Swinging On The Gate (reel) on The Session

"The Bridge Céilí Band" ~ track 6, #2 of 4 reels
Submitted & this missed on March 2nd 2007 by ceolachan.
https://thesession.org/recordings/display/2440

Damn, that’s sad, nobody has made any comment or contribution on this tune until now… ;-/

“Swinging on the Gate” ~ D Major

Depending on the instrument or your mood this old standard has been and can be played in the keys of C, D, G & A Major…or whatever you fancy…

I’ve heard that D setting played at our session before. It’s got some nice twists in it.

Hi Mark, yeah, I love it down low like that… There are great transcriptions in the Bulmer & Sharpley collections…

“Swinging on a / the Gate” ~ A Major

It’s probably more commonly played in G as this is the key shown in O’Neill’s which is where I got it. Have to agree about the great settings in Bulmers & Sharpley which is where I found the great Kilfenora jigs some 20 years ago when they were definitely not to be found anywhere else.

“Swinging on a / the Gate” ~ G Major, an ‘American’ conglomeration

The G setting is definitely the most popular in sessions, but that D setting is so nice. I took to transposing the D setting into G just so I could keep those twists, since top D is no problem on the concertina. Unfortunately I found that the 2 versions aren’t really compatible so I reverted to the standard setting which appears in the original submission. It’s a very common tune at our session - maybe gets played once every other session. Anyway, here’s the setting I like to play:

X: 1
T: Swinging On The Gate
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
gedB [D2G2] AB|cABG AGEG|DGBd g2fg|eaag fdef|
gedB G2AB|ceBc AGEG|(3cBA BG AGEC|DEGA ~G3f:|
|:~g3a bd’ab|gfed BdAG|EA/A/AB cBAG|EAAB cdef|
gdga bd’ab|gfed B2AB|ceBG AGEC|DEGA G2Bd:|

“Katherine Brennan’s Favorite Hornpipe” ~ same basic melody, A & B

Key signature: G Major
Submitted on March 8th 2007 by ceolachan.
https://thesession.org/tunes/6915

Swinging on the Gate/Mossy Banks

These two reels have almost identical starts and it’s often difficult to get the session to join you on the one you want! I suppose it’s one of those cases where a bit of verbal communication is required with the rest of the group before launching into it (or the other one as the case may be).

Swingers

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We known that suppose it’s one of those cases where a bit of verbal communication is required with the rest of the group before launching into it (or the other one as the case may be).

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Swinging On The Gate, X:6

Here are some chords for Swinging on the Gate

Re: Swinging On The Gate

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Swinging On The Gate, X:8

As played by Celticity, about the only one I could find on Spotify… what a fun tune. Most Irish tune names don’t seem to bear much relation to the tunes themselves, but this one is definitely an exception.

Swinging On The Gate, X:9

This is not another setting of the melody of Swinging on the Gate. It’s a harmony that I came up with a couple of years ago. I’ve been using it in jam sessions and it seems to work pretty well - especially in a small group when both melody and harmony can be clearly heard.

Swinging On The Gate reel

Nine settings

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