The Humours Of Ballyconnell hornpipe

This isn’t the well known reel, but rather the hornpipe that shows up on Jimmy Noonan and Chris McGrath’s CD, "The Maple Leaf."

Great versions were recorded by Sean Keane and Mary Bergin, both pretty much as in O’Neill.

I’m confused reading the sheetmusic here and listening to the melody of the same name which Alec Finn plays at "Blue Shamrock". It doesn’t seem to be the same.
Am I wrong?

In fact I’m looking for the tune/sheetmusic Alec played on the mentioned album.

Alex

Alec Finn plays the air to the well-known song, which is very different from this hornpipe. I don’t know why someone has given this the alternative title of “Sean O’Dwyer”. There has been no justification of it in the “comments”. I don’t see much resemblance between the 2 tunes either.

Kenny, I did. I’ve never heard Alec Finn’s playing, but Angelina Carberry recorded this tune as a hornpipe version of a song air "Seán O’Duibhir an Ghleanna" together with Martin Quinn. Then I found their version is virtually identical to what the Chieftains did as a set dance version of "Seán Ó Duibhir a’Ghleanna," so I added the alternative title in English and Irish.

You can actually watch Angelina and Martin play this: http://www.custysmusic.com/mall/CustysTraditionalMusicShop/angelina_and_martin.htm

Here’s a transcribing of Sean O’Duibhir An Gheanna from Angelina Carberry’s An Tradisiun Beo album.

First time through:

X: 1
T: Sean O’Duibhir An Gheanna
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: Hornpipe
K: Amix
ed|:cA (3cde dcAe|AGEF GABd|BccB AGEe|ABcd ~e2dB|!
Bcec cBAe|AEAB ce (3dcB|AeAG EDEG|1~A2 AB A2 ed:|2~A2 AB A2 (3dcB|!
|:ABcd edce|dcdf gged|efga ba (3gab|a2ag ~a2af|!
gedB =cA~A2|AEAB ce (3dcB|AeAG ED (3EFG|1~A2AB Ae (3dcB:|2~A2AB Aced|

Key signature: D Mixolydian
M: 4/4 ~ swung
Submitted on December 27th 2006 by you.
https://thesession.org/tunes/6554


Key signature: D Mixolydian (A & B Mixolydian in comments)
M: 3/4
Submitted on February 21st 2008 by hetty.
https://thesession.org/tunes/8284

I learned it in A minor, with accidentals esp in the 2nd part:

Hornpipe
A minor

ed || c2 cB cBAG | AGEF# GA (3Bcd |
| c2 cB cBAG | ABcd ed#ednat |
| c2 cB cBAG | AEAB c2 cB |
| ABAG EDEG | A2’ (3AAA A2 ||

(3EEE || ABcd e2dc | dc#de g2ed# |
| ef#ga bag#b | a2’ (3aaa a2’ (rest)f# |
| gedB cBAG | AEAB c2 cB |
| ABAG EDEG | A2’ (3AAA A2’ ||

This comes from The Irish Concertina Ensemble, from their new CD: Zero. The Irish Music Magazine had this to say about the tune: "The Humours of Ballyconnell features a lovely hornpipe, brought to the group by Míchéal. This track is concertina heaven; a beautiful build up of sound showcasing the many different possibilities from simple drones to more complex harmonies, whilst double octaves are used to great effect."
I am not sure of the signature. C# and F# and occasionally a Cn and a G#. Hope I have it right.

Hallo David,

looks like a variant of this lovely tune 😉 -> https://thesession.org/tunes/2748
My ABC-program (EasyABC) was also a little bit confused about the triplets (AAG)3. Not 100% sure, but I think (3AAG should be correct…

Lieben Gruß
Ralf

Also played by Mary Bergin, on Feadóga Stáin 2, and by Mícheál O’Raghallaigh on Inside Out.

Sorry about the bad triplet notation. It confuses me, too!

# Posted by Richard D Cook - March 9th, 2016 - see in comments above ~ Here’s hoping I understood Richard’s transcription correctly, an A minor-ish take on it, A Dorian with all C naturals and F sharps?

Yes Ceolachan the sheet music you posted is how I’ve always played it.

I learned from somebody back in the 1980s, a fiddler I think, I just can’t remember.