Twenty-seven comments
Humours of Ballyloughlin
I learned this from a fiddler friend who learned it from Eileen Ivers at a fiddle camp. This version closely matches the way she plays it on her early cd "Eileen Ivers." It’s a great rollicking tune, full of punch and lift as Eileen plays it, a good model to strive for.
Humours C#
This is a real favourite under many guises, ie it can be played a lot of different ways and always sounds good.
I have found that unlike Ivers most session players seem to play that C in the 3rd, 4th and 7th bars of the third part(C section) as naturals and then sharp in the 8th bar.
Anyway I dont have a preference personally but just listen out for what others are doing.
Cheers
Donough
Humours of Ballyloughlin
Yes, it has a dramatic change of key and that is what makes it such a fabulous tune. Its a bit of a show case jig that great fiddlers can really go to town with. I have a Kathleen Collins record from the 70’s with it on, and I’ve heard three very magical versions.
This is piping tune!!!!
This is a real big piping jig. To find out what it’s all about, listen to Liam O’Flynn playing it with Planxty on The Well Below The Valley. I will post a piping version when I get the chance.
This is a huge piping jig. Lotsa crans and staccato triplets. Liam OFlynn got it from Willie Clancy, so check out how Willie plays it and compare. Nice stuff, it can make a bitter and blackened piper’s heart skip a beat : )
The Humours Of Derryloughan (jig)
Source: "Callan Bridge" by Niall And Cillian Vallely
Transcription: g.m.p.
The Vallely bros do indeed use this name on their cd, but this tune is widely known as the Humours of Ballyloughlin, and already exists in the database. Sorry Gian Marco.
Humours of Derryloughan
This tune is played on Celtic Harpistry by Marie Ni Cathsaigh. She calls it Humours of Ballyloughlan. She says it is very old and was probably a Clan march but survived in the form of a dance tune. Many Clan Marches were considered forms of sedition and were outlawed.
“The Humours of Ballyloughlin” ~ Duplication
Key signature: Dmixolydian
Submitted on July 23rd 2001 by Will Harmon.
https://thesession.org/tunes/210
“The Humours of Ballyloughlin” ~ Duplication
Key signature: D Mixolydian
Submitted on January 20th 2004 by gian marco.
~ as "The Humours of Derryloughan"
https://thesession.org/tunes/2415
Looking for the chords to Humors of Ballyloughlin - this version
Hi there. I got the ABC file from this board here. It’s very close to Eileen Iver’s version of this tune. I’m looking for the guitar chords. The danged thing moves so fast on the CD. LOL
If anyone can help me, please send them to my email address. chprout@aol.com
Thanks so much.
I was listening to two players down in the session last night playing this. It sounded familier but I can’t remember where I heard it before. Maybe I heard it under a different name. I found it a kind of mix between The Pipe on the Hob, Kilfenora Jig 2 and Freize Britches.
Mairéad Corridan from Co. Limerick (concertina) plays this tune after "Mike Cooney’s Fancy."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVdxnya3bKY&feature=user
easily one of my favorite jigs, needs to be played quite slowly though
Humours of ballyloughlin
There is a wonderful version played by Arty McGlynn accompanied by Paul Brady to be found on Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzE439U5iMI
Humours of Ballyloughlin
A superb tune! As much as I love the Planxty version, PLEASE, PLEASE try and listen to the version by LAST NIGHT’S FUN, featuring Nick Scott on pipes, on the CD ‘Tempered’. It’s an absolute masterpiece!
Derryloughan v Ballyloughlin
Derryloughan is near Coalisland in Co. Tyrone and maybe the Vallely bros wished to call the tune after a place close to home :-). It is close to the border with Armagh where the Vallelys come from. I think it also may be the locality formerly inhabited by the well known late traditional accordionist Tommy John Quinn. The only Bakllyloughlin I could find is near Newcastle in Co. Down. Great jig though.
Bringing it nearer to home. They wouldn’t be the first…
Please dont forget to listen to Sean Keane´s absolutely wonderfull version on the Gusty Frolic album.
Eileen Ivers version is full of speed and dynamics, but Seanes´s is just so deep.
Piping Version
Learned byTommy Keane Milltown Malbay 1991
V stands for popping which is not included in the abc coding AFAIK
X:2 is the Planxty/Laim O?Flynn version of "Humours of Ballyloghlin"
Some great playing by Brendan Mulholland.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux_9TnElIoI&spfreload=10
Liam O’Flynn
A lovely version of this jig by Liam O’Flynn, sits well on the pipes.
A whistle version
The Humours Of Ballyloughlin, X:4
Piping version.
Re: The Humours Of Ballyloughlin
Here it is being played by our own Ptarmigan on the mandolin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50404ppaQfs
The Humours Of Ballyloughlin, X:7
Taken from ‘A Fine Selection of Over 200 Irish Traditional Tunes for Sessions’, compiled by David Speers with a Forward by Matt Cranitch. This version has a few variations from the other settings here.