Annotation:West Clare Reel (1) (The)

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X: 1 T:West Clare Reel [1] R:reel S:Clare FM D: Mick O'Brien Z:psc - http://www.cranfordpub.com L:1/8 Q:333 M:C| K:Ador G|EGAB c2 AB|cBcd cAGD|EGAB cBcd|ecde cAA:|| g|aged ~c3 e|aged cAAe|aged cBce|gfga gede| aged ~c3 e|aged cAAd|ea ~a2 gedB|cded cAA|]

WEST CLARE REEL [1], THE. AKA and see “Blue Meadow (The)," "Burren Reel (The)," "Fair Wind (The)," "Rip the Calico," “Tear the Calico (1),” "Tear the Calico (2)," "Tommy Glenny's Reel." Irish, Reel. G Major ('A' part) & E Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. According to a personal communication from fiddler Patrick Ourceau, it was Clare fiddler Junior Crehan who adapted “Tear the Calico (1),” transforming it into the “West Clare Reel.”

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Seane Keane (50 Fiddle Solos). Taylor (Through the Half-Door), 1992; No. 24, p. 19.

Recorded sources : - Flying Fish FF 070, Boys of the Lough - "Wish You Were Here" (1978). Green Linnett GLCD 1155, Martin Hayes - “Under the Moon” (1995). Shaskeen - "Atlantic Breeze."

See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
Hear Martin Hayes' recording on youtube.com [2]

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