The Sandymount reel

Also known as Marcus Hernon’s, Mick Hand’s, The Sand Mount, The Sandbank, Sandmount, The Sandmount, The Sandpiper, Sandymount.

There are 23 recordings of a tune by this name.

The Sandymount has been added to 119 tunebooks.

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Three settings

X: 1
T: The Sandymount
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
eAAG ~A3G|EGDG EGDG|EAAG A2 (3Bcd|egfa gedg:|
eaag a2ba|gede gedg|eaag a2ga|bagb ~a3g|
eaag a2ba|gedB dega|bgaf gefd|~e3d e2ag||
# Added by JD .
X: 2
T: The Sandymount
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
EAGB A3G|EGDG EGDG|EAAG A2(3Bcd|egag gedB:|
eagb a2ba|gede gedg|eaab a2ga|b2ga baag|
eagb a2ba|gedB dega|b2ba gaag|(3efg dg egag||
X: 3
T: The Sandymount
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
EAAG A2 (3^cBA|GEDG EGDG|EAAG A2 (3B^cd|egfa gedg|
eAAG A2 (3^cBA|GE~E2 GEDG|EAAG A2 (3B^cd|egfa gedg||
ea~a2 a2ba|ge~e2 gedg|eaag ~a2ga|bg~g2 baag|
eaag a2 ba|gedB dega|(3bag af g2fg|e2ed (3efg ag||

Five comments

The source

I learned this tune of one of irelands best flute players -john lee.the tune appears on mary bergins first solo albumb "feadog stain".she plays the reel of mulinavat after it.

# Posted by JD .

on mary’s record i think the second bar is played

EGdG EGdG instead of EGDG EGDG its a nice variation.

G version

I play it in a different way…

key is Gmajor

EAGB A3G|EGDG EGDG|EAAG A2(3Bcd|egag gedB:||\
eagb a2ba|gede gedg|eaab a2ga|b2ga baag|\
eagb a2ba|gedB dega|b2ba gaag|(3efg dg egag||

The Sandmount Reel

Setting #3 is as played by Paddy Taylor on his album "The Boy In The Gap".
It’s actually not very different from the first setting, but with some nice variations.
The ‘c’s in those triplets are only sharp because he is lazy, of course.