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The Long Note reel

There are 13 recordings of this tune.

The Long Note appears in 2 other tune collections.

The Long Note has been added to 5 tune sets.

The Long Note has been added to 93 tunebooks.

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Three settings

1
X: 1
T: The Long Note
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
|:D3A AGEF|GE~E2 cEGE|~D3A AGEG|1 A2GA EAAE:|2 A2GE EDD2||
d2dB cAdB|cAdB cAG2|d2dB cA (3Bcd|eaag eddc|
d2dB cAdB|cAdB cAGE|DEFG AddB|cAGE EDD2||
|:~a3b afdf|~g3a ge^ce|eaag aged|eaag eddf|
~a3b afdf|g2fg ed^cB|AB^cd e2dB|1 A2GE FDD2:|2 (3ABA GA EAGE||
"variations"
|:D3A AGEF|GE~E2 cABG|~D3A AGEG|1 AEGE EAGE:|2 A2GA EDD2||
d2de cAde|ecde cAGE|Aded cA (3Bcd|eaag (3ege dc|
d2de cAde|cded cAGE|DEFG Add^c|A2GE EDD2||
|:~a3b afdf|~g3a ge^ce|a2fa afdf|eaag (3ege df|
defa afdf|g2fd ed^cB|AB^cd e2d^c|1 A2GE FDD2:|2 (3ABA GA EDDE||
2
X: 2
T: The Long Note
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
D3A AGEF|GE~E2 cEdA|D3A AGEG|1 A2GA EAGE:|2 A2GA EADA||
d3B cAdB|cAdB cAG2|d3B cA (3Bcd|e2ag ~e2d2|
d3B cAdB|cAdB cAGE|D2 (3EFG A2dc|~A2GA EAD2||
~a2ab afd2|~g2ga ge^ce|a^gab afdf|eaag ~e2d2|
~a2ab afd2|(3gfe (3fed ed^cB|ABcd e2d^c|~A2GA EAGE||
3
X: 3
T: The Long Note
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
|D3AAGEF|GEEE c/A/EBG|D3AAGEG|A2GBEAA/G/E|
D3AAGEF|GEEE c/A/EBG|D2A2AGEG|A2GEEDD2|
d2de cAde-|eAde BAGE|Aded cAA/B/c|eaag e/g/ed^c|
d2de cAde|cded cAGF|DEFG Addc|A2GE EDD2|
a2ab afdf|g2ga ge^ce|a2fa -afdf|eaag e/g/edf|
a2ab afdf|g2fa ed^cB|AB^cd e2d^c|A2GE EDD f|
adfa -afdf|g2ga ge^ce|a2fa- afdf|eaag e/d/^cd2|
defa- afdf|g2fa ed^cB|AB^cd e2d^c|A2GE EDEA|
D3A AGEF|GEEE BcBG|D2A2 AGEG|ADGD GAA/G/E|
D2A2 AGEF|GEEE E c/B/c/B/G|BGDA AGEG|ADGA EDD2|
d2de cAde-|eAde- edAG|Aded cAA/B/c/d/|ea2g e/d/^cd2|
d2de cAde-|eAde BEGF|GFGF GABd|cAGE EDD f|
a2ab afdf|ggga ge^ce|a2ab afdf|eaag e/g/edf|
a2ab afdf|g2fa ed^cB|AB^cd e2de|^cAA/B/^c/d/ edd2|
defa- afdf|abed ^cdef|a2ab afdf|eaag e/g/ed2|
a2ab afdf|g2fa ed^cB|AB^cd e2d^c|BAGB EAA/G/E|
d2ff defd|^ceec fgec|dffe f2fg|a2ge edd2|
f2fa edAF|GABG A2GA|~EDFG Adde|^cAGE EDD2|
df2d f2df|^ce2c g3e/^c/|d2fe f2fg|a2ga edd2|
effa edGF|GAAG A2AF|D2FG Adde|^c2AB EAA/G/E|

Nineteen comments

I’ve just stolen this abc from Henrik Norbeck’s collection - missing is the jazzy impro of Deiseal, but that’s not a session part anyhow…
Urs

Single Jig

This tune is actually a single jig but it seems to be common now to play it like a barndance or like a slow reel. The only time I’ve heard it played to actually sound like a single jig was on an old recording of Leo Rowsome. It is of course closely related tunes like "Jenny’s Welcome to Charley", "Jenny Picking Cockles".

I think this actually *is* Jenny’s Welcome to Charlie

That’s what the tune’s called now days anyway—would like to know if it started out with a different name. But the setting given here is missing the fourth part.

Missing Links

IMHO traditional music at least if not fixed (like here) is evolutionary. The key of tunes is changed, it’s adapted to another instrument, other variations get fashionable and so on. I like all three tunes mentioned, they are part of different styles, aren’t they? Where is the missing link between them or the common ancestor?

Not Jenny’s Welcome

This is considered to be a different tune to Jenny’s Welcome (although nearly identical notes) as it’s supposed to be a single jig. I don’t know why Henrik has it listed as a reel!

A reel it is now

Despite the last few purist posts insisting that this is not properly a reel as such, and some bastard offspring of Jenny’s Welcome, Cormac Breathnac’s genius has spawned a wholly new beast ( unless he was just jazzing up what someone had already down before him).

A reel in its own right it surely is now.

Long Note

Pipers have always called this tune Jenny’s welcome to Charlie, it comes from Seamus Ennis or his father, and always played as a reel too.

Re: The Long Note

Very similar to the Boy in the Gap.

The Long Note, X:3

My attempt to get as close to the Cormac Breathnac version as possible. It goes as far as, but not including, the jazzy improv section (which I also play as an improv!).

Re: The Long Note

Tony McMahon plays it as a hornpipe.

Re: The Long Note

IMHO both videos have The Long Note played as a slide (or single jig if you prefer). This is evident with the rhythm change when Conal Ó Gráda switches to the reel Woman of the House. https://thesession.org/tunes/1682 would be the home for any other renditions as a slide.

Re: The Long Note

Vin Garbutt also played this as a hornpipe (sounds like one and is listed as one on Mainly Norfolk!) I like it as a slide too though!