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The Loom slip jig

Also known as Tommie Potts (his Spelling), Tommy Potts’, Tommy Potts’ Hop, Tommy Potts’ Slip.

There are 9 recordings of this tune.

The Loom has been added to 4 tune sets.

The Loom has been added to 33 tunebooks.

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Three settings

1
X: 1
T: The Loom
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Edor
|:E2B e2c d3|B,2F B2F G2F|E2B e2c d2f|g2f e2d BAF:|
|:G2B d2c d2B|G2B d2g ecA|G2B d2c d2f|g2f e2d BAF:|
2
X: 2
T: The Loom
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Edor
E2 B e2 B d2 B|=C2A A2 GF2D|E2 B e2 B d2 B|G2 B e2 d B2 G|
E2 B e2 c d2 B|=C2A A2 G F2D|E2 B e2 c d2 f|g2 f e2 d BAF||
GBG EGE D2E|=C2A A2E F2D|E3 D2E =C2D|B2A A2G F2D|
GBG EGE D2E|=C2A A2E F2D|GBG EGE D2E|=C2A A2G F2D||
G2 B d2 c d3|G2 B d2 g e=cA|G2 B d2 c d2 f|g2 f e2 =c B2 =c|
G2 B d2 c d3|G2 B d2 g e=cA|G2 B d2 c d2 f|g2 f e2 d B2 G||
3
X: 3
T: The Loom
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Edor
E2 B e2 B d3|B,2F B2F G2F|E2 B e2 B d2 B|G2 B e2 =c B2 F|
E3 GBe d3|B,2F B2FG2F|E2B e2 B d2 B|G2 B e2 =c B2 F|
G2E D2E B,2E|=C2E A2G F2D|B,2E E2D E2F|D2F A2G FED|
B,2E E2D E3|B,2E A2G FED|B,2E E2D E2F|D2F A2G FED|
G2B d2B d3|G2B d2g e=cA|G2B d2c d2 f|g2e d2=c B2=c|
G2B d2c d3|G2B d2g e=cA|G2B d2c d2f|g2f e2=c B2F||

Twelve comments

“Tommy Potts’ Slip Jig” ~ slightly different

X: 2
T: Tommy Potts’ Slip Jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: EDor
|: E2 B e2 c d2 A | B2 F =c2 B AFD | E2 B e2 c d2 f | g2 f e2 d BAF :|
|: G2 B d2 c d2 F | G2 B d2 B AFD | G2 B d2 c d2 f | g2 f e2 d BAF :|

~ and minus that low B, ~ for D-limited instruments…

Re: Tommy Potts’

Tommy Potts’ own recording of this tune, as heard on his “Traditional Fiddle Music From Dublin” album, doesn’t seem to be a slip jig at all, even though it is titled as one. Potts doesn’t play it in 9/8, he plays it in a rolling, non-syncopated 6/8 (i.e. playing each one of the 6 notes with equal length, not dotting any of them).

Re: Tommy Potts’

The second of the two recordings cited for this tune is incorrect - there is a tune called ‘Tommy Pott’s Reel’ on the ‘It Was Mighty!’ compilation, performed by Joe Ryan, but that’s a different tune.

Re: The Loom

Recorded on the namesake album “The Loom” by fiddler and student of Pott’s, Liam O’Connor of Dublin.

Tommie Potts The Loom

I got this unusual and beguiling tune from an old RTE recording. I thought I learned it as a three part tune originally but as Tommie Potts (his own spelling) plays a two part version on the later released Tommie Potts “Traditional Fiddle Music From Dublin” CD. (track 23) - It states that the tune is untitled by Potts. I’m not sure where the name The Loom came from.

I’m beginning to doubt my memory as I have a three part version and Tommie only plays a two part version on the CD. It is possible that the first recording I heard of Potts had three parts or I may have got my version from; “The Loom” by fiddler Liam O’Connor of Dublin.

I don’t agree with the statement above that it is not in 9/8, it is but it is played as a Hop Jig and not a Slip Jig, a subtle but important difference. I’ll post the three part version when I get time.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=19LnEmtvZJxy8f7Hh9pSZRsnDK17VpI7u

Bb Flute version; https://www.dropbox.com/s/9la2mf1exlgy7pp/Bb%20Flute%20eight%20key%20Loom%20n%20Broken.mp3?dl=0

Re: The Loom

Is this also the tune on the Sean Leahy and Jeremy Spencer CD, Entanglement, track 5, first tune of three entitled “unnamed slip jig?”

The Loom, X:2

From early RTE recordings of Tommie Potts now released as a CD (see my earlier post). This is the three part version which I transcribe as played on the flute. It’s more related to Liam O’Connor’s version. A basic transcription that finds a mid-line to accommodate the flute.

T: Tommie Potts’ Hop Jig -The Loom- (Tommie is TP’s own spelling of his name)