Caha Mountains reel

This is the second tune in the Finbar Dwyer’s set on Angelina Carberry and Martin Quinn’s album. The sleeve notes say that this is a composition by Mr Dwyer himself, and a mighty tune it is too.

I am pretty sure that this tune named on Matt Molloy’s CD Shadows on Stone is actually the tune Richard Dwyer’s, just to note. On the CD however, it says Finbar Dwyer’s.

Hmm…

Love it!

On the record I have it’s actually the first tune in the set named “Finbar Dwyer’s”. And, based on what I heard on a TG4 programme honouring Finbar and his brothers, this is in fact a composition by John Dwyer called “Caha Mountains”. John played it on the TV show, said that it was one of his, and gave the name.

From Angelina Carberry and Martin Quinn
Someone was asking about it in the comments to the recording.
There are two tunes in this set. I just assumed that this is the title for the first tune.
BTW, the title means “Calling Home the Calves”.

Sorry about messing things up.
The track listing on Spotify is wrong!
The tune I just submitted is called “Finbar Dwyer’s” or “John Dwyer’s” or “Caha Mountains”.
It was already on thesession : https://thesession.org/tunes/3338

Yes, according to this page too. http://irishtunecomposers.weebly.com/john-dwyer.html

Not to nitpick, but isn’t this Dmix rather than Ador?

Not that it matters, being a great tune in any event.

This version should be close to the first playing of the second tune of that set by Nasc (Pádraig Rynne - Concertina ; Tara Breen - Fiddle ; Jim Murray - Guitar) recorded live in Ennis as part of the Consairtín festival in April 2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrLgWua99A8

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Part B start with “fdd^c”| but instead that Pádraig play a roll on B’. So mind my unusual notation (to be short) that sound weird when you play audio with MIDI.

According to the set’s note, these are three reels which Nasc have been playing together for some time. Nollaig Casey composed the first one and named it after a well known beach “Silver strand” in Salthill, Co. Galway.
“Caha Mountains” was composed by Nollaig’s uncle, John Dwyer and is sometimes referred to as Finbar Dwyer’s.
The final reel “Mc Govern’s” is a very old tune which Nasc learned from Matt Molloy.

These three reels is #1 taken from their 2021 release Nasc: https://padraigrynne.bandcamp.com/alb…​
http://www.padraigrynne.com​
I am expecting it soon 🙂

Note for fiddlers : as you may know = means to put your finger over 2 strings at the same time when playing only the first note (here play an “a” first and prepare to play next “d”, or play “g” and prepare next “c”)

According to John Dwyer’s own words, this tune is actually his composition that he called The Caha Mountains.
Listen here (at 1’43) https://youtu.be/wZKtOP4sAYw?t=103

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My friend from Longford plays this setting X:4 of this great tune. I think it is close to the version on The Dursey Sound (https://thesession.org/recordings/4419?tune_id=3338).

Transposed to A mixolydian, suitable for single row melodeon in D
(provided that you have a low B -- you often have to retune that from a low A).