Left-handed reel

I learned this single reel from the playing of fiddler Gerry O’Connor on his Journeyman cd. It may be the same tune as Chips and Shavings, posted here: https://thesession.org/tunes/3392.

I like what Gerry does with the simple melody, the little bridges he builds in to keep the tune moving when you expect a part to end on a quarter note.

Wow, how on earth did you manage to make the connection?

Ah, grasshopper, when one is one with the tune universe, all things are clear.

Sigh…I wish I was that musical. No…before I posted this tune, I did an advanced search for DFAF GEE (left off the last note because I figured it’s just a pick up note for the next bar and could vary widely), and Chips and Shavings came right up. It’s interesting that C&S goes down to the G where Left-handed lands on B, and I like Gerry’s second half.

A version of "The Left-handed Reel" adapted as a string quartet (celtic style, of course):

https://soundcloud.com/user-155461785/the-left-handed-reel