X:1
T:Rise the Wind
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Philip Carolan music manuscript collection
N:Philip Carolan (c. 1839-1910, Crossmolina, County Mayo), a musically literate
N:farmer and fiddler who compiled his ms. probably during 1863-1873.
S:Angela Buckley, thesis, “A Critical Edition of the Irish Music Manuscripts of
S:Philip Carolan c. 1839-1910, vol. 2”, Waterford Institute of Technology,
S:2007, p. 126. Carolan ms. 2, No. 60.
K:G
DGGA BGAG|FD (3DED FD D2|DGGA Bcdg|fdcA BG G2:|
|:dBcA BGAG|FD (3DED FD D2|dBcA Bcdg|fdcA BG G2:|
RISE THE WIND. Irish, Reel (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The reel "Rise the Wind" was entered in vol. 2 of County Mayo farmer and fiddler Philip Carolan's c. 1863-73 music manuscript collection. Compare the first strain of "Rise the Wind" with the first strains of "Greenwood Lasses" and "Hand Me Down the Tacklings (2)."
