The)” and “Tuttle's Reel," and, more distantly, the mixolydian “Mills are Grinding (1) (The).”
