X:1
T:Reading made Easy [2]
S:James Goodman music manuscript collection (Co. Cork, mid-19th century)
N:Goodman was a Church of Ireland cleric and uilleann piper
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Air
N:Moderate
K:D
dc|B2B2c3B|A6 Bc|dc AG FA GF|E6 DE|F2G2 AB G2|
F2 EF D4 |D6::FG|A4 Bc d2|f4 e2 fe|d2 de fedc|
A6 FG|A4 Bc d2|f4 (ge)(fd)|d4 dedc|B4 c2B2|A6 Bc|
dc AG FAGF|D6 DE|F2G2 AB G2|F2 EF D4|D6:|
READING MADE EASY [2]. Irish, Air (cut time). D Major/B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Goodman's "Reading made Easy [2]" is a duple-time variant of "Reading made Easy (1) (The)," made more transparent by Fr. John Quinn through the intermediary air "Tumbling down Teady's Acre", which, while still a triple-time melody (as is "Reading made Easy (1) (The)"), corresponds melodically more to Goodman's duple version.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - The large music manuscript collection of Church of Ireland cleric and uileann piper James Goodman, who collected from his County Cork region.
Printed sources : - Shields (Tunes of the Munster Pipers, vol. 1), 1998; p. 151.
