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Sheet Music for "Seán Ryan's Fancy Hornpipe"Seán Ryan's Fancy HornpipeHornpipe333333333Book: Traditional Irish Fiddle Tunes. Randy Miller and Jack Perron.Source: Seán RyanTranscription: Transcribed by Ralph Palmer



SEÁN RYAN'S FANCY HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Swan (Hornpipe) (1) (The)." Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is sometimes played in the key of A Major. It was composed by Wikipedia:Seán_Ryan_(Irish_fiddler) (d. 1985), who originally entitled it "Swan (Hornpipe) (1) (The)." It is called by the name of the great County Tipperary fiddler in deference to him. Similarly, it was called "Paddy Kelly's on Co. Clare accordion player Bobby Gardiner's 1962 recording, "Memories of Clare." The group Buttons and Bows called it "Dancing Master (2) (The)" on their 1991 recording "Grace Notes/Nótaí Maise."


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Seán Ryan (County Offaly) [Miller & Perron].

Printed sources : - Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music, vol. 1), 1977; No. 50. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 122.

Recorded sources : - Avoca Records 33-AV-121, Seán Ryan & P.J. Maloney - "Traditional music of Ireland Vol. 1" (1960).

See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]



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