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Theme code Index
513b1 5144
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
Ireland
Genre/Style
Irish
Meter/Rhythm
Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
E
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Dorian
Time signature
4/4
History
Ireland/Munster"Ireland/Munster" 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.
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T: Bicycle (reel) % abc by B.Black
S: "Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra" (#16)
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Q: 1/8=360
R: reel
K: D
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FA | Beef dcdA | Beef d4 | Beed BcBA | BcdB A2 :||
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BICYCLE [2], THE. Irish, Reel. Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A reel-time version of the slide "The Bicycle" [1].
Source for notated version: fiddler Denis Murphy (Sliabh Luachra); after Johnny O'Leary played the slide version of "The Bicycle [1]," Denis Murphy, in attendance at the same 1973 Ballydesmond session, demonstrated the reel version [Moylan].