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Theme code Index
1H543 41H3H2H
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
Ireland
Genre/Style
Irish
Meter/Rhythm
Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
4/4
History
Ireland/Ulster"Ireland/Ulster" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
BLACKBIRD [7], THE. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A reel-time setting of the air given in "Blackbird (1) (The)." The first strain is shared with "O'Connell's Trip to Parliament."
Printed source:Treoir.
Recorded source: Green Linnet 3013, The Bothy Band - "Out of the Wind and Into the Sun" (1977. Learned from Donegal fiddler John Doherty, who had the tune from his father).