Annotation:Echo (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
ECHO, THE (An Mac-Alla). Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The pickup 'c' note to the second part is sometimes played natural to give a passing feel of G major.
Source for notated version: "Tobin" [O'Neill]. Adam Tobin is mentioned in O'Neill's Irish Minstrels and Musicians (1913) as being an uilleann piper and fiddler living in Chicago in 1912.
Printed sources: Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 8, p. 89. O'Brien (Jerry O'Brien's Accordion Instructor), 1949. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1605, p. 298. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 848, p. 147. Peoples (Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1986; 39. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; p. 15.
Recorded sources: GTD Heritage Trad. HCD 008, Tommy Peoples - "Traditional Irish Music Played on the Fiddle."
See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]