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Conlagh’s Big Day reel

By Brian Finnegan

Also known as Conlágh’s Big Day.

There are 5 recordings of this tune.

Conlagh’s Big Day has been added to 2 tune sets.

Conlagh's Big Day has been added to 98 tunebooks.

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Two settings

1
X: 1
T: Conlagh's Big Day
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Bmin
|:zEFA|Bdef dBBA|~F3E EDEF|D2AD cDGD|edef dBBA|
ABef dBBA|~F3E EDEF|AG~G2 FBAF|GFD2:|
zAde|fe (3eee dec2-|cABd edef|aA (3AAA ABB2-|BdcA ABde|
~f3e dec2-|cABd edcd|~G3B deBA|BA (3AAA (3Bcd eg|
~f3e dec2-|cABd edef|aA (3AAA ABB2-|BdcA ABde|
~f3e dec2-|cABd edcd|~G3B deBA|(3Bcd ez||
2
X: 2
T: Conlagh's Big Day
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Bmin
"tacet"zEFA|:Bd"Bm"(ef) "G"dBBA|"Bm"~F2FE ED(EF)|"Gsus2"D2AD cDGD|"A5"ed(ef) dBBA|
"Bm"(AB)(ef) dBBA|"Gmj7"~F2FE ED(EF)|"A5"AGG(F G)BA(F|1 "D"G)FD2 "tacet"zEFA:|2 "D"G)FD2 "tacet"zAde||
"D"fe e/e/e de"A5"c2-|cABd ed(e"iv"""f)|"F#m(7/C#)"aA A/A/A A"ii"""B"G"B2-|BdcA (AB)de|
"D"~f3e de"A5"c2-|cABd edcd|"Em(7/B)"~G3B (de)"A5"BA|BA A/A/A (B/c/)d eg|
"D"~f3e de"A5"c2-|cABd ed(e"iv"""f)|"F#m(7/C#)"aA A/A/A A"ii"""B"G"B2-|BdcA (AB)de|
"D"~f3e de"A5"c2-|cABd edcd|"Em(7/B)"~G3B (de)"A5"BA|(B/c/)d e"tacet"z EFA||
"CODA" Bd(ef) dBBA|"Bm"~F2FE "A5"ED(EF)|"D"D8||

Eight comments

Conlágh’s Big Day

A Brian Finnegan composition off Flook’s “Rubai”. I can’t decide what to think about this tune. I used to think it sounded like a jingle for a supermarket advert, and so I loathed it. But I’ve heard it played so often in our session that the damn thing got stuck in my head and wouldn’t go away, so I just learnt it. I’m sure there are a lot of people out there who want the dots for it as it’s quite difficult to pick up by ear off the CD. It’s such a weird tune, and quite difficult to play too.

Conlágh’s Big Day

I think bar3 in the 1st part
|D2AD cDGD|
is pretty strange, if that’s not just an error 😉

what’s about my pedestrian’s version?
|D2AD bDbd|

Any better solution or does anybody understand what Brian plays there?

That’s definitely what he’s playing in the recording. I think it’s weird too actually…

I think it is well cool.

You would 🙂

That “D2AD cDGD” tends to ruin it for me… the rest isn’t a bad tune, but that one bit is odd

Here’s What I Hear

X: 1
T: Conlagh’s Big Day
C: Brian Finnegan
D: Flook: Rubai (track 14c)
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Bmin
“tacet”zEFA[|:Bd“Bm”(ef) “G”dBBA|“Bm”~F2FE ED(EF)|“Gsus2”D2AD cDGD|“A5”ed(ef) dBBA|
“Bm”(AB)(ef) dBBA|“Gmj7”~F2FE ED(EF)|“A5”AGG(F G)BA(F|1“D”G)FD2 “tacet”zEFA:|]2“D”G)FD2 “tacet”zAde||
|“D”fe e/e/e de“A5”c2-|cABd ed(e“iv”“”f)|“F#m(7/C#)”aA A/A/A A“ii”“”B“G”B2-|BdcA (AB)de|
“D”~f3e de“A5”c2-|cABd edcd|“Em(7/B)”~G3B (de)“A5”BA|BA A/A/A (B/c/)d eg|
“D”~f3e de“A5”c2-|cABd ed(e“iv”“”f)|“F#m(7/C#)”aA A/A/A A“ii”“”B“G”B2-|BdcA (AB)de|
“D”~f3e de“A5”c2-|cABd edcd|“Em(7/B)”~G3B (de)“A5”BA|(B/c/)d e“tacet”z EFA|]
“CODA” Bd(ef) dBBA|“Bm”~F2FE “A5”ED(EF)|“D”D8||

Coda

“iv”, “ii” are playing postions for bouzouki (GDAd)…
I’m afraid you can guess now what instrument iIm trying to play…
Cheers