Annotation:Charraigín Rua (An)
Tune properties and standard notation
CHARRAIGÍN RUA, AN (The Little Red Hill). Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by County Mayo fiddler Brendan Tonra, long a resident of Boston, Massachusetts. The title comes from a hill near his birthplace.
Source for notated version: flute player M.J. Ryan, 1966 (Ballymote, Co. Sligo, Ireland) [Breathnach].
Printed source: Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 283, p. 144
Recorded source: Green Linnet Records, Seamus Connolly - "Playing with Fire."
X:2
T:Carraigín Rua
S:Kevin Henry, 07/2003
M:C
L:1/8
K:D
ag |: f2 df edBA | Bdef g2 ag | f2 df edBA | dBAF EF D2 :|
faaf d3 e | faaf g3 e | faaf bfaf | gfed Bd A2 |
faaf d3 e | faaf g3 a | bgaf gfed | Bdef g2 |]**