The Chorus

reel

Key signature: Dmixolydian

Submitted on June 17th 2002 by Josh Kane.

This tune has been added to 28 tunebooks.

Also known as The Glen Road To Carrick.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Lifelong Home by Alex Francis MacKay
• Blueprint by Natalie MacMaster
• Bridging The Gap by Kevin And Sean Moloney
• Came The Dawn by Seamus Creagh
• Ceol Is Piob by TIarnan O Duinnchinn
• Cornerstone by Celtic Spring
• Fiddle Sticks, Irish Traditional Music From Donegal by Various Artists
• Fidil by Ciarán Ó Maonaigh And Aidan O'Donnell
• Heart Behind The Bow by Kimberly Fraser
• Irish Fiddle Player by Jimmy Power
• Irish Piping Tradition by Gay McKeon
• Jig It In Style by Sean Keane
• Johnny Doherty by John Doherty
• Maeve Donnelly by Maeve Donnelly
• Northern Lights by Kevin And Seamus Glackin
• Paddy In The Smoke by Various Artists
• Sarah McFadyen And Kris Drever by Sarah McFadyen And Kris Drever
• Serenade by Mick McAuley And Winifred Horan
• That's The Spirit by James Keane
• The Celtic Harp by The Chieftains
• The Celts Rise Again by Various Artists
• The Coming Of Spring by Eitre
• The Flooded Bridge by Patricia Clark And Simon Bacon
• The Invasion by Jerry O'Sullivan
• The Iron Man by Tommy Peoples And Daithi Sproule
• The Master's Choice by Bobby Gardiner
• The South West Wind by Ronan Browne And Peter O'Loughlin
• The Thing Itself by Maeve Donnelly And Peadar O'Loughlin
• The Traditional Music Of Ireland by Seamus Egan
• The Whirlwind by Paddy Glackin And Robbie Hannan
• Time On Our Hands by SiobhᮠPeoples And Murty Ryan
• Traditional Music From Cape Breton by Various Artists
• Velvet Arm Golden Hand by Joseph Cormier And J.P Cormier
• Water From The Well by The Chieftains
• Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 3, Disc 1 by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Chorus, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmix
AD~D2 AGFG | AD~D2 A2dB | AD~D2 AGFG | ~E2cA G2FG |
AD~D2 AGFG | AD~D2 D2dB | AD~D2 AGFG | ~E2cA G2FG ||
Addc AGFG | Addc ~A2AG | Fddc AGFG | ~E2cA G2FG |
Addc AGFG | Addc A2Bc | dBcA BGAG | ~E2cA G2eg ||
|:~f2dg f2dg | ~f2df ~a2ag | f2dg ~f2df | ~e2ef g2ag :|
|: fde^c d2dB | AD~D2 A2Bc | dBcA BGAG |1 E2cA G2ag :|2 E2cA G2FG||

This tune goes nicely with Ashmolean House following it.

# Posted on June 17th 2002 by Josh Kane

Variant in G

Here is a G major variant of this tune. It has a different feel to the Dmix version but I don't think it is quite sufficiently different to merit a submission as a separate tune. This variant comes from an old New England collection of fiddle music.
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
AG|F2DF ABAG|FADF A2d2|D3F ABAF|GFEF G2:||
Bc|dBcA BGFG|Ad^cd A2B=c|dBcA BGFG|AcBA G2Bc|
dBcA BGFG|ABcd efge|dBcA BGFG|AcBA G2||
|:ag|fddd fddd|fdfg abag|fddd fddd|cdef g2:|
Bc|dBcA BGFG|Ad^cd A2B=c|dBcA BGFG|AcBA G2Bc|
d2 (3cdc BGFG|ABcd efge|dBcA BGFG|AcBA G2||

-trevor macsheoinin

# Posted on November 23rd 2002 by lazyhound

This appears to be related to the Kilfenora Jig http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/779, which (significantly) appears as the "Chorus Jig" in some old manuscripts.

# Posted on August 15th 2004 by Dow

Oops wrong link: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/949

# Posted on August 15th 2004 by Dow

The Cross Reel

A close variant of this tune is played in Shetland as The Cross Reel - I'm sure it's on one of the "Da Silver Bow" albums played by Aly Bain and others. Also in Tom Anderson's collection Ringing Strings.

# Posted on December 20th 2004 by kris

The Chorus Reel

Closely related to "Within a Mile of Dublin": http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/125

I need to learn this someday, but there are too many variants to learn and play.

For example, have a look at these tunes:
Tinkerman's Wife: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4944
Four Courts: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/2278

# Posted on June 9th 2006 by slainte