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Tune ID#2127 (Ambrose Moloney's)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Ambrose Moloney's about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording GL20 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Ambrose Moloney's / Ambrose Maloney's / Ambrose Moloney's Favourite / Tommy Whelan's No. 4 / The Tailor's Fancy / The Tailors Fancy / Rigneys / McCabe's (also in A) (compare Her Long Dark Hair Flowing down Her Back #825 and compare 1st part with 1st part of New Policeman #1277)
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Discography cd

Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc.

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Year
Recorded
Track
#Tune?
[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~19591.22#1
[EMlny] Eddie Moloney. Eddie Moloney. Master Musician. Eddie Moloney (flute, fiddle, whistle, vocal). For this tune: (flute).
19732.1#2
[BnkShn] Paddy O'Brien, Séamus Connolly. The Banks of the Shannon. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Séamus Connolly (fiddle).
~19732.8#2
[GL20] Green Linnet Records. The Twentieth Anniversary Collection. Paddy O'Brien the elder (accordion), Séamus Connolly (fiddle).
19997#2
[CHydn 2] Cathal Hayden. Cathal Hayden. Cathal Hayden (fiddle, banjo). For this tune: (fiddle).
~199911#2
[MtRd] The Mountain Road. A Compilation of Tunes Popular in South Sligo. Deirdre Collis (Eb whistle), with Maria Lynn McHugh (piano).
20008#1
[MMR 3] Mike and Mary Rafferty. The Road from Ballinakill. Mike Rafferty (flute, whistle, lilting), Mary Rafferty (accordion, flute, whistle, concertina). For this tune: Mike (flute).
~20021.2#2
[WFO 1] Wooden Flute Obsession. Eamonn Cotter (flute).
200614#1
[MOR 2] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. Inside Out. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina).
20116#3
[ChiReel] Chicago Reel. Chicago Reel. Gerry Carey (accordion), Pauline Conneely (banjo, guitar), Rose Duffy (fiddle), Devin Shepherd (fiddle), Denis O'Sullivan (vocals), Jonathan Whitall (piano).
20111#2
[DGrny 1] Dan Gurney. Traditional Irish Music on the Button Accordion. Dan Gurney (accordion).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Rigney's
BnkShn, GL20
Master McDermott's
CHydn 2, MtRd
Golden Keyboard
WFO 1
Clogger's Quilt
ChiReel
BrookDGrny 1
Played beforeOn Albums
Father O'Grady's Visit to BoccaMMR 3
Jackson's Reel
WFO 1
Dowd's Favourite
MOR 2

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #27 in volume 4 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As reel #187 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As reel #87 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.

If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1959