An Comhra Donn

hornpipe

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on May 4th 2003 by Tommy McCarty.

This tune has been added to 56 tunebooks.

Also known as Am Comhra Donn, An Comhra Don, The Brown Chest, The Chorus Of Waves, O Murchu's, O'Murchu's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• An Irish Evening by The Chieftains
• Banish Misfortune by Malcolm Dalglish And Grey Larsen
• Hills Of Erin by Karen Ashbrook
• Ireland's Best Session Tunes CD 2 by Waltons Recording
• Music On The Wind by Sean Moloney
• Southwind by Glenn Morgan
• The Chieftains 1 by The Chieftains
• The Cook In The Kitchen by John Brosnan
• The Music Of Kevin Keegan by Kevin Keegan

X: 1
T: An Comhra Donn
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmaj
|:FG|ABAG FAde|fgfe dcdA|BGdB AFDE|FEED E2FG|
ABAG FAde|fgfe dcdA|BGdB AF (3EFG|F2D2 D2:|
|:fg|ag (3fed gfec|dcde fdAF|GA (3BAG FADF|Efgf e2fg|
ag (3fed gfec|dcde fdAF|GA (3BAG (3FGA EG|F2D2 D2:|

An Comhra Donn

Here's another tune I've gotten off a record by The Chieftains. The title means "The Brown Chest" in Gaelic. It's on The Chieftains (1), and I give it here as they played it on that recording, but on An Irish Evening they play it slightly differently under the name O'Murchu's Hornpipe. I prefer to play it like the version on the latter album, and I give that transcription here, with headers and all in case you care to plug it into a converter to see which version you like better:

X: 1
T: An Comhra Donn
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmaj
FG|ABAG FAde|fgfe dcdA|BcdB AFDE|FEED E2FG|
ABAG FAde|fgfe dcdA|BcdB AFEG|F2D2 D2:|
fg|agfd gfec|dcde fdAF|GA BG FADF|Efgf e2fg|
|agfd gfec|dcde fdAF|GABG FAEG|F2D2 D2|:

Anyway, I like the feel of this tune. It has a spring to it, so to speak, and seems like a rather light-hearted little ditty to me. It's paired with Murhpy's Hornpipe on The Chieftains' afore-mentioned album,and the two go very well together, An Comhra Donn coming in before and after Murphy's. Well, the notations for both versions have been fine-tuned to my personal satisfaction, and I hope it attains the same from you.

# Posted on May 4th 2003 by Tommy McCarty

Lovely tune! I just picked up a book and CD of 50 solos by Sean Keane, and that one jumped out at me just this morning as I listened. Thanks for this version too.
Helen

# Posted on May 4th 2003 by fiddlefingers

An Comhra Don

An Comhra Don or The Brown Box was a euphemism in Ireland for a coffin.I just thought I'd mention that.David meredith

# Posted on March 1st 2003 by dafydd