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Theme code Index
3H61H3H 1H3H75
Also known as
Big Pat's Dandy Reel , Big Pat's Reel (1) , Clady Reel (The) , Dandy Reel (2) (The) , Dublin Reel (2) (The) , Hills of Clady (The) , Jimmy the Creelmaker , Murtough Molloy , O'Connell's Trip to Parliament (2) , Pigeon House (The) , Reel (84) , Salamanca (3) , Tie the Ribbons (1) , Trim the Bonnet
Composer/Core Source
Region
Ireland, United States
Genre/Style
Contra, Irish
Meter/Rhythm
Hornpipe/Clog, Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
B
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Aeolian (minor)
Time signature
4/4
History
USA(New England)
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Newt Tolman
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Nelson Music Collection
Tune and/or Page number
p. 163
Year of publication/Date of MS
1969
Artist
Biography:John McKenna
Title of recording
Roscommon Reels
Record label/Catalogue nr.
New Republic 2302
Year recorded
1922
Media
https://ttadev.org/wiki/File:Roscommon_Reels.mp3 "Roscommon Reels", Fire Patrolman John McKenna, 1924 (New Republic 2302). Medley consists of Over The Moor to Maggie & Big Pat's Reel or Tie The Ribbons.
Score 1 )
X:1
T:Big Pat's
M:C
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
K:Bm
ag|fdBc d2 fd|d2 fd ce A2|fdBc d2 fa|d'2 c'd' b2 ag|
fdBc d2 fd|d2 fd ce A2|fdBc defa|bd'c'd' b2:|
|:Bc|dcde fded|ceed cA A2|BABc d2 cB |AFEG FB, B,z|
BAFA BABc|d2 fd cA A2|{fg}a2 af g2 ge|fdec d2:||
Sheet Music for "Big Pat's" Big Pat's Hornpipe
X:1
T:Big Pat's Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:G
(dc)|BGEF G2(BG)|G2(BG) (FA)D2|BGEFG2(Bd)|g2(fg)e2(dc)|
BGEFG2(BG)|G2(BG)(FA)D2|BGEF GAB^d|egfge2||
(ef)|gfga bgag|(fa)ag (fd) dz|gfga bgag|fe^dfe2(ef)|
gfga bgag|(fa)ag (fd) dz|g2(ge)f2(fd)|egfge2||
Sheet Music for "Big Pat's Reel" Big Pat's Reel Reel
X:1
T:Reel [84]
T:Untitled
N:Fr. John Quinn and Conor Ward find cognates in “Big Pat’s Reel,”
N:”Dandy Reel (The),” “Tie the Ribbons,” “Maids of Galway (The),” “Dublin
N:Lasses (The),” “Piper’s Chanter (The),” “Murtagh Molloy,” “Virginia Reel” etc.
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 2, c. 1883, No. 243, p. 51)
B:
http://grier.itma.ie/book-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=50&z=-195.5136%2C224.3791%2C3934.3469%2C1594.3287
N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from
N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
d|BGEF G2 BG|G2 BG FAAc|BGEF G2 fa|gefd Ae e:|
f|gfga bgeg|fgag fedf|gfga bgef|gfed Beef|
gfga bgeg|fga fedf|g2 bg f2 af|gfed Be e2||
Sheet Music for "Reel [84]" Reel [84] Untitled Reel Book: Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 2, c. 1883, No. 243, p. 51) Notes: Fr. John Quinn and Conor Ward find cognates in “Big Pat’s Reel,” ”Dandy Reel (The),” “Tie the Ribbons,” “Maids of Galway (The),” “Dublin Lasses (The),” “Piper’s Chanter (The),” “Murtagh Molloy,” “Virginia Reel” etc. Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim. Transcription: AK/Fiddler’s Companion
